Patent ID: 8206363
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device adapted to assist the sterilisation of a limb surface, and comprising: a flexible tubular sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end, the sleeve being closed at the distal end and being shaped and sized so as to have a circumference configured to loosely fit around the limb of a patient whose limb surface is to be sterilised; and respective elastic limb-sealing means radially inward of the flexible tubular sleeve, each located close to or at the respective ends of said sleeve, and each configured to form a seal between the sleeve and the limb of a patient, wherein the respective elastic limb-sealing means extend radially inwardly from the circumference of the tubular sleeve to form respective elastically deformable holes for forming the respective seals, the holes having an unstretched circumference substantially smaller than the circumference of the flexible tubular sleeve.