Sterile drape for a surgical display and method related thereto
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
InventorsBrian Eastman, James Gerg
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Abstract
A method of providing a sterile drape for covering a display of a phacoemulsification console may include providing the sterile drape in a sterile package dedicated for a patient, enabling removal of the sterile drape from the package by a sterile user, providing a finger guard pocket in the sterile drape suitable for receiving fingers of the sterile user, and providing a fitted pocket to allow for fitting of the sterile drape over the display.
Claims15
A sterile drape suitable for placement over a phacoemulsification console display, comprising:
- a first sheet comprising first opposing surfaces defined between a first top edge and a first bottom edge, a first length defined from the first top edge to the first bottom edge, and a first thickness defined between the first opposing surfaces, wherein the first sheet is clear;
- a second sheet comprising second opposing surfaces defined between a second top edge and a second bottom edge, a second length defined from the second top edge to the second bottom edge, and a second thickness defined between the second opposing surfaces;
- the first top edge coupled to the second top edge to define a downward-facing first pocket configured to be fittedly mounted to a top of the phacoemulsification console display, wherein the first length is longer than the second length and the first sheet is configured to drape over an interactive portion of the phacoemulsification console display;
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- a third sheet comprising third opposing surfaces defined between a third top edge and a third bottom edge, a third length defined from the third top edge to the third bottom edge, and a third thickness defined between the third opposing surfaces, the third length and the second length are substantially the same,
- wherein the second bottom edge is coupled to the third bottom edge, thereby defining an upward facing second pocket configured to receive at least a portion of both of a user's hands for positioning the second sheet and the third sheet to cover a back of the phacoemulsification console display with the upward facing second pocket.
A method of providing a sterile drape for covering a phacoemulsification console display, comprising:
- providing the sterile drape in a sterile package, the sterile drape including:
- a first sheet with a first thickness defined between first opposing surfaces, a second sheet with a second thickness defined between second opposing surfaces, and a third sheet with a third thickness defined between third opposing surfaces;
- enabling removal of the sterile drape from the package by a sterile user;
- providing a downward facing first pocket fitting over the phacoemulsification console display, the first pocket formed by the first sheet being coupled to the second sheet with a first surface area of the first opposing surfaces being greater than a second surface area of the second opposing surfaces such that a first bottom edge of the first sheet extends beyond a second bottom edge of the second sheet;
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- providing an upward facing second pocket formed by the second sheet being coupled to the third sheet, the second pocket configured to receive at least a portion of both of the sterile user's hands for positioning the second sheet and the third sheet to cover a back of the phacoemulsification console display with the second pocket, the second sheet has a first length and the third sheet has a second length substantially the same as the first length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.