Reinforced double-fenestrated surgical drape
AssigneeAmerican Hospital Supply Corporation
InventorHelen T. Rudtke
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Abstract
A double-fenestrated surgical drape, especially suitable for use in those operations requiring entry through both the abdominal wall and the perineum, comprising a pair of rectangular non-woven cellulosic sheets of unequal size joined together in overlapping relation to provide a narrow reinforced zone of increased thickness interposed between the fenestrations of the respective sheets.
Claims7
A reinforced surgical drape comprising a pair of sheets of non-woven cellulosic material, one of said sheets having a narrow portion along one marginal edge thereof secured in overlapping relation to a like portion of the other of said sheets to provide a laminated zone of mutual reinforcement, said sheets having a pair of elongated fenestrations arranged in longitudinal alignment on opposite sides of said zone, each sheet having its fenestration immediately adjacent to the said marginal edge of the other sheet secured thereto.
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