Patent ID: 9114184
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: A61L,H01F

Abstract:
1. A system for disinfecting a head of a stethoscope, comprising: a disinfectant device including a case and an opening defined by a rim, a UV radiation source located in the case and emitting UV radiation towards the opening, the disinfectant device including a source of magnetism which generates a magnetic field in the area of the rim; and an elastic ring having an inner opening and a mating surface adapted to mate with the rim of the opening in the disinfectant device, the elastic ring having ferromagnetic characteristics, the shape of the inner opening and the elasticity of the elastic ring allowing it to be placed over and removed from stethoscope heads of various configurations, such that when the elastic ring is placed over a stethoscope head, the mating surface of the elastic ring can be placed in mating contact with the rim of the opening in the disinfectant device and the elastic ring, and with it the stethoscope head, will be held on the rim by the magnetic field generated by the source of magnetism with the stethoscope head facing the source of UV radiation.