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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2009
Applicant:
Jeffrey E. Price, Wildwood, MO (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey E. Price, Wildwood, MO (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cover for a shaft of an electronic thermometer probe. The cover includes a tubular body having an open end and a closed end opposite the open end. The body defines a cavity sized and shaped to slidably receive the shaft of the electronic thermometer probe. At least a portion of the tubular body is formed from a nanotube composite material including a polymer matrix material and a carbon nanotube filler material.