Surgical drape
First Claim
1. A surgical drape for use in surgery on a part of a body adjacent to an appendage of the body, comprising a flexible bacteria-proof sheet, having a transparent window designed to be placed over an operating site and to be made to adhere on its reverse side to the adjacent skin, a pocket forming a continuous part of the drape for receiving the appendage, and a pleated portion between the window and the pocket, the pocket having a mouth sealed to the drape around its lip and opening onto the reverse side of the sheet at a distance from the transparent area, and effectively closed at the other end of the pocket, the drape being so constructed and arranged that the mouth of the pocket is movable towards and away from the window by manipulation of said pleated portion of the drape.
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Abstract
A surgical drape for limb surgery has a main bacteria-proof flexible sheet 10, formed with a transparent operating window 15 having adhesive on its underside. Spaced from the window is an upwardly projecting pocket 18 to receive the length of the limb and between the window and the pocket is a folded area 12 which allows the mouth 20 of the pocket to be drawn away from the window to allow the distal end of the limb to be inserted.
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14 Claims
- 1. A surgical drape for use in surgery on a part of a body adjacent to an appendage of the body, comprising a flexible bacteria-proof sheet, having a transparent window designed to be placed over an operating site and to be made to adhere on its reverse side to the adjacent skin, a pocket forming a continuous part of the drape for receiving the appendage, and a pleated portion between the window and the pocket, the pocket having a mouth sealed to the drape around its lip and opening onto the reverse side of the sheet at a distance from the transparent area, and effectively closed at the other end of the pocket, the drape being so constructed and arranged that the mouth of the pocket is movable towards and away from the window by manipulation of said pleated portion of the drape.
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13. A surgical drape according to claim 17, including a receptacle on the front side of the drape arranged to receive fluids which may pass from the operation wound through an incision in the window, and means for discharging fluids from the receptacle.
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