Method for making a refastenable tube and cable restraint
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsRobert J. Rothrum, Robert L. Wheeler, F. Andrew Ubel
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Abstract
The present invention provides a tube and cable restraint comprising: a strip of flexible material having a generally elongated rectangular loop-section adapted to form a loop about the tube with an attachment means near the first end of the loop-section adapted to secure (e.g., adhere) the strip to a surgical drape and a refastenable loop forming means adapted to secure (e.g., adhere) the second end of the loop-section to the first end thereby forming a loop around the tube or cable. In another embodiment, the restraint is adapted to secure a tubular drape around a projecting object such as a microscope eyepiece.
Claims2
A method of making a refastenable tube and cable restraint comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a sheet of elongated flexible material having two ends, the first end containing a plurality of apertures
- (b) laminating a combined attachment and loop-forming means containing double-sided tape to the first end of the flexible material, the laminating step yielding a plurality of apertures with exposed adhesive;
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- (c) folding the second end of the flexible material so as to be in contact with exposed adhesive to yield a refastenable tube and cable restraint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.