Stethoscope with removable handles for single-handed operation

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1998-05-20

1998-12-08

Dang, Khanh

Acoustics

Anatomic or prosthetic relation

Ear and mouth

A61B 702

Patent

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058473300

ABSTRACT:
A pair of handles removably secured to a stethoscope enable users to single-handedly mount and remove the headset to and from his or her head. By squeezing the handles together, a user can separate the upper ends of the rigid tubes of a stethoscope headset against the force of the biasing mechanism of the stethoscope. Each handle includes a channel configured to coaxially secure therewithin an ear tube and flexible tubing connected to the ear tube. A portion of the channel is configured to removably secure the ear tube and an adjacent portion is configured to removably secure a portion of the flexible tubing connected to the ear tube.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4011925 (1977-03-01), French et al.
patent: 4149610 (1979-04-01), Saiya et al.
patent: 4406346 (1983-09-01), Pope, Jr.
patent: 5466898 (1995-11-01), Gilbert et al.

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