Patent ID: 8286637
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical radiological C-arm imaging unit drape configured to provide a sterile outer surface about an end portion of a C-arm imaging unit, comprising: a flexible enclosure having an upper wall with a pair of sidewalls and a rear side extending downwardly from said upper wall, said upper wall and said side walls being expandable laterally outwardly from an operating table to an expanded position and laterally inwardly from said expanded position toward the operating table to a collapsed position, said upper wall and said sidewalls forming a pocket sized for receipt of the end portion of the imaging unit beneath said upper wall when in said expanded position, said upper wall having a sterile outer surface configured to face away from and overlie the end portion of the imaging unit to maintain sterility in a sterile zone above the operating table, said sterile outer surface being folded inwardly and shielded from external contamination when in said collapsed position.