Patent ID: 7972059

Claim:
A sterile cover configured to seal an X-ray cassette and configured to support and cushion a patient's body part during an X-ray procedure, the cover comprising: a body having a first sheet and a second sheet, the first sheet and the second sheet being comprised of a radiolucent, non-plastic material, the body further having a sidewall connecting together the first sheet and the second sheet, the first sheet and the second sheet having pairs of opposing ends with one pair of opposing ends being closed and the other pair of opposing end being open to form a sleeve between the first sheet and the second sheet; and a cushion element integrally distributed throughout the first sheet and the second sheet, said sleeve sized and shaped to accept the X-ray cassette, said cushion element sized and shaped to cushion the patient's body part during the X-ray procedure wherein the cushion element comprises a fluid absorbent material.