- DISTINCTIVE, PROFESSIONAL, TOP-OF-THE-LINE QUALITY. Individually made in Maine from hand-picked cow hides, the BATCLIP holster provides an elegant carrying solution that matches the value that physicians (and all healthcare workers) place in their stethoscopes. Unlike the newer plastic hip clips, the BATCLIP simply feels better in the hand. Its lineage includes the venerable leather doctor’s bag. Both improve with age are built for a lifetime of proud distinguished use.
- DESIGNED BY AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN seeking a solution to repeated misplacement and loss of his own stethoscopes. His criteria for an ideal stethoscope carrying solution included extreme portability; durability against water, weather, and age; a fail-safe scope-securing mechanism; quick scope access; and simple scope re-holstering.
- >20 YEARS OF TESTING. The original prototype, from 1995, has undergone over a dozen substantive improvements based on the inventor’s use in his hospital, EMS, and rural developing world medical practices. Upgrades have included changes in materials (ballistic nylon to leather), fasteners (plastic to metal clips), shape (short to long wings), and even thread types. The fundamental driving force has always been to create the best stethoscope carrying solution for real-world medical practice.
- MANY STETHOSCOPE VARIANTS, ONE BATCLIP. Based on feedback from doctors, nurses, paramedics, veterinarians, and medical students, the BATCLIP is designed to accommodate many variations in scope design. Originally sized to work with the Littman Classic, the holder was redesigned in 2012 to work with scopes having a variety of head sizes. The BATCLIP now fits most types of adult and pediatric stethoscopes, including the single-head Cardiology and electronic or amplified stethoscopes.
- NO HASSLE WARRANTY. We’re proud of our products. (Our other one, the BATCLIP SHEARS, includes titanium trauma scissors.) Unlike the makers of once-use disposable medical goods, we make BATCLIPs to last for a lifetime. Made with love and care in a small multi-generation family-owned leather shop, the BATCLIP works better, lasts longer, and has achieved a superior reputation because of its success in actual use. Thus, if anything ever goes wrong with your BATCLIP, we will repair or replace it.
The BATCLIP elegantly holds a stethoscope in a tight package securely against a waistband or on a belt. First sewn in a Louisiana leather shop in 1995, this holster has gone through over a dozen design improvements and is still used daily by the inventor (an emergency physician) himself. The best way to use the BATCLIP is to put it on your left hip with the metal clip attached to a belt (to prevent the metal from pressing on bare skin) directly along the midaxillary line. This results in the BATCLIP being out of the way when you are sitting, walking, running, or boarding an ambulance or helicopter. Too far forward and it gets in the way of things like a pants pocket, grasping hand, or doorknob. Too far back and it impedes comfortable seating. Thus, midaxillary line is usually best. (The exception is occasionally found in women with wide hips, where a longer pelvic brim make midaxillary placement awkward.) Placement on the left hip ensures that the opening flap is facing backward, so it cannot get caught on anything that may inadvertently pull it open. To rapidly unholster a stethoscope placed in the BATCLIP, use your right hand to reach across your midriff, grasp, and pull open the leather wing. At the same time, hold the stethoscope with your left hand just above the BATCLIP. When the wing opens, pull the stethoscope up and out of the holster with your left hand, and then reclose the wing with your right. The wings of the BATCLIP are eccentric allowing the holster to accommodate narrower and wider stethoscope heads. It works best with traditional stethoscopes that have a bell and diaphragm, since the indentation between the bell and diaphragm allow the earpieces to be wrapped around the bell prior to inserting the stethoscope into the holster. However, it does work with single diaphragm and electronic scopes as stated in the reviews.
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 4 x 3 x 2 inches; 2 ounces
- Date First Available : October 27, 2010
- Manufacturer : Wild Tree Designs
- Country of Origin : USA
