Surgical cloth

• US 4,188,945 A
• Filed: 08/14/1978
• Issued: 02/19/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Triplus Sjukvardsprodukter AB
• Original Assignee: Triplus Sjukvardsprodukter AB
• Inventors: Wenander, Bjorn
• Primary Examiner(s): Trapp, Lawrence W.
• Application Number:
  US05/933,587
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• Field of Search: 128/132 D, 128/283, 128/292, 128/294, 128/295, 2/50, 2/174, 2/172, 2/87-89
• US Class Current: 128/850
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/00 Surgical drapes

Abstract

A surgical cloth intended as a protection of the wound edges of an incision. The surgical cloth is provided with a central hole, which uncovers the operation area. A hem surrounds the hole and a rigid but flexible thread is introduced into the hem through an opening. The thread has a loop at one end and the opposite end of the thread is passed through said loop. The size of the hole can be adjusted by tightening or loosening the thread.

Claims

1. A surgical cloth provided with a central hole, which uncovers the operation area, said cloth being intended as a protection of the wound edges around an incision, wherein the cloth is provided with a hem surrounding the hole, the hem being provided with an opening through which a rigid, flexible thread is intended to be introduced, one of the ends of the thread being provided with a loop through which the opposite end of the thread is passed, said thread having a length exceeding that of the hem surrounding the hole and the thread being displaceable in the hem for adjusting the size of the hole.