Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Drapes
Patent
1997-11-05
1999-10-05
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Drapes
128853, A61B 1900
Patent
active
059607947
ABSTRACT:
A surgical barrier used on a patient during an operating procedure. Wherein the barrier includes a drape, having a patient and doctor side; and valve, located on the drape, for maintaining a barrier between the patient and doctor side while a surgical instrument extends therethrough. The surgical barrier also has a reservoir, located adjacent the valve, for holding a solution therein. Additionally, the reservoir includes a pore for expelling the solution onto the surgical instrument located on the patient side. Moreover, the reservoir includes a refill device for refilling the reservoir with solution. The reservoir has a hollow walled ring shape that is formed circumfrentially around the valve. The hollow walled ring defines a cavity therebetween. The valve is specifically located within the cavity adjacent the doctor side of the drape. Additionally, the surgical barrier includes a collection bag, located on the patient side of the drape, for collecting secretions from a patient during an operating procedure. The surgical barrier also includes on an adhesive tape located on a periphery of the drape.
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