Patent ID: 8826912
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical drape, comprising: a base sheet of thin, flexible material, the base sheet including an upper surface, a lower surface, a first lateral side edge, a second lateral side edge that is shorter than the first lateral side edge, a top edge spaced from the second lateral side edge and a bottom edge spaced from the second lateral side edge, as well as a top transition edge connecting the second lateral side edge to the top edge, the top transition edge being oriented at an oblique angle relative to the second lateral side edge and the top edge, and a bottom transition edge connecting the second lateral side edge to the bottom edge, the bottom transition edge being oriented at an oblique angle relative to the second lateral side edge and the bottom edge, wherein the top transition edge is a straight edge or a curved edge and the bottom transition edge is a straight edge or a curved edge; and a malleable first support member adjacent to the top transition edge and extending from the second lateral side edge to the top edge, and a malleable second support member adjacent to the bottom transition edge and extending from the second lateral side edge to the bottom edge, the first and second support members being shaped and dimensioned to support the sheet in a tented configuration whereby in use the malleable first support member is capable of being shaped so as to define a quarter arc with ends of the malleable first support member adapted to sit upon a support surface or a body of a patient with a central portion of the quarter arc supported in an elevated position spaced from the support surface or the malleable second support member is capable of being shaped so as to define a quarter arc with ends of the malleable second support member adapted to sit upon the support surface or the body of the patient with a central portion of the quarter arc supported in an elevated position spaced from the support surface to thereby support a portion of the base sheet adjacent either the top transition edge or the bottom transition edge such that the base sheet adjacent either the top transition edge or the bottom transition edge is capable of being lifted from a surface of a surgical table and away from the patient in an area adjacent a face of the patient; the base sheet including a first aperture formed therein and a second aperture formed therein; the first aperture and the second aperture being symmetrically positioned along opposite sides of the base sheet relative to a central axis extending between the top edge and the bottom edge; the first aperture being substantially L-shaped and including a substantially rectangular first aperture first leg having a first aperture first leg long axis and a first aperture first leg short axis and a substantially rectangular first aperture second leg having a first aperture second leg long axis and a first aperture second leg short axis, wherein the first aperture first leg long axis is substantially perpendicular to the first aperture second leg long axis; the second aperture being substantially L-shaped and including a substantially rectangular second aperture first leg having a second aperture first leg long axis and a second aperture first leg short axis and a substantially rectangular second aperture second leg having a second aperture second leg long axis and a second aperture second leg short axis, wherein the second aperture first leg long axis is substantially perpendicular to the second aperture second leg long axis.