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US 5,170,804 AGranted
Mayo-stand disposable drape
OwnerJacob A. Glassmaninventor
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Abstract
A disposable drape for a Mayo stand is disclosed. The drape includes a built-in tray which is disposable along with the drape. The tray is compartmentalized to receive various shaped surgical instruments. One or more flaps are provided adjacent the edges of the tray. The flaps cover entrances to an opening under the Mayo stand and the upper body of a patient where surgical tools invariably become lost.
Claims10
A disposable drape for a surgical instrument stand comprising:
- an elongated tube having an elongated axis made of a flexible material closed at a first end and opened at a second opposite end;
- and flap means, of a single thickness, attached near the closed end of said tubular drape for covering a space between a leading transverse edge of said tubular drape and a draped body of a patient lying on a surgical table located beneath said surgical instrument stand, said flap means being attached to an edge of said elongated tube, said edge extending parallel to said elongated axis, said flap extending away from said edge in a direction perpendicular to said elongated axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.