Surgical wrap

• US 3,934,582 A
• Filed: 01/02/1974
• Issued: 01/27/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Johnson & Johnson
• Original Assignee: Johnson & Johnson
• Inventors: Gorrie, Thomas M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Medbery, Aldrich F.
• Application Number:
  US05/430,264
• Time in Patent Office: 755 Days
• Field of Search: 128/156, 128/157, 128/165, 128/160, 128/132 D, 161/249, 161/265, 2/61, 2/158, 2/168, 2/239
• US Class Current: 602/62
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/27 tubular, e.g. for arms or legs A61B46/13 takes precedence

Abstract

A surgical wrap for covering or isolating extremities during surgical procedure is provided. The wrap provides a barrier to bacterial migration and is substantially conformable to the extremities. It is constructed to exhibit simultaneously the properties of stretchability and fluid-imperviousness. A manner of arranging the wrap into a form suitable for compact packaging and for facile application during surgery is also provided.

Claims

1. Surgical draping means for providing ease of aseptic application and close fit of a surgical drape to a body extremity, said draping means comprising a sterile, elongated tubular wrap, closed at one end and open at the other end, and having substantially coextensive inner and outer layers, said inner layer comprising a stretchable, textile material with good slip-over properties, and said outer layer comprising a thin, fluid impervious, elastic drapable material which is a barrier to bacterial migration and meets the antistatic properties required for operating rooms.

2. The drape of claim 1 which is in a compact, cuff-folded configuration, said inner layer overlying said outer layer, said configuration comprising a series of cuff folds of from about one-fourth to about one-half of the flat width of the wrap, the total width of the folded wrap being substantially that of a single said cuff fold.

3. The drape of claim 1 which is in the form of a torroidal roll, said inner and outer layers having been simultaneously rolled circumferentially outward from said open end in a two-layer torroidal roll until said roll has approached said closed end.

4. Draping means according to claim 1 wherein the inner and outer layers are separate units concentrically positioned.

5. Draping means according to claim 1 wherein the inner and outer layers are joined.

6. Draping means according to claim 1 wherein the inner layer is made of an organic textile fiber and the outer layer is made of an elastomer.

7. Draping means according to claim 6 wherein the inner layer is made of cotton and the outer layer is made of styrene-butadiene rubber.

8. Draping means according to claim 1 wherein the inner layer is made of a knitted fabric and the outer layer is made of a thin elastomeric sheeting.