Surgery – Miscellaneous
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-23
2001-09-18
Schaetzle, Kennedy (Department: 3762)
Surgery
Miscellaneous
C128SDIG008, C128S903000, C024S385000, C024S409000, C206S701000, C206S438000, C150S154000, C383S041000, C383S063000, C600S386000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06289896
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to protective coverings for electronic devices and more particularly pertains to a new cardiac telemetry protective pouch for providing a water resilient protective pouch for containing the telemetry electronics employed for monitoring and transmitting cardiac status information about a patient.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of protective coverings for electronic devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, protective coverings for electronic devices heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,063,919; U.S. Pat. No. 5,342,286; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 360,414; U.S. Pat. No. 4,911,151; U.S. Pat. No. 4,043,326; and U.S. Pat. No. 2,244,871.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new cardiac telemetry protective pouch. The inventive device includes a protective pouch for receiving the telemetry device of the cardiac telemetry monitoring apparatus. The protective pouch comprises a pair of side panels each having a perimeter. A portion of the perimeter of a first one of the side panels is releasably coupled to a corresponding portion of the perimeter of a second one of the side panels to form a closable opening on the pouch. A remainder portion of the perimeter of the first side panel is inseparably coupled to the perimeter of the second side panel to define an interior and form a water tight seal between the side panels at the remainder portion. An interlocking closure is for releasably joining the side panels at the closable opening. The interlocking closure comprises a first interlocking structure on the first side panel and a second interlocking structure on the second side panel. The first interlocking structure of the first side panel and second interlocking structure of the second panel each have at least one gap therein at alignable locations of the closable opening such that a hole is formed between the first and second side panels when the first and second interlocking structures of the side panels are interlocked together for permitting passage of a lead wire through the interlocking closure when the first interlocking structure are interlocked with the second interlocking structure in snug relationship with the lead wire.
In these respects, the cardiac telemetry protective pouch according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing a water resilient protective pouch for containing the telemetry electronics employed for monitoring and transmitting cardiac status information about a patient.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of protective coverings for electronic devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new cardiac telemetry protective pouch construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing a water resilient protective pouch for containing the telemetry electronics employed for monitoring and transmitting cardiac status information about a patient.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new cardiac telemetry protective pouch apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the protective coverings for electronic devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new cardiac telemetry protective pouch which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art protective coverings for electronic devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a protective pouch for receiving the telemetry device of the cardiac telemetry monitoring apparatus. The protective pouch comprises a pair of side panels each having a perimeter. A portion of the perimeter of a first one of the side panels is releasably coupled to a corresponding portion of the perimeter of a second one of the side panels to form a closable opening on the pouch. A remainder portion of the perimeter of the first side panel is inseparably coupled to the perimeter of the second side panel to define an interior and form a water tight seal between the side panels at the remainder portion. An interlocking closure is for releasably joining the side panels at the closable opening. The interlocking closure comprises a first interlocking structure on the first side panel and a second interlocking structure on the second side panel. The first interlocking structure of the first side panel and second interlocking structure of the second panel each have at least one gap therein at alignable locations of the closable opening such that a hole is formed between the first and second side panels when the first and second interlocking structures of the side panels are interlocked together for permitting passage of a lead wire through the interlocking closure when the first interlocking structure are interlocked with the second interlocking structure in snug relationship with the lead wire.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new cardiac telemetry protective pouch apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the protective coverings for electronic devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new cardiac telemetry protective pouch which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art protective coverings for electronic devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new cardiac telemetry protective pouch which may b
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