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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mandel L Desnick, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Brian J Kompelien, Anoka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
181131 ; 181135 ;
Abstract
A stethoscope having a binaural with dual sound-transmitting tubes adapted to deliver sound to a human ear, with each tube having an ear tip connection end having a plurality of flanges thereon. Removably attached to the described tubes are a pair of ear tips formed of a non-porous elastomeric material having a channel therein having a plurality of molded-in recesses adapted to engage the flanges in complementary fashion.