Thermal surgical drape

• US 6,820,622 B1
• Filed: 06/07/2002
• Issued: 11/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Leonides Y. Teves, Steven D. Mccarus
• Original Assignee: Leonides Y. Teves, Steven D. Mccarus
• Inventors: McCarus, Steven D., Teves, Leonides Y.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dahbour, Fadi H.
• Application Number:
  US10/064,076
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• Field of Search: 128/849, 128/853, 128/854, 128/852, 128/857, 245/8, 2 8/8, 2DI/G 3, 2DI/G 5, 219/212
• US Class Current: 128/849
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/00 Surgical drapes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/40 Drape material, e.g. laminates; Manufacture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/006 of gas
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/0097 Blankets with active heating or cooling sources warming mats A61F7/08

Abstract

A combination surgical drape and blanket covers the entire body of a supine patient to provide draping and body temperature management in a single structure. A flexible sheet of plastic overlies a flexible substrate and is connected to the substrate at its periphery to create a hollow space into which warm air is pumped. A plurality of tie-downs maintains a low profile for the inflated cover. Removable panels grant access to areas of the body for surgical procedures. The structure includes a tool-holding platform and a releasably mounted urine drainage system that enables a patient to remain connected to a urine drainage bag even when the combination surgical drape and blanket is removed at the conclusion of a surgical procedure.

Claims

1. A combination surgical drape and blanket for patient temperature management, comprising:

a substrate formed of a flexible material;

said substrate having a main body adapted to overlie a patient, said substrate having a width and length sufficient to cover the shoulders, chest, torso, and legs of said patient;

said substrate having a pair of arm-covering members connected to and extending from said main body on opposite sides thereof;

a flexible sheet of material that overlies said substrate;

a plurality of interconnecting members for interconnecting said substrate and said flexible sheet of material, each interconnecting member joining said substrate and said flexible sheet of material together at a point so that said substrate and flexible sheet of material are unconnected to one another around each point;

an air inlet that admits air into a space between said substrate and said flexible sheet of material, said air inlet adapted to admit warm compressed air from a remote source of warm compressed air into said space between said substrate and said flexible sheet of material;

a plurality of small vent holes formed in said flexible sheet of material to enable warm compressed air in said space to exhaust therefrom;

a removably mounted panel formed in said main body, said removably mounted panel including a section of said substrate and said flexible sheet of material bonded to one another at a peripheral edge of said panel so that said panel is not in fluid communication with said inlet means so that when said panel is removed, compressed warm air continues to flow throughout said arm-covering members and all parts of said main body outside the boundary of said removable panel;

whereby said combination surgical drape and blanket performs the function of a surgical drape when disposed in overlying relation to patient;

whereby said combination surgical drape and blanket performs the function of a blanket when warm compressed air is admitted into said space;

whereby removal of said removable panel exposes a part of the patient'"'"'s body to which access is needed for a surgical procedure.

2. The combination surgical drape and blanket of claim 1, further comprising:

a concavity formed in said main body in a transversely disposed edge thereof, said concavity adapted to receive a patient'"'"'s head;

a flexible shield of rectangular construction connected at a first edge to said main body and having a second edge opposite to said first edge adapted to be connected to a support means at a point above said patient'"'"'s head so that said shield is disposed at an angle over said patient'"'"'s head;

a rigid platform member disposed in overlying relation to said flexible shield;

at least one clamp secured to said platform, said at least one clamp adapted to hold a tool deposited atop said platform;

whereby a tool deposited atop said platform and held by said at least one clamp does not roll down said platform and is therefore available for use.

3. The combination surgical drape and blanket of claim 2, wherein said at least one clamp includes at least one pair of laterally spaced apart clamps so that a first end of a tool is supported by a first clamp of said at least one pair of clamps and so that a second end of said tool is supported by a second clamp of said at least one pair of clamps.

4. The combination surgical drape and blanket of claim 3, wherein each clamp of said at least one pair of laterally spaced apart clamps is hingedly mounted to said rigid platform so that it is storable atop said rigid platform in a folded configuration when not in use and is positioned in upstanding relation to said rigid platform when disposed in an operable configuration.

5. The combination surgical blanket and drape of claim 1, further comprising a pair of bifurcated leg-covering members that extend from said main body, each leg member of said pair of leg members having a structure like that of said main body and said arm-covering members so that the legs of said patient are individually warmed and draped.

6. The combination surgical drape and blanket of claim 1, further comprising:

an elongate tube;

a plurality of support blocks arranged along the length of said elongate tube at predetermined intervals, each of said support blocks adapted to receive said elongate tube therethrough;

each of said support blocks being detachably secured to a peripheral edge of said combination surgical drape and blanket;

a first connector means disposed at a first end of said elongate tube, said first connector means adapted for releasable engagement with a distal end of a urine drainage catheter;

a second connector means disposed at a second end of said elongate tube, said second connector means adapted for releasable engagement with a urine collection bag;

whereby when a surgical procedure has been completed, each of said support blocks is separated from said combination surgical drape and blanket;

whereby said first and second connector means remain connected to said urine drainage catheter and said urine collection bag, respectively.