Patent ID: 6179819
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
An obstetrical method for collecting umbilical cord blood from an umbilical cord after a mother gives birth, the method comprising:disposing the obstetrical drape onto an obstetrical table with one end below the buttocks of the mother and the other end depending from the end of the table;providing a collection pouch, the pouch including a sealable opening into the pouch with a sterility flap covering the opening of the pouch, the pouch being removably mounted on the drape at an elevation lower than the tabletop;after a birth, severing the umbilical cord at an incision distal to the placenta to create an umbilical cord end;raising the sterility flap;inserting the cord end into an opening of the pouch;milking the umbilical cord to inject cord blood into the pouch;sealing the pouch; andremoving the pouch from the drape.