Inventors:
Robert Bruce Turner - Weymouth MA
Marvin Menzin - Lexington MA
Hugh A. Robinson - Wenham MA
Thomas S. Williams - Newtonville MA
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson - New Brunswick NJ
International Classification:
G01K 108, G01K 716
Abstract:
A probe member for use with a probe cover including a handle having a mounting member; and a probe element fixed to the mounting member; the probe element includes at least one stationary salient section having a sharp edge outwardly flared toward the handle for gradually dilating the end of the probe cover installed on the probe element and impaling the adjacent surface of the probe cover to hold the probe cover firmly in place and prevent its release.