Method of forming an earplug containment device

Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Head or face protector

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128865, 128897, A61F 1100

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ABSTRACT:
A method for forming an earplug containment device comprising providing at least one thin-walled, hollow sleeve having an inside diameter less than the diameter of the human ear canal, compressing a slow-recovery earplug having a diameter greater than that of the human ear canal to a cross-sectional size less than that of said sleeve, and inserting said compressed earplug into said sleeve.

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