Tube-like covering for protecting a surgical instrument, and method of making
First Claim
1. A thin covering for protecting an elongated surgical instrument comprising:
- an elongated tube of a thin flexible sterilizable material having an insertion opening and an exit opening at opposite ends thereof;
two resiliently deformable leaf-like lining members connected to said elongated tube and disposed in said tube at said insertion opening, said lining members each having a central portion and a pair of opposite side edges, a first one of said pair of side edges of one of said lining members being substantially congruent to a first one of said pair of side edges of the other of said lining members, and a second one of said pair of side edges of said one of said lining members being substantially congruent to a second one of said pair of side edges of said other of said lining members, and wherein upon application of force to said opposite side edges urging said opposite side edges towards each other, said central portions are spread apart to cause the insertion opening to open in a jaw-like manner for receiving a surgical instrument.
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Abstract
A thin covering is used for protecting an elongated surgical instrument, and is initially in a telescopically folded configuration prior to insertion of the surgical instrument therein, comprising: an elongated tube having an insertion opening region; two resiliently deformable leaf-shaped lining members connected to the elongated tube disposed in the insertion region, the lining members each having a central portion and a pair of sides edges. A first of the pair of side edges of one of the lining members is substantially congruent to a first of the pair of side edges of the other of the lining members, and a second of the pair of side edges of the one of the lining members is substantially congruent to a second of the pair of sides edges of the other of the lining members. Upon application of forces urging each of the first and the second pair of side edges together, the central portions are spread apart to form a jaw for receiving the surgical instrument.
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1. A thin covering for protecting an elongated surgical instrument comprising:
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an elongated tube of a thin flexible sterilizable material having an insertion opening and an exit opening at opposite ends thereof; two resiliently deformable leaf-like lining members connected to said elongated tube and disposed in said tube at said insertion opening, said lining members each having a central portion and a pair of opposite side edges, a first one of said pair of side edges of one of said lining members being substantially congruent to a first one of said pair of side edges of the other of said lining members, and a second one of said pair of side edges of said one of said lining members being substantially congruent to a second one of said pair of side edges of said other of said lining members, and wherein upon application of force to said opposite side edges urging said opposite side edges towards each other, said central portions are spread apart to cause the insertion opening to open in a jaw-like manner for receiving a surgical instrument. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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