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US 7,458,376 B2Granted
Surgical drape and panel assembly
AssigneeMarquet Cardiovascular, LLC.
InventorsWalid Nalib Aboul-Hosn, Scott Youmans
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Abstract
A disposable surgical drape for use in cardiovascular surgical procedures which may optionally be used to isolate a sterile pumping mechanism from a non-sterile pump driving mechanism and/or provide support for medical equipment, such as medical tubing.
Claims8
A surgical drape assembly, comprising:
- a sterile pump assembly including a non-sterile driving mechanism coupled to the pump assembly by a sterile pump drive cable,
- a surgical drape having at least one aperture dimensioned to allow the sterile pump drive cable to pass therethrough so as to isolate the non-sterile driving mechanism from the sterile pump assembly located within the surgical field;
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- a panel structure coupled to said surgical drape adapted to support at least one of said sterile pump assembly and said non-sterile driving mechanism.
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A method of isolating a sterile blood pump disposed within the sterile surgical field from a non-sterile motor disposed outside the sterile surgical field, comprising the steps of:
- (1) positioning a surgical drape and panel assembly such that a panel structure is positioned between the head and neck region of the patient and the torso region of the patient;
- (2) coupling said sterile blood pump to the side of the panel structure facing the torso region of the patient such that the sterile blood pump is disposed within the sterile surgical field;
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- (3) coupling said non-sterile motor to the side of the panel structure facing the head and neck region of the patient such that the motor is disposed outside the sterile surgical field.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.