Patent ID: 7717117
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical draping method for a patient on an operating table and an adjacent movable medical tool comprising: positioning a patient drape having a surgical access opening in a medial portion thereof over the patient on the operating table so that the surgical access opening exposes a surgical site on the patient, the patient drape also having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion on opposing sides of the medial portion, and the patient drape having insets on opposing sides of the medial portion so that the medial portion has a width less than the widths of the proximal and distal end portions; fastening opposing medial side portions of the patient drape together underneath the operating table to provide a pathway thereunder for passage of at least one portion of the moveable medical tool therethrough; positioning an equipment drape adjacent a side of the operating table aligned with the pathway to cover the at least one portion of the moveable medical tool when moved through the pathway; and positioning a second equipment drape on the movable medical tool.