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Ophthalmic drape with tear line and method

  • US 20020000232A1
  • Filed: 08/02/2001
  • Published: 01/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1997
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of applying an ophthalmic drape to the upper and lower eyelids of an eye of a patient, the method comprising the following steps:

  • (a) providing a surgical drape comprising a sheet having a periphery, an aperture spaced from the periphery of the sheet, and at least two tear lines in the sheet extending substantially from the aperture substantially to the periphery to divide the sheet into two sections; and

    a field of skin compatible adhesive adjacent the aperture, the field being traversed by each of the tear lines so as to divide the field into at least two portions, one along each of the two sections of the sheet;

    (b) tearing the sheet partially or completely along at least one of the tear lines; and

    (c) adhering one of the portions of the field of skin compatible adhesive to one of the eyelids; and

    (d) adhering the other portion of the field of skin compatible adhesive to the other eyelid.

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