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Publication Number
US-11517388-B2
Publication Date
2022-12-06
Expiration Date
Abstract
A pocket and drape system which provides one or more sterile fields, as well as the methodology for employing said pocket and drape system is provided. The pocket and drape includes a base drape material having an upper edge, a lower edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge to define a perimeter, where the base drape material also includes an inner surface and an outer surface. A first row of pockets and a second row of pockets are configured on the inner surface of the base drape material. In addition, a flap covers a portion of the inner surface of the base drape material, where the flap has a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the flap maintains at least one sterile field.
Core Innovation
The invention provides a pocket and drape system that includes a base drape material having an inner surface and an outer surface, with an upper edge, a lower edge, and first and second side edges defining a perimeter. The base drape material includes a first fold line, and the system includes a first row of pockets configured on the inner surface of the base drape material. Maintaining the base drape material in a folded position at the first fold line facilitates the maintenance of a first sterile field.
The system further defines a boundary between the perimeter of the base drape material and the first row of pockets, wherein the boundary spans a distance ranging from about 40 millimeters to about 150 millimeters. The pocket and drape system is configured to maintain sterility by coordinating the folded position at the fold line with the spatial relationship between the drape perimeter and the pocket row.
In additional embodiments, the base drape material includes a second fold line and the system includes a second row of pockets configured on the inner surface of the base drape material. Maintaining the base drape material in a folded position at the first fold line facilitates the maintenance of a first sterile field, and maintaining the base drape material in a folded position at the second fold line facilitates the maintenance of a second sterile field.
Claims Coverage
The provided independent claims are directed to a pocket and drape system in which folding at one or more fold lines is stated to facilitate maintaining one or more sterile fields, and in which the drape perimeter-to-pocket boundary is specified for a first sterile field. Across the independent claims, the main inventive features include a base drape material with fold lines and pocket rows on the inner surface and a specified boundary distance for the first sterile field, as well as a two-sterile-field configuration using first and second fold lines and first and second pocket rows.
Base drape fold line with first pocket row for first sterile field
A base drape material having an inner surface and an outer surface that includes a first fold line, together with a first row of pockets configured on the inner surface, wherein maintaining the base drape material in a folded position at the first fold line facilitates the maintenance of a first sterile field.
Perimeter-to-pocket boundary distance for sterility maintenance
A boundary exists between the perimeter of the base drape material and the first row of pockets, wherein the boundary spans a distance ranging from about 40 millimeters to about 150 millimeters.
Two fold lines with first and second pocket rows for first and second sterile fields
A base drape material includes a first fold line and a second fold line, with a first row of pockets and a second row of pockets configured on the inner surface, wherein maintaining the base drape material in a folded position at the first fold line facilitates the maintenance of a first sterile field and wherein maintaining the base drape material in a folded position at the second fold line facilitates the maintenance of a second sterile field.
The independent claims cover pocket and drape systems that use one or more fold lines on a base drape material to facilitate maintenance of corresponding sterile fields, with pockets configured on the drape’s inner surface. One independent claim further requires a specified boundary distance between the drape perimeter and the first pocket row, while the other independent claim extends the sterile-field concept to a second fold line and a second pocket row.
Stated Advantages
Facilitates the maintenance of a first sterile field.
Facilitates the maintenance of a second sterile field.
Documented Applications
Port access dressing change.
Dialysis dressing change.
CVC dressing change and insertion.
PICC dressing change.
PICC insertion.
Foley insertion.
Peripheral IV placement.
Laceration repair.
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