Edge weighted surgical drape
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorHenry L. Griesbach, III
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Abstract
The invention relates to a nonwoven surgical drape made of a non-cellulose containing base sheet having a source of additional weight uniformly distributed along side edges of the drape. The source of additional weight may have a mass per unit length between about three times and about eight times the basis weight of the base sheet.
Claims16
A nonwoven surgical drape comprising a non-cellulose base sheet including a top edge, a bottom edge, at least two side edges, and a source of additional weight uniformly distributed along the side edges, the source having a mass per unit length between about three times and about eight times the basis weight of the base sheet.
A nonwoven surgical drape comprising a base sheet having a top edge, a bottom edge, at least two side edges, and a nonabsorbent material uniformly distributed along at least the side edges, the nonabsorbent material having a basis weight at least equal to about three times the basis weight of the base sheet.
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