Patent ID: 6199553
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A surgical drape for covering a patient during a surgical procedure, said drape comprising:a) a base sheet having an upper surface and a lower surface, said base sheet defining a fenestration therein through which said surgical procedure will be preformed when said drape is covering a patient during a surgical procedure;b) an absorbent reinforcement pad having an absorbent upper surface and a liquid-repellant lower surface, said absorbent reinforcement pad being superimposed on said base sheet and having its liquid-repellant lower surface mounted on the upper surface of said base sheet, said absorbent reinforcement pad defining a fenestration therein which, when said pad is mounted on said base sheet, forms an aperture through said base sheet and said reinforcement pad through which surgical procedures may be performed; andc) wherein said reinforcement pad has a landing zone for allowing a fluid collection device to be positioned on said absorbent upper surface of said reinforcement pad to collect and retain fluids exuded near said aperture during surgical procedures, said landing zone being formed from a material that will allow for adhesive attachment of said fluid collection device to said landing zone at an adhesive interface that will not fail during surgical procedures when fluids are exuded near said aperture and collected in said fluid collection device, said landing zone comprising a portion of the liquid-repellant lower surface of said reinforcement pad, said pad portion having been exposed by being folded back to form said reinforcement pad fenestration.