Surgical drape having improved retaining means

Details Surgical drape having improved retaining means Surgical drape having improved retaining means

1977-03-04

1979-01-16

Trapp, Lawrence W.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128DIG26, A61B 1906

Patent

active

041343980

ABSTRACT:
An improved surgical drape comprising a main sheet of flexible drapable material having secured thereto in hinge-like fashion a retainer member comprising an elongated strip of generally flexible material to which tubing, electrical wires and the like may be attached and thereby retained in desired position on the drape. The flexible material comprising the retainer member is preferably selected from the group consisting of woven fabrics, nonwoven fabrics, polymeric films, and a liquid absorbent material laminated to a polymeric film. The drape may also include a reinforcing panel and, in a preferred embodiment, the reinforcing panel and the retainer member are made from a single piece of material. Methods for making such drapes are also disclosed.

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patent: 3561440 (1971-02-01), Bayer et al.
patent: 3721234 (1973-03-01), Hadtke et al.
patent: 3881474 (1975-05-01), Krzewinski

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