Patent ID: 8752987

Claim:
A combination of a surgical light handle and a light handle cover comprising: (a) the light handle adapted to be connected with a surgical lamp and having a post part extending down from cone shaped shield, where the post part comprises a smooth circumference zone; (b) the light handle cover comprising an upper shield cover and a lower post cover, where the upper shield cover is generally conical and adapted to closely cover an outside surface of the shield and the lower post cover is adapted to closely cover the post part; (c) the lower post cover comprising an elastic seal which is adapted to elastically seal the smooth circumference zone against atmosphere when the light handle cover is engaged to the light handle; (d) the lower post cover comprising a vacuum zone extending the lower post cover beyond a free end of the post part when the light handle cover is engaged to the light handle; (e) the light handle cover is formed entirely of flexible, thin walled polymer from 1 to 10 mils thick and is adapted to be reduced in overall height from a state generally in the form of the light handle into a flattened, compressed state for storage due to a flexibility and foldability of the flexible, thin walled polymer; and (f) the thickness of the thin walled polymer is from 1.5 to 2.5 mils and the thickness of the upper shield cover is greater than that of the lower post cover.