Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Drapes
Patent
1996-05-22
1997-05-27
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Drapes
128853, A61B 1900
Patent
active
056322844
ABSTRACT:
A surgical drape includes inner and outer flexible tubular members having a flexible drape of sheet material extending between them and a pumping device for pumping fluid into the inner and outer members. Also disclosed is a tool for depositing the surgical drape around the eye of a patient. A method of using the surgical drape as a barrier eye drape includes the steps of inserting the inner tube underneath the eyelids and around the eyeball of the patient, pumping fluid into the inner tube so as to inflate it into engagement with the eyelids and create retaining pressure, depositing the outer tube on the outer surface of the eyelids, pumping fluid into the outer tube so as to inflate it and draw the drape material into substantial planar contact with the interior and anterior portions of the eyelids, thereby retracting the eyelids outwardly and enlarging an opening between them to allow access to the eye for surgical procedures and provide a waterproof seal.
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