Surgical extremity drape
OwnerMartin H. Small, Janeece J. Davis +1inventors
InventorsMartin H. Small, Janeece J. Davis, Peggy C. Elkins
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Abstract
A surgical wrap or drape adapted for covering a patient's extremity during a surgical procedure. The drape is generally tubular in construction having two distinct sections; a first of stockinette material, preferably double-walled; and a second section formed from a liquid proof film. The second section is closed at one end and its opposite end is connected to one end of the stockinette section to form a continuous tubular wrap. In a preferred form, the second section includes a nonwoven fabric liner inside the liquid proof film and an elastic band bonded to the junction of the first and second sections.
Claims4
In a surgical drape of the type covering an extremity of a patient during surgery on said extremity, the improvement wherein said drape comprises:
- a first section comprising an elongated stockinette tube open at both ends, said tube, when said drape is in place completely covering a surgical site on said extremity, being disposed around said extremity at said surgical site and closely fitted to the shape of and in engagement with said extremity to resist movement relative to said extremity at said surgical site;
- a second section completely covering the part of said extremity distal from said surgical site to form a substantially fluid impervious sterile barrier, said second section comprising an elongated tube of liquid proof film having an interior tube of fabric, and second section being closed at one end and being secured at its other end to one end of said first section;
- said first section being in a toroidal roll, said stockinette having been rolled circumferentially outward from the end opposite said second section until said roll has approached said second section;
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- at least one elongated strap extending substantially the length of said first section, positioned on the outer wall of said first section and concentrically rolled within said toroidal roll;
- whereby said elongated strap provides means to unroll said toroidally rolled first section so as to completely cover said surgical site on said extremity.
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