Patent ID: 7036513

Claim:
A barrier device ( 1 ) for applying a surgical cloth ( 11 ) adjacent to the location on a patient's body where a surgical intervention is to be performed, the barrier device ( 1 ) having an upper side ( 3 ) of which a part is intended to abut against the underside of the surgical cloth ( 11 ), an underside ( 2 ) intended to abut against the patient's skin ( 12 ), and a front edge ( 4 ) and a rear edge ( 5 ) near and at a distance from, respectively, the location on the patient's body where the surgical intervention is to be performed, wherein the barrier device ( 1 ) on its underside ( 2 ) at the front edge ( 4 ) is provided with a first adhesive portion ( 6 ), and that the barrier device ( 1 ) on its upper side ( 3 ) is provided with a protruding, elongate arid, flexible fastening flap ( 8 ) which on the side facing the rear edge ( 5 ) is provided with a second adhesive portion ( 9 ) for adhesion to the surgical cloth.