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US 5,339,831 AGranted
Pouch within a pouch design
AssigneeBaxter International Inc.
InventorJoseph F. Thompson
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Abstract
A double pouch is described in which a smaller pouch is located within a larger pouch. The larger pouch can be used to accommodate a patient's leg or other appendage during a surgical procedure while the smaller pouch can be used to retain irrigation fluids and surgical debris. In the preferred embodiment, the smaller pouch can be moved to the outside of the larger pouch when the larger pouch is not intended to be used. In one embodiment, the pouches can be attached to a main drape having a fenestration through which a patient's appendage is inserted.
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A device for covering a patient's appendage during a surgical procedure, comprising:
- a big pouch having an upper sheet and a lower sheet, said upper and lower sheets each having at least a first and a second peripheral section, said first peripheral sections of each sheet being generally attached to one another about their periphery, and said second peripheral sections of each sheet being generally unattached to one another to define a big opening and to allow a patient's appendage to be inserted into said big pouch between said second peripheral sections, said big pouch being large enough to accommodate a patient's appendage;
- a smaller pouch also having an upper sheet and a lower sheet, said upper and lower sheets of said smaller pouch each having at least a first and a second peripheral section, said first peripheral sections of each sheet of said smaller pouch being generally attached to one another about their periphery, and said second peripheral sections of each sheet of said smaller pouch being generally unattached to one another to define a smaller opening relative to said big opening of said big pouch;
- said second peripheral section of said lower sheet of each of said big and smaller pouches being connected to one another,
- said smaller pouch being movable from a first position to a second position in which
- in said first position, said smaller opening of said smaller pouch is located immediately within said big opening of said big pouch and said smaller pouch is generally located within said big pouch, and
- in said second position, said second peripheral section of said lower sheet of said smaller pouch overlies said big opening, and said smaller pouch is generally located outside of said big pouch.
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A surgical drape for use when operating on a patient's appendage, comprising:
- a main drape having an upper and lower surface, said main drape having a fenestration through which a patient's appendage may be inserted;
- a first big pouch having an upper sheet and a lower sheet, said upper and lower sheets each having at least a first and a second peripheral section, said first peripheral sections of each sheet being generally attached to one another about their periphery, and said second peripheral sections of each sheet being generally unattached to one another to define a first big opening and to allow a patient's appendage to be inserted into said first big pouch between said second peripheral sections, said first big pouch being large enough to accommodate a patient's appendage;
- said second peripheral section of said lower sheet of said first big pouch being attached to said upper surface of said main drape on a first side of said fenestration;
- a first smaller pouch also having an upper sheet and a lower sheet, said upper and lower sheets of said first smaller pouch each having at least a first and a second peripheral section, said first peripheral sections of each sheet of said first smaller pouch being generally attached to one another about their periphery, and said second peripheral sections of each sheet of said first smaller pouch being generally unattached to one another to define a first smaller opening relative to said first big opening of said first big pouch;
- said second peripheral section of said lower sheet of each of said first big and first smaller pouches being connected to one another,
- said first smaller pouch being movable from a first position to a second position in which
- in said first position, said first smaller opening of said first smaller pouch is located immediately within said first big opening of said first big pouch and said first smaller pouch is generally located within said first big pouch, and
- in said second position, said second peripheral section of said lower surface of said first smaller pouch overlies said first big opening, and said first smaller pouch is generally located outside of said first big pouch.
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