Claims
- 1. A case for mounting a sheet shaped probe cover on a probe of a radiation clinical thermometer, said probe cover including a probe insertion member having an insertion opening to be inserted by the probe and an infection preventing sheet in contact with the probe insertion member, said case comprising:
- a probe cover storage portion for storing a series of continuing probe covers each having an insertion opening at a predetermined position thereof,
- a probe insertion cut portion for positioning each probe cover and for insertion by the probe,
- a support surface disposed around said probe insertion cut portion to support a peripheral part of the insertion opening of the probe insertion member of one of said probe covers, and
- a projection adapted to be pushed by the probe inserted into the insertion opening to be disengaged from the insertion opening and to be engaged with the insertion opening of a subsequent probe cover when the probe cover mounted on a probe is separated from the subsequent probe cover at said probe insertion cut portion.
- 2. A case according to claim 1, in which said insertion opening disposed in the predetermined portion of said probe cover is an insertion opening of said probe insertion member, and said projection is movably biased to appear on the probe insertion cut portion from the inside of the case, to be pressed backward by the probe inserted into the probe insertion cut portion, and to again appear so as to come into contact with the peripheral of insertion opening of the probe insertion member when the probe cover mounted on a probe is separated from the subsequent probe cover.
- 3. A case according to claim 1 in combination with a probe cover, in which a peripheral of the probe insertion member of said probe cover has a larger stiffness than the probe insertion member and the infection preventing sheet.
- 4. A case according to claim 1, in which said probe cover storage portion is large enough to store a plurality of continuing probe covers.
- 5. A case for mounting a sheet shaped probe cover on a probe of a radiation clinical thermometer, said probe cover including a probe insertion member having an insertion opening to be inserted by the probe and an infection preventing sheet in contact with the probe insertion member, said case comprising:
- a probe cover storage portion for storing a series of continuing probe covers,
- a probe insertion cut portion for positioning each probe cover and for insertion by the probe,
- a support surface disposed around said probe insertion cut portion to support a peripheral of the insertion opening of the probe insertion member of one of said probe covers, and a probe guide movably disposed in opposition to the probe insertion cut portion to provide a probe insertion hole with a base end of the probe insertion cut portion, and to be driven backward when the probe covered with the probe cover is moved in a horizontal direction from the probe insertion cut portion.
- 6. A method for mounting a series of sheet shaped probe covers on a probe of a radiation clinical thermometer, each of said probe covers including a probe insertion member having an insertion opening to be inserted by the probe and an infection preventing sheet in contact with the probe insertion member, by employing a cover which includes a probe cover storage portion for storing a series of continuing probe covers each having an insertion opening at a predetermined position thereof, a probe insertion cut portion for positioning each probe cover and for insertion by the probe, a support surface disposed around said probe insertion cut portion to support a peripheral of the insertion opening of the probe insertion member of one of said probe covers, and a projection adapted to be pushed by the probe inserted into the insertion opening to be disengaged from the insertion opening and to be engaged with the insertion opening of a subsequent probe cover when a probe cover mounted on the probe is separated from the subsequent probe cover at the probe insertion cut portion, comprising the steps of
- inserting the probe into said probe insertion cut portion of said case,
- mounting said probe cover on the probe by pushing the probe,
- moving said probe along said supporting surface, and
- separating said probe cover when the subsequent probe cover is positioned at a predetermined position.
- 7. A case for mounting a sheet shaped probe cover on a probe, said probe cover including a probe insertion member having an insertion opening to receive an inserted probe and a sheet in contact with the probe insertion member, said case comprising:
- a probe cover storage portion for storing a series of continuing probe covers each having an insertion opening at a predetermined position thereof
- a probe insertion cut portion for positioning each probe cover and for insertion by the probe,
- a support surface disposed around said probe insertion cut portion to support a peripheral of the insertion opening of the probe insertion member of one of said probe covers, and
- a projection adapted to be pushed by the probe inserted into the insertion opening to be disengaged from the insertion opening and to be engaged with the insertion opening of a subsequent probe cover when a probe cover mounted on the probe is separated from the subsequent probe cover at said probe insertion cut portion.
- 8. A method of mounting a series of probe covers on a probe, each of said probe covers including a probe insertion member having an insertion opening to receive an inserted probe and sheet in contact with the probe insertion member, by employing a cover which includes a probe cover storage portion or storing a series of continuing probe covers, a probe insertion cut portion for positioning each probe cover and for insertion by the probe, a support surface disposed around said probe insertion cut portion to support a peripheral of the insertion opening of the probe insertion member of one of said probe covers, and a projection adapted to be pushed by the probe inserted into the insertion opening to be disengaged from the insertion opening and to be engaged with the insertion opening of a subsequent probe cover when a probe cover mounted on the probe is separated from the subsequent probe cover at the probe insertion cut portion, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting the probe into said probe insertion cut portion of said case,
- mounting said probe cover on the probe by pushing the probe,
- moving said probe along said supporting surface, and
- separating said probe cover when the subsequent probe cover is positioned at a predetermined position.
- 9. A case for mounting a sheet shaped probe cover on a probe of a radiation clinical thermometer, said probe cover including a probe insertion member having an insertion opening to be inserted by the probe and an infection preventing sheet in contact with the probe insertion member, said case comprising:
- a probe cover storage portion for storing a series of continuing probe covers each having an insertion opening at a predetermined position thereof,
- a probe insertion cut portion for positioning each probe cover and for insertion by the probe,
- a support surface disposed around said probe insertion cut portion to support a peripheral of the insertion opening of the probe insertion member of one of said probe covers, and
- a stopper adapted to be engaged with a subsequent probe cover so that the subsequent probe cover does not move when a probe cover mounted on the probe is separated at said probe insertion cut portion.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/267,628, filed Jun. 29, 1994, now abandoned.
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