Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Drapes
Patent
1993-11-18
1994-11-01
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Drapes
128846, 128863, 128917, A61B 1900, A61F 537
Patent
active
053600185
ABSTRACT:
A viewing device which includes a support; a splash guard with a peripheral wall enclosing an open area to permit visual observation therethrough, with the wall having a surface thereon to receive and support a disposable transparent film positioned across said open area; a post for positioning the splash guard; and a releasable restraint cooperating with the wall surface to releasably secure the transparent film positioned under tension across the open viewing area. There are also adjusting components to permit the splash guard to be positioned in varying angular orientations and at varying heights relative to the support. A variety of restraints are suitable, including resilient bands, toggle straps, flanged caps and compression springs. The device may be used with a variety of transparent films, polyethylene, polypropylene, cellulose acetate, polyester, polyvinylidene chloride and polysulfone. The device is most valuable in medical emergency room use, but it can also be used in a variety of other settings, including operating rooms, for out-patient examination, in individual physicians' offices, by veterinarians and for inspection or repair of small mechanical products where lubricants, cleaners or other liquids used with such products might be sprayed or splashed into the user's face.
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Hafer Robert A.
Hanlon Brian E.
Prescott Charles J.
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