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Grow Group, Inc.

William M Slater

Thomas Denny

Anthony M Chiasson

Michael Kenny

A disposable laryngoscope blade cover that includes a flexible sleeve and a resilient slide band for use in conjunction with a laryngoscope having a blade and a handle. The sleeve has an open end and a closed end. The open end is received by the blade and the handle. The sleeve covers the blade and at least a portion of the handle. The resilient slide band is fixedly attached to the sleeve. The band engages the handle to maintain the sleeve on the laryngoscope. After the cover has been used, the band can be disengaged from the handle for removal of the sleeve from the laryngoscope. The invention is also directed to a method for maintaining the sterility of the cover. The steps include the following: (a) providing a sterile cover consisting of a flexible sleeve having an open end and a closed end and a resilient slide band contained within a flexible protective package; (b) opening the package thereby exposing the open end of the cover; (c) inserting the blade into the open end of the sleeve; (d) pulling the slide band to cause the sleeve to completely cover the blade and at least a portion of the handle; and (e) engaging the slide band to the handle to maintain the sleeve on the laryngoscope.

Laryngoscope blade cover

A disposable cover is provided for laryngoscopes and the like of the type having an elongate blade with a contoured, channel-shaped guide surface on which an associated light source is mounted to facilitate inserting an endotracheal tube into the air passageway of a patient. The disposable cover comprises a sheath having a sterile exterior surface, and a closed interior surface defining a hollow cavity shaped to receive therein and envelope the laryngoscope blade. The sheath has an open end through which the laryngoscope blade is inserted into the cavity of the sheath. The sheath is readily flexible so that an associated portion of the same can be conformed to the contoured guide surface of the laryngoscope blade. Being constructed from a light-transmitting material, the sheath permits light waves emitted from the light source to pass through the sheath, and illuminate the air passageway of the patient. The sheath is selectively fitted on the laryngoscope blade in a manner which securely retains the associated portion of the sheath closely against the contoured guide surface of the laryngoscope blade, such that the view along the air passageway of the patient remains wholly unobstructed during insertion of the endotracheal tube, yet permits the sheath to be manually stripped from the laryngoscope blade for disposal after a single use.

Disposable cover arrangement for laryngoscopes and the like

A method is disclosed for coating rusted matallic surfaces which comprises (a) removing loose rust particles by superficial surface treatment, (b) applying a coating containing about 55-95% by weight of an aliphatic(meth)acrylic monomer having at least two sites of polymerizable unsaturation and having a 25.degree. C. vapor pressure of no greater than about 0.5 mmHg and a 25.degree. C. viscosity in the range of about 3 cps to about 100 cps, about 0.5-5.0% by weight of a peroxide curing system and about 5.0-35.0% by weight of a drying oil-based oxygen scavenger system, and (c) allowing the coating to cure under ambient conditions.

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Las Cruces, NM, United States of America

William M Slater