Holder for medical use fixed by vacuum
US4736749A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 4, 1986 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B7/04
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to a holder for diagnostic and therapeutic devices fixed by vacuum. Vacuum is supplied by a hose or tube (8), in which one or several electrical conductors (7) for electrical power supply or signal transmission are drawn. The holder comprises a rigid backpiece (3), an intermediate elastomeric element (2), and the diagnostic or therapeutic device (1). The intermediate element (2) comprises a comparatively stiff sealing ring (9), which in a working state is supported against the skin by a sealing lip (13) and with its opposite side against the backpiece (3). The device (1) is rigidly connected to the backpiece (3), but the sealing ring of the intermediate element (2) is movable and, outwardly from the backpiece, slightly resilient (via resilient means 17). When the lip-side of the ring is not loaded and the ring thus pressed outwardly, a vacuum valve is closed automatically through the action of the intermediate component, and is re-opened when the holder is pressed against the surface of the skin, whereupon the holder is held firmly by suction.
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