Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Head or face protector
Patent
1992-03-23
1993-03-23
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Head or face protector
128865, A61F 1100
Patent
active
051955393
ABSTRACT:
A device for compressing slow recovery earplugs is provided. The device comprises a flexible strip having an elongate compression portion having first and second ends and a base portion at the first end of the compression portion, the base portion having a width greater than that of the compression portion, an opening proximate the compression portion and having a width transverse of the compression portion larger than the width of the compression portion, the compression portion being at least 15 mm wide and of sufficient length that the second end can pass through the opening to form a tubular compression means having a diameter at least that of a slow recovery earplug.
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Booklet No. 1-589-5M-HP, Cabot Corp. (1988) "How To Make Sure You Get The Best From Your E-A-R Plugs".
Dyrud James F.
Elstran Gerald V.
Brown Michael
Griswold Gary L.
Hafer Robert A.
Kirn Walter N.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
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