Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Patent
1996-11-05
1997-10-14
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
128849, 128856, A61F 537
Patent
active
056761597
ABSTRACT:
A flexible polyurethane cover with a closed end that is contact clear for establishing sterility while using an ultrasound probe. The cover has gel prepositioned inside the contact clear polyurethane closed end. A drape can be attached to the contact clear cover. A method of making such a cover including folding a contact clear polyurethane sheet over itself and securing the side edges to form a compartment with a closed end, inverting the cover as necessary to position the seams inside the cover, applying a gel into the closed end portion of the cover, and sterilizing the cover without affecting the gel by applying a dry heat in a slow persistent manner after the gel is already in the cover.
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Microtek's Ultrasound Probe Drapes by Microtek Medical, Inc., Columbus, Ohio dated 1993--Advertising flyer.
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Brown Michael A.
Janin Group
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