Patent ID: 6725864
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A surgical shoulder pouch for use with a surgical drape comprising:a) a single folded sheet of flexible fluid impermeable material having a front distal portion and a rear proximal portion relative to the patient's body, and top portion and bottom portion; b) a central region located on said rear portion of the flexible sheet having an opening; c) an elastomeric sheet covering said opening in the flexible sheet, the elastomeric sheet having a contoured opening therethrough smaller in size than the opening in the flexible sheet, said contoured opening being pear-shaped and contiguously surrounded by the elastomeric sheet material with the narrower end of the opening oriented toward the bottom of the pouch, the perimeter portion of said elastomeric sheet being fixed to the perimeter portion of the opening of the flexible sheet so that the flexible sheet circumscribes the perimeter of the elastomeric sheet; d) a longitudinal wire having a middle portion inside of a seam running along the upper edge of the top portion of the front portion of the pouch, and having ends exiting the front portion of the pouch proximal to the rear portion of the pouch; and e) a conformable strip positioned in the front portion of the pouch adjacent and generally parallel to the upper edge.