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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2000
Mark S. Lewandowski, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Dean E. Myers, Stewart, MN (US);
Joseph P. Ortner, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Kenneth R. Quast, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Diane L. Rupp, Glencoe, MN (US);
Mark A. Schmidt, Darwin, MN (US);
Mark S. Lewandowski, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Dean E. Myers, Stewart, MN (US);
Joseph P. Ortner, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Kenneth R. Quast, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Diane L. Rupp, Glencoe, MN (US);
Mark A. Schmidt, Darwin, MN (US);
Hutchinson Technology Corporation, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Abstract
A disposable tip adapted for use in connection with an optical probe of an instrument. The tip includes a one-piece molded elastomeric base member having a boot and an opaque tissue-engaging surface. The boot releasably mates with and provides an interference/friction fit to the probe. The tissue-engaging surface surrounds and extends from the boot. A window in the base member extends into the boot to transmit light between the probe and tissue. A layer of optically transparent material covers the window on the tissue-engaging surface. Adhesive on the tissue-engaging surface of the base member releasably secures the probe to the tissue being analyzed.