Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Drapes
Patent
1997-12-31
2000-05-02
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Drapes
128852, A61B 1900
Patent
active
06055987&
ABSTRACT:
A surgical drape and surgical drape kit are provided for engaging a hook fastener to fasten the surgical drape to an object. The surgical drape comprises a fabric including a nonwoven layer, the nonwoven layer having a surface including a plurality of strands. The strands are arranged on the surface with a plurality of bonds spaced about the surface and a plurality of loops extending between the bonds, the loops being engageable with the hook fastener for fastening the surgical drape to the object. The surgical drape kit may also comprise a plurality of surgical drapes for use together during a surgical procedure, the loops being engageable with the hook fastener for fastening the surgical drapes together.
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Dowdy Richard C.
Griesbach Henry L.
Hafer Gregory S.
Brown Michael A.
Kimberly-Clark Wordwide, Inc.
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