Surgical drape
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1. A drape for preventing contamination of an incision area during a surgical procedure, comprising:
- (a) a protective film for covering a patient'"'"'s body during a surgical procedure, said film having a window formed therein;
(b) means, proximate said window, for adhering said protective film to the patient'"'"'s body with said window overlying the incision area; and
(c) an elongated pull-tab for exposing said adhering means to the patient'"'"'s body for securing said protective film thereto, said pull-tab extending, initially, toward, and overlying said window, and thereafter back upon itself to dispose a distal end thereof remote from said window;
p1 (d) wherein said adhering means is exposed by manipulating said pull-tab remote from said window.
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Abstract
A disposable surgical drape (10). It includes a tubular-shaped protective film (14) with a pull-tab (24) which lends itself to remote removal from an adhesive layer (20) on the protective film (14) so that the drape can be secured to a patient (22) without contamination of the incision area. An embodiment of the drape (10) comprises a protective film (14) which, when circumferentially spaced portions thereof are bonded together by, for example, a heat seal (15), defines a channel (16) which can function as a fluid conduit to remove bodily fluids from the surgical incision area.
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1. A drape for preventing contamination of an incision area during a surgical procedure, comprising:
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(a) a protective film for covering a patient'"'"'s body during a surgical procedure, said film having a window formed therein; (b) means, proximate said window, for adhering said protective film to the patient'"'"'s body with said window overlying the incision area; and (c) an elongated pull-tab for exposing said adhering means to the patient'"'"'s body for securing said protective film thereto, said pull-tab extending, initially, toward, and overlying said window, and thereafter back upon itself to dispose a distal end thereof remote from said window;
p1 (d) wherein said adhering means is exposed by manipulating said pull-tab remote from said window. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A drape for preventing contamination of an incision area during a surgical procedure, comprising:
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(a) a tubular-shaped protective film for encircling a patient'"'"'s limb during a surgical procedure, said film having a window formed therein; (b) means, proximate said window, for adhering said protective film to said patient with said window overlying the incision area; (c) an elongated pull-tab for exposing said adhering means to the patient'"'"'s body for securing said protective film thereto, said pull-tab extending initially toward, and overlying said window, and thereafter back upon itself to dispose a distal end thereof remote from said window; and (d) means for removing bodily fluids from the incision area. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A surgical drape for preventing contamination of an incision area during a surgical procedure, comprising:
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(a) a tubular-shaped protective film, said film having a window formed therein; (b) means defining a channel within said film; (c) means, proximate said window, for adhering said tubular-shaped protective film to a patient with said window overlying the incision area; (d) a pull-tab overlying said adhering means for exposing said adhering means remotely from said window, said pull-tab extending, intially, toward, and overlying said window, and thereafter back upon itself to dispose a distal end thereof remote from said window; (e) a pouch disposed relative to said window to receive, at a location remote from the incision area, bodily fluids secreted at the incision area; and (f) means for affording fluid communication between said pouch and said channel to effect removal of bodily fluids from the incision area.
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12. A drape to inhibit contamination of an incision area on a limb of a patient upon whom a surgical procedure is performed, comprising:
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(a) a protective film encircling the limb substantially along the length of the limb, and having a window formed therein at a location at which said window can be brought to overly the intended incision area, said film having a flared end to accommodate an end of the limb at which it is mated to the patient'"'"'s torso, and a tapered end to accommodate an end of the limb remote from the patient'"'"'s torso; (b) a layer of adhesive applied to a portion of an inner surface of said film at least surrounding said window; and
(c) a pull tab having a protective portion overlying said layer of adhesive, and a tab portion folded back on said protective portion and extending toward said flared end of said film so as to project, in a direction toward said flared end, beyond an edge of said protective portion most proximate said flared end of said film.
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13. A drape for preventing contamination of an incision area during a surgical procedure, comprising;
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(a) a tubular-shaped protective film for encircling a patient'"'"'s limb during a surgical procedure, said film having a window formed therein; (b) means for adhering said protective film to said patient with said window overlying the incision area; (c) means defining a channel, formed integrally within said protective film, for conducting fluids away from the incision area, said channel being segregatable from the rest of said film; (d) at least one pouch disposed relative to said window to receive, at a location remote from the incision area, bodily fluids secreted at the incision area; and (e) a length of flexible tubing connecting said pouch to said channel formed within said tubular shaped film, to convey bodily fluids from said pouch and away from the incision area.
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14. A drape for preventing contamination of an incision area during a surgical procedure, comprising:
- (a) a tubular-shaped protective film for encircling the patient'"'"'s limb during a surgical procedure, said film having a window formed therein;
(b) means for adhering said protective film to said patient with said window overlying the incision area; and (c) means defining a channel, formed integrally within said protective film, for conducting fluids away from the incision area; (d) wherein said protective film is heat sealed to define a seam between a channel defined by said channel defining means and the space into which the patient'"'"'s limb is inserted, and wherein said seam is provided with a multiplicity of perforations to enable the channel to be segregated from the rest of said film.
- (a) a tubular-shaped protective film for encircling the patient'"'"'s limb during a surgical procedure, said film having a window formed therein;
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