Surgical drape for use in forming and collecting surgical slush
First Claim
1. A surgical drape for use in a thermal treatment system including a basin recessed in a top surface of a system housing for thermally treating a sterile medium to congeal said sterile medium, said drape comprising:
- a drape portion for covering and hanging down from said top surface of said thermal treatment system; and
a pre-formed container portion fitted to match the contour of, and for being disposed within, said basin for collecting said sterile medium wherein said pre-formed container portion includes a plurality of deformities non-conforming to the basin walls for providing space between the pre-formed container portion and the basin walls to dislodge congealed sterile medium.
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Abstract
A surgical drape for use in a thermal treatment system congealing a sterile medium within a basin and automatically dislodging the congealed sterile medium adhered to the drape adjacent basin walls is accomplished by a drape having a drape portion covering the system housing with part of the drape portion disposed in the basin. The drape may further include a pre-formed container portion fitted to match the contour of, and being disposed within, the basin. The container portion may accommodate various shaped basins and include individual fluted sections, drape deformities, or an inflatable bladder surrounded by the fluted sections for facilitating dislodgement of the congealed medium. Further, the drape or preformed container portion may include a substantially annular bladder, or a bladder having a plurality of individually inflatable sections for manipulation of the drape relative to the basin to dislodge the congealed sterile medium. Alternatively, the bladders may be disposed between the drape or container portion and bottom of the basin for manipulation of the drape as described above. Moreover, the drapes may include stirrups to secure the drape to the system. A pump or bellows inflates and deflates the bladders via a piston having a reciprocating motion within a chamber, or, alternatively, via separate connections for inflation and deflation which are controlled by selective actuation of solenoids. The individually inflatable sections are inflated and deflated one section at a time in sequential order to manipulate the drape relative to the basin to dislodge the congealed sterile medium.
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44 Claims
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1. A surgical drape for use in a thermal treatment system including a basin recessed in a top surface of a system housing for thermally treating a sterile medium to congeal said sterile medium, said drape comprising:
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a drape portion for covering and hanging down from said top surface of said thermal treatment system; and a pre-formed container portion fitted to match the contour of, and for being disposed within, said basin for collecting said sterile medium wherein said pre-formed container portion includes a plurality of deformities non-conforming to the basin walls for providing space between the pre-formed container portion and the basin walls to dislodge congealed sterile medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A surgical drape for use in a thermal treatment system including a basin recessed in a top surface of a system housing for thermally treating a sterile medium, said drape comprising:
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a drape portion for covering and hanging down from said top surface and being pushed down into, and conforming to, the basin to form a drape receptacle; and inflatable bladder means disposed integrally with the bottom of the drape receptacle for manipulating the drape receptacle to dislodge congealed sterile medium. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. In a thermal treatment system including a basin recessed in a top surface of a system housing for congealing a sterile medium, and a drape having a drape portion covering the system and hanging down from the top surface, and a pre-formed container portion fitted to match a contour of, and being disposed within, the basin, wherein said pre-formed container portion includes a plurality of individual fluted sections disposed about a perimeter of said pre-formed container portion, a method for dislodging congealed sterile medium adhering to said pre-formed container portion of said drape adjacent walls of said basin comprising the step of:
(a) dislodging said congealed sterile medium from said pre-formed container portion adjacent walls of said basin by maintaining a distance between parts of said pre-formed container portion coincident said fluted sections and said basin walls to oppose an attraction force drawing said congealed sterile medium toward said basin walls. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. In a thermal treatment system including a basin recessed in a top surface of a system housing for congealing a sterile medium, and a drape having a drape portion covering the system and hanging down from the top surface and a pre-formed container portion fitted to match a contour of, and being disposed within, the basin, wherein said pre-formed container portion includes ridges disposed about a perimeter of said pre-formed container portion, a method for dislodging congealed sterile medium adhering to said pre-formed container portion of said drape adjacent walls of said basin comprising the step of:
(a) dislodging said congealed sterile medium from said pre-formed container portion adjacent walls of said basin by maintaining a distance between parts of said pre-formed container portion coincident said ridges and said basin walls to oppose an attraction force drawing said congealed sterile medium toward said basin walls. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. In a thermal treatment system including a basin recessed in a top surface of a system housing for congealing a sterile medium, and a drape having a drape portion for covering the system, hanging down from the top surface and being disposed in the basin to form a drape receptacle, a method for dislodging congealed sterile medium adhering to said drape receptacle adjacent walls of said basin comprising the step of:
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(a) forming an inflatable bladder integral with the bottom of said drape receptacle; and (b) inflating and deflating said inflatable bladder to manipulate said drape receptacle relative to said basin to dislodge said congealed sterile medium. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. In a thermal treatment system including a basin recessed in a top surface of a system housing for thermally treating a sterile medium to congeal said sterile medium, a method for dislodging congealed sterile medium adhered to walls of said basin comprising the steps of:
(a) forming a drape having a drape portion for covering the system housing and hanging down from the top surface, and a pre-formed container portion fitted to match a contour of, and for being disposed within, said basin for collecting said sterile medium, wherein said pre-formed container portion includes a plurality of individual fluted sections disposed about a perimeter of said pre-formed container portion. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38)
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39. In a thermal treatment system including a basin recessed in a top surface of a system housing for thermally treating a sterile medium, a method for dislodging congealed sterile medium adhered to walls of said basin comprising the steps of:
(a) forming a drape having a drape portion for covering the system housing and hanging down from the top surface, and a pre-formed container portion fitted to match a contour of, and for being disposed within said basin for collecting said sterile medium wherein said pre-formed container portion includes ridges disposed about a perimeter of said pre-formed container portion. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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41. In a thermal treatment system including a basin recessed in a top surface of a system housing for thermally treating a sterile medium, a method for dislodging congealed sterile medium adhered to walls of the basin comprising the steps of:
(a) forming a drape having a drape portion for covering the system housing and hanging down from the top surface wherein said drape portion is for being disposed within said basin to form a drape receptacle, and an inflatable bladder integrally disposed with the drape receptacle to manipulate the drape receptacle relative to the basin to dislodge the congealed sterile medium. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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