PROTECTIVE-SLEEVE CARTRIDGE AND STETHOSCOPE INCORPORATING SAME

摘要

A cartridge/stethoscope assembly includes a stethoscope (12) and a cartridge (10) mounted to the stethoscope (12), the cartridge (10) including a sleeve (14). A cartridge/sleeve assembly includes a cartridge (10) having a first circumferential sidewall (28) defining an interior space. This assembly further includes a sleeve (14), at least a part of which is stored in the interior space. The cartridge (10) may be mounted to a stethoscope (12), and at least a part of the sleeve (14) may be dispensed from the interior space and over a head (16) of the stethoscope (12). A cartridge (10) for mounting to a stethoscope (12) includes a first circumferential sidewall (28) and a second circumferential sidewall (42) inwardly spaced from the first sidewall (28). The sidewalls (28, 42) define, between them, a first interior space operable to contain at least a part of a sleeve (14). The cartridge (10) further includes a first end, and a selectively-moveable cover (30) at the first end, with the cover (30) moveable between an open position and a closed position.