Surgical drapes having tape attachment strips
First Claim
1. A universal surgical drape kit, comprising:
- a plurality of surgical drape panels each having a top surface and a bottom surface; and
a plurality of tape attachment strips comprising a backing, an adhesive layer covering one side of the backing, and a liner, wherein at least two of the surgical drape panels comprise a tape attachment strip adhesively attached to the top surface and along at least a portion of one edge of the drape panels, wherein a second portion of the tape attachment strips overhangs the drape panels and is covered with the liner, and wherein the drape kit, when assembled against a patient to provide a drape with a fenestration, comprises tape attachment strips that overlap at the corners of the fenestration, thereby providing a leak free seal between the patient and the top surface of the drape along the corners and edges of the fenestration.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a universal surgical drape kit, having: a plurality of drape panels each having a top surface and a bottom surface; and a plurality of tape attachment strips comprising a backing, an adhesive layer covering one side of the backing, and a liner. At least two of the tape attachment strips are adhesively attached to the top surface and along at least a portion of one edge of the drape panels and a second portion of the tape attachment strips overhangs the drape panels and is covered with a liner. The present invention also provides a surgical drape, comprising: a sheet of drape fabric having a rectangular fenestration cut therein; and four tape attachment strips comprising a backing, an adhesive layer covering one side of the backing, and a liner. The four tape attachment strips are adhesively attached to the top surface of the sheet along the edges of the fenestration and a second portion of the tape attachment strips overhangs the fenestration and is covered with a liner.
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16 Claims
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1. A universal surgical drape kit, comprising:
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a plurality of surgical drape panels each having a top surface and a bottom surface; and a plurality of tape attachment strips comprising a backing, an adhesive layer covering one side of the backing, and a liner, wherein at least two of the surgical drape panels comprise a tape attachment strip adhesively attached to the top surface and along at least a portion of one edge of the drape panels, wherein a second portion of the tape attachment strips overhangs the drape panels and is covered with the liner, and wherein the drape kit, when assembled against a patient to provide a drape with a fenestration, comprises tape attachment strips that overlap at the corners of the fenestration, thereby providing a leak free seal between the patient and the top surface of the drape along the corners and edges of the fenestration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A universal surgical drape kit, comprising:
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four surgical drape panels each having a top surface and a bottom surface; and at least four tape attachment strips comprising a backing, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer covering one side of the backing, and a liner, wherein the drape panels each comprise at least one tape attachment strip adhesively attached to the top surface and along at least a portion of one edge of the drape panels, wherein a second portion of the tape attachment strips overhangs the drape panels and is covered with the liner, wherein the drape panels further comprise a layer of fluid absorbing material along a portion of one edge of the panel and the tape attachment strip is adhesively attached to the top surface of the fluid absorbing material, and wherein the drape kit, when assembled against a patient to provide a drape with a fenestration, comprises tape attachment strips that overlap at the corners of the fenestration, thereby providing a leak free seal between the patient and the top surface of the drape along the corners and edges of the fenestration. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method of making a universal surgical drape, comprising the steps of:
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(a) peeling a lengthwise strip of liner off the adhesive surface of a single-sided adhesive tape thus exposing a lengthwise first adhesive strip and leaving a second lengthwise strip of liner in contact with a lengthwise second adhesive strip; (b) contacting the first adhesive strip to a drape panel at the edge of the drape panel thus causing the liner-covered second adhesive strip to overhang the drape panel; (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) to provide four such drape panels; (d) removing the second lengthwise strip of liner from the drape panel thus exposing the second adhesive strip; (e) orienting the drape panel so that the adhesive tape parallels an edge of a surgical site; (f) contacting the exposed second adhesive strip to a patient to define a first edge of a fenestration; (g) repeating steps (e) and (f) to define a second, third, and fourth edges of the fenestration, wherein the drape comprises tape attachment strips that overlap at the corners of the fenestration, thereby providing a leak free seal between the patient and the top surface of the drape along the corners and edges of the fenestration.
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