An improved medical garment comprises a unique combination of garment panels and parts and releasable closures which function together to define an article of clothing as well as a versatile examination tool.

The following specification discloses a medical stretcher which includes first and second frame members and a flexible support member. The first and second frame members connect together to form the stretcher frame. The stretcher frame has first and second long sides. The support member is generally rectangular in configuration, is formed of a mesh material and has a series of spaced straps extending from each of its long sides. The straps extending from one long side are fastened around the fir...

A medical bag composed of a laminate comprising (i) an inner layer of a low-density polyethylene, an ethylene-1-olefin copolymer having a density of 0.920 g/cm.sup.3 or more, or a high density polyethylene, (ii) an intermediate layer of an ethylene-1-olefin copolymer having a density of 0.935 g/cm.sup.3 or less, and (iii) an outer layer of a low-density polyethylene, an ethylene-1-olefin copolymer having a density of 0.920 g/cm.sup.3 or more, or a high-density polyethylene.

A medical clamp (14) formed from a unitary, molded plastic strip (10) folded at its midpoint (12) into a generally "C" shape. Each leg (16, 18) has a base portion (20, 24) and an angled jaws portion (22, 26). A bar (42) extends from one base portion toward the other base portion (24), where, in the assembled clamp, it interengages another bar (44). Pincer members (28, 29) at the ends of the jaw portions have teeth (30) for securing the clamp to a sheet (35) or similar support surface on the oper...

A method and article for medical diagnosis and/or treatment of body disorders, comprising a sleeve unit insertable in a natural body vessel to isolate material flowing into the vessel from direct contact with the interior surface of the vessel.

A medical electrode comprises a sensor element formed of an electrically conductive material and having a substantially flat, electrically conductive surface portion for engagement with the skin of a patient, and an elecrically conductive coating applied to a selected portion of the flat surface portion. The coating is applied such that the area of the flat surface portion other than the coated selected portion is substantially free of the conductive coating. This defines a predetermined pattern...

A medical tube used as an insertion section of a catheter for angiography or of an endoscope. The medical tube has a flexible tube, and an elastic member embedded in the peripheral wall of the tube, for keeping the tube straight. The elastic member is formed of a high-elastic alloy whose transformation temperature at which the alloy transforms in phase from the martensite structure to the austenite structure is set at a temperature lower than that at which the medical tube is used. When the medi...

A medical guidewire has an elongated body that has a degree of flexibility and a distal tip region of relatively greater flexibility. The guidewire consists of a core having a body of first diameter, a distal portion of a relatively smaller diameter, and a generally flat distal end. The end is disposed in the tip region and is spaced proximally from a round tip element that defines the distal end of the guidewire. A first coil is joined to the core body and extends along the core to a terminatio...

A needle type probe having a displacement surface acting as a bridge which extends across the aperture into the lumen of the needle. The displacement surface defines two approximately equal lateral openings on either side of the bridge and acts to displace and stretch the skin about the needle shank. A holder for the needle type probe is provided which comprises a sleeve which is pushed over the shank of the needle with a force fit, the sleeve having a stopper portion at the end towards the need...

In contrast to the usual practice of bridging a medical electrode conductor to the skin of a patient by way of an interposed electrolyte, the present invention interposes the medical electrode conductor between the skin and an electrolyte which is larger in area than the interposed conductor.