CA1225894A - Perineal drape - Google Patents
Perineal drapeInfo
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B46/00—Surgical drapes
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B46/00—Surgical drapes
- A61B46/20—Surgical drapes specially adapted for patients
- A61B2046/205—Adhesive drapes
Abstract
Abstract:
A folded hospital drape for placing on a pa-tient by operating room personnel has a generally rectangular center section and side sections C-folded inwardly over the center section. The drape is fold-ed and secured to form a narrow drape area for fit-ting between the legs in the crotch of a patient.
Adhesive strips on the flaps and an adhesive strip across the end of the drape are provided for securing the drape to the thighs and abdomen of the patient when the center section and the side sections are spread to form a wide drape area at the end of the drape. The opposite end of the drape is tucked under the patient's buttocks. A cuff section at the top end of the drape is provided so that the hands of the person applying the drape to the patient may be in-serted in the cuff to spread the side sections of the drape outwardly from the center section.
A folded hospital drape for placing on a pa-tient by operating room personnel has a generally rectangular center section and side sections C-folded inwardly over the center section. The drape is fold-ed and secured to form a narrow drape area for fit-ting between the legs in the crotch of a patient.
Adhesive strips on the flaps and an adhesive strip across the end of the drape are provided for securing the drape to the thighs and abdomen of the patient when the center section and the side sections are spread to form a wide drape area at the end of the drape. The opposite end of the drape is tucked under the patient's buttocks. A cuff section at the top end of the drape is provided so that the hands of the person applying the drape to the patient may be in-serted in the cuff to spread the side sections of the drape outwardly from the center section.
Description
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PERINEAL DRAPE
Technical Field:
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;This invention relates to a folded hospital drape and, more particularly, to a drape for covering the perineal area during surgical operations.
Background Art:
In a surgical operation such as a coronary bypass where the saphenous vein is removed from the 20 leg or thigh of the patient undergoing the bypass operation, there is a need for a hospital drape that can be attached to a patient's abdomen and which will wall off the entire perineum. There is a further need for such a hospital drape that can be attached without using stitches or clips to the skin. There is also a need for `a drape whichj while small in size, has a shape that covers the entire perineum without use of excessive material. For other types of s~urgical operations in this body area, there is also a need for a hospital dr~ape that can be used to cover the entire perineum and can be secured easily in positlon.
Hexetofore woven fabric towels c~stomarily have been used fo~r~this~purpose.~ These towels are folded leng~hwlse to~tbe~requlrsd width,~placed on ths psrl-,~ : , :
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Certain problems are raised when towels are used for draping the patient during such surgical operations. For example, fabric towels are absorbent and porous and may allow fluid and bacteria to penetrate from the perineum and contaminate the operative site or sites. When towels are cllpped or stitched to the lower abdomen, the sides of ~he towels are left open, which allows fluids and bacteria to travel to and from the perineal area.
Also, the stitches and towel clips are invasive and traumatic and may produce sites for in~ection where the skin is penetrated by the stitching needles. In addition, it is very difficult for the sterile operating room personnel who are draping the patient with such towels to avoid touching the patient's s~in during the draping procedure. To avoid contamination, they must not touch the patient's body, particularly in the perineal area.
Accordin~ to the present invention there is provided a ~0 surgical drape of fluid repellent material and adapted to wall off the perineum from incision sites, ~he drape having a general-ly rectangular center section with a longitudinal center line and side sections extending from the center section and C-folded over the center section to provide on each side of the center line an inwardly extending portion and an outwardly extending flap. A cuff section is provided which has a portion located at one end of the center section, and means is provided for securing both inner portions of said s~ide sections to locations inter-mediate the longitudinal ends of the center section to hold the drape folded at such locations to form a narrow drape area for fitting between the legs in the crotch of a patient. An adhesive means is provided whicn extends longitudinally on the outer flaps of the side sections and tran~3versely on the one end of the center section and on both the inner portions and outer flaps of the side sections for securing the sections when spread to form .~
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a wide drape area to the thighs and the abdomen of the patient with the other end of the center and side sections under the buttocks of the patient.
The principal object of thi.s invention is to provide a perineal drape that protects tne~ patient by walling off the "dirty" perineum from an open incision, for example, in the chest or leg during a coronary bypass, or in the abdomen during an appendectomy. It can be seen tha~ the above described drape is of a shape to cover entirely the perineum and has adhesive on the surface of the drape to attach the drape without re~uiring stitches or clips in a manner that provides an effective wall and prevents bacteria transfer from the perineum, and which has fluid repellency to contain fluid and prevent it from penetrating or passing the sides of the drape, and that has a cuff means to cover the hands of the person applying the drape to prevent contact with the patient's body and contamination of the person applying the drape.
Brief Description of the Drawings Further objects will appear from the following description ta~en in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a folded perineal drape constructed according to this invention;
Figure 2 is a plan view of the folded drape shown in Figure 1 ;
Figure 3 is an end view of the drape shown in Figure 1;
Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view of the drape shown in ~igures 1 and 2, w1th one furth~r lengthwise fold for packaging;
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Figure 5 is a diagrammatic view of the drape with a second lengthwise fold, ready for packaging;
Figure 6 is a plan view of the starting sheet of material before folding into the drape of Figure 1;
Figure 7 is a perspective view of the sheet of material partially folded to provide the cuff section;
Figure 8 is a plan view of the partially folded sheet of Figure 7, turned over to show the adhesive strips applied to the sheet, before folding into the drape as shown in Figure 1;
Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 6 of the starting sheet of material before folding into an - 3a - -:
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alternative embodiment of the drape of this inven-tion; and Figure 10 is a perspective view of the sheet of material shown in Figure 9, partially folded to pro-s vide the cuff sections at both ends.
Best Mode For Carrying Out The Invention:
Turning to the drawings, a drape according to this invention is shown in Figure 1 in a condition ready to be placed on a patient by operating room personnel. The drape in this condition has folds somewhat similar to a wing-folded rectangular diaper with a generally rectangular center section 10 and with side sections 12, L4 C-folded inwardly over the center section 10 to provide on each side of the longitudinal center line 16 an inwardly extending portion 18A, 18B and an outwardly extending flap 20A, 20B. In keeping with this invention, the drape is provided with a cuff section 22A, preferably at one end, and also is provided with pressure sensitive adhesive strips 24A, 2413 extending longitudinally on the flaps of the side sections and in a single strip 26 extending transverse:Ly across one end of the drape, the end strip 26 extending substantially continuously adjacent the edge of the drape on both the center and the side sections (as shown more clearly in the un-folded drape shown in Figure 8). Such adhesive strips 24A, 24B, 26 are covered with strips of release paper 28 for packaging, which is peeled from the adhesive when the drape is placed on the patient.
To hold the drape in folded condition, the inner portions 18~, 18B of the side sections 12, 14 are secured to locations 30, 32 intermediate the ends of the center section 10 of the drape, it being most .
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preferred to secure the inner portions 18A, 1~ by adhesive at such locat:ions, although other securing means could be used if desired. With the inner por-tions 18A, 18B secured to the center section 10 at 5 intermediate locations 30, 32, the drape is held at such locations to for~ a narrow drape area for fit-ting between the legs in the crotch of a patient.
The adhesive strips 24A, 24B on the flaps 20A, 20B
and the adhesive strip 26 across the end of the drape aee provided for securing the drape to the thighs and abdomen of the patient: when the center section 10 and the side sections 12, 14 are spread to form a wide drape area at the end of the drape. The opposite end of the drape is tuckecl under the patient's buttocks.
With the cuff section 22A at the top end of the drape, the hands of the person applying the drape to the patient may be inserted in the cuff to spread the side sections 12, 14 of the drape outwardly from the center section 10 at t:he end of the drape while the narrow area intermediate the ends is held in the folded condition by the securement means at the loca-tions 30, 32. In an alternative embodiment shown in Figures 9 and 10, a second cuff section 22B at the lower end of the drape may also be provided to allow the hands of the person applying the drape to be inserted in the seconcl cuff to avoid touching the skin of the patient and to facilitate its placement However, the second cuff at the lower end of the drape may be omitted, as shown in Figure 1, and the end of the drape tucked in the draped position, the provision of the second cuff being optional.
To make a drape according to this invention, a rectangular sheet of drape fabric is provided, pre-ferably a nonwoven fabric of about 1.4 ounce basis weight which has a laminar construction, as disclosed ,~ , , :
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in U. S. Patent 4,041,203, and includes an integrated mat of polymeric microfibers united to and sandwiched between outer webs of continuous polymeric filaments.
Preferably the drape fabric is treated in a conven-tional manner to be fluid repellent.
While the drape may be made in larger or smal-ler sizes, in an exemplar~ embodiment the starting sheet size is a rectangle, as pictured in Figure 6, 32.5 inches in length and 10.5 inches in width. In this embodiment, a cuff section 22, approximately 7.5 inches in length, is folded in from one end, as shown in Figure 7, and fastened by adhesive or other seam-ing methods (indicated diagrammatically at 31) to the side edges 34A, 34B of the side sections of the drape fabric.
The partially folded drape, as shown in Figure 7, is then turned over to the position shown in Fig-ure 8, thus providing the cuff section 22A beneath the center section 10 and side sections 12, 14 (when spread outwardly as shown in Figure 8). Pressure sensitive adhesive is applied in strips 24A, 24B, 26 along the margins of the drape fabric. These strips of adhesive may be applied using strips of release paper, preferably leaving tabs 36 to facilitate re-moving the strips of release paper when the drape isplaced on the patient. Tacky adhesive is also placed at locations 30, 32 intermediate the longitudinal ends of the center section 10.
To provide the folded drape shown in Figure 1 from the partially folded drape of Figure 8, the side sections 12, 14 are folded over the center section 10; the adhesive at the locations 30, 32 acts to ~; secure both inner portions 18A, 18B to the center section 10 to hold the drape folded at such locations for fi~ting to the patient. The resulting folded : ~
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drape structure is relatively long and narrow, the ratio of length to width being preferably about 8:1, to provide sufficient drape fabric to completely cover the perineum while being narrow to avoid ex-cessive bunching of material in the crotch. With thedrape being made of flexible drape fabric, the end portion with the cuff may be laid flat and conforms to the patient's body such that it may be adhered in place with the adhesive and wall off the perineum from sites of incisions in the patient's body. The other end portion of the drape provides sufficient fabric to be tucked under the buttocks.
For packaging, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the drape is folded with a fold lengthwise as shown in Figure 4 and with a second fold lengthwise as shown in Fiqure 5 to provide the drape ready for packaging.
After removal from the package, the drape is pre-sented with the top end 40 (Figure 5) having a cuff so that the drape may be shaken out and easily hand-led by the operating room person to place it on thepatient.
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PERINEAL DRAPE
Technical Field:
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;This invention relates to a folded hospital drape and, more particularly, to a drape for covering the perineal area during surgical operations.
Background Art:
In a surgical operation such as a coronary bypass where the saphenous vein is removed from the 20 leg or thigh of the patient undergoing the bypass operation, there is a need for a hospital drape that can be attached to a patient's abdomen and which will wall off the entire perineum. There is a further need for such a hospital drape that can be attached without using stitches or clips to the skin. There is also a need for `a drape whichj while small in size, has a shape that covers the entire perineum without use of excessive material. For other types of s~urgical operations in this body area, there is also a need for a hospital dr~ape that can be used to cover the entire perineum and can be secured easily in positlon.
Hexetofore woven fabric towels c~stomarily have been used fo~r~this~purpose.~ These towels are folded leng~hwlse to~tbe~requlrsd width,~placed on ths psrl-,~ : , :
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,, neum, tuc~ed under the buttocks and secured to the lower abdomen by towel clips or stitches.
Certain problems are raised when towels are used for draping the patient during such surgical operations. For example, fabric towels are absorbent and porous and may allow fluid and bacteria to penetrate from the perineum and contaminate the operative site or sites. When towels are cllpped or stitched to the lower abdomen, the sides of ~he towels are left open, which allows fluids and bacteria to travel to and from the perineal area.
Also, the stitches and towel clips are invasive and traumatic and may produce sites for in~ection where the skin is penetrated by the stitching needles. In addition, it is very difficult for the sterile operating room personnel who are draping the patient with such towels to avoid touching the patient's s~in during the draping procedure. To avoid contamination, they must not touch the patient's body, particularly in the perineal area.
Accordin~ to the present invention there is provided a ~0 surgical drape of fluid repellent material and adapted to wall off the perineum from incision sites, ~he drape having a general-ly rectangular center section with a longitudinal center line and side sections extending from the center section and C-folded over the center section to provide on each side of the center line an inwardly extending portion and an outwardly extending flap. A cuff section is provided which has a portion located at one end of the center section, and means is provided for securing both inner portions of said s~ide sections to locations inter-mediate the longitudinal ends of the center section to hold the drape folded at such locations to form a narrow drape area for fitting between the legs in the crotch of a patient. An adhesive means is provided whicn extends longitudinally on the outer flaps of the side sections and tran~3versely on the one end of the center section and on both the inner portions and outer flaps of the side sections for securing the sections when spread to form .~
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a wide drape area to the thighs and the abdomen of the patient with the other end of the center and side sections under the buttocks of the patient.
The principal object of thi.s invention is to provide a perineal drape that protects tne~ patient by walling off the "dirty" perineum from an open incision, for example, in the chest or leg during a coronary bypass, or in the abdomen during an appendectomy. It can be seen tha~ the above described drape is of a shape to cover entirely the perineum and has adhesive on the surface of the drape to attach the drape without re~uiring stitches or clips in a manner that provides an effective wall and prevents bacteria transfer from the perineum, and which has fluid repellency to contain fluid and prevent it from penetrating or passing the sides of the drape, and that has a cuff means to cover the hands of the person applying the drape to prevent contact with the patient's body and contamination of the person applying the drape.
Brief Description of the Drawings Further objects will appear from the following description ta~en in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a folded perineal drape constructed according to this invention;
Figure 2 is a plan view of the folded drape shown in Figure 1 ;
Figure 3 is an end view of the drape shown in Figure 1;
Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view of the drape shown in ~igures 1 and 2, w1th one furth~r lengthwise fold for packaging;
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Figure 5 is a diagrammatic view of the drape with a second lengthwise fold, ready for packaging;
Figure 6 is a plan view of the starting sheet of material before folding into the drape of Figure 1;
Figure 7 is a perspective view of the sheet of material partially folded to provide the cuff section;
Figure 8 is a plan view of the partially folded sheet of Figure 7, turned over to show the adhesive strips applied to the sheet, before folding into the drape as shown in Figure 1;
Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 6 of the starting sheet of material before folding into an - 3a - -:
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alternative embodiment of the drape of this inven-tion; and Figure 10 is a perspective view of the sheet of material shown in Figure 9, partially folded to pro-s vide the cuff sections at both ends.
Best Mode For Carrying Out The Invention:
Turning to the drawings, a drape according to this invention is shown in Figure 1 in a condition ready to be placed on a patient by operating room personnel. The drape in this condition has folds somewhat similar to a wing-folded rectangular diaper with a generally rectangular center section 10 and with side sections 12, L4 C-folded inwardly over the center section 10 to provide on each side of the longitudinal center line 16 an inwardly extending portion 18A, 18B and an outwardly extending flap 20A, 20B. In keeping with this invention, the drape is provided with a cuff section 22A, preferably at one end, and also is provided with pressure sensitive adhesive strips 24A, 2413 extending longitudinally on the flaps of the side sections and in a single strip 26 extending transverse:Ly across one end of the drape, the end strip 26 extending substantially continuously adjacent the edge of the drape on both the center and the side sections (as shown more clearly in the un-folded drape shown in Figure 8). Such adhesive strips 24A, 24B, 26 are covered with strips of release paper 28 for packaging, which is peeled from the adhesive when the drape is placed on the patient.
To hold the drape in folded condition, the inner portions 18~, 18B of the side sections 12, 14 are secured to locations 30, 32 intermediate the ends of the center section 10 of the drape, it being most .
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preferred to secure the inner portions 18A, 1~ by adhesive at such locat:ions, although other securing means could be used if desired. With the inner por-tions 18A, 18B secured to the center section 10 at 5 intermediate locations 30, 32, the drape is held at such locations to for~ a narrow drape area for fit-ting between the legs in the crotch of a patient.
The adhesive strips 24A, 24B on the flaps 20A, 20B
and the adhesive strip 26 across the end of the drape aee provided for securing the drape to the thighs and abdomen of the patient: when the center section 10 and the side sections 12, 14 are spread to form a wide drape area at the end of the drape. The opposite end of the drape is tuckecl under the patient's buttocks.
With the cuff section 22A at the top end of the drape, the hands of the person applying the drape to the patient may be inserted in the cuff to spread the side sections 12, 14 of the drape outwardly from the center section 10 at t:he end of the drape while the narrow area intermediate the ends is held in the folded condition by the securement means at the loca-tions 30, 32. In an alternative embodiment shown in Figures 9 and 10, a second cuff section 22B at the lower end of the drape may also be provided to allow the hands of the person applying the drape to be inserted in the seconcl cuff to avoid touching the skin of the patient and to facilitate its placement However, the second cuff at the lower end of the drape may be omitted, as shown in Figure 1, and the end of the drape tucked in the draped position, the provision of the second cuff being optional.
To make a drape according to this invention, a rectangular sheet of drape fabric is provided, pre-ferably a nonwoven fabric of about 1.4 ounce basis weight which has a laminar construction, as disclosed ,~ , , :
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in U. S. Patent 4,041,203, and includes an integrated mat of polymeric microfibers united to and sandwiched between outer webs of continuous polymeric filaments.
Preferably the drape fabric is treated in a conven-tional manner to be fluid repellent.
While the drape may be made in larger or smal-ler sizes, in an exemplar~ embodiment the starting sheet size is a rectangle, as pictured in Figure 6, 32.5 inches in length and 10.5 inches in width. In this embodiment, a cuff section 22, approximately 7.5 inches in length, is folded in from one end, as shown in Figure 7, and fastened by adhesive or other seam-ing methods (indicated diagrammatically at 31) to the side edges 34A, 34B of the side sections of the drape fabric.
The partially folded drape, as shown in Figure 7, is then turned over to the position shown in Fig-ure 8, thus providing the cuff section 22A beneath the center section 10 and side sections 12, 14 (when spread outwardly as shown in Figure 8). Pressure sensitive adhesive is applied in strips 24A, 24B, 26 along the margins of the drape fabric. These strips of adhesive may be applied using strips of release paper, preferably leaving tabs 36 to facilitate re-moving the strips of release paper when the drape isplaced on the patient. Tacky adhesive is also placed at locations 30, 32 intermediate the longitudinal ends of the center section 10.
To provide the folded drape shown in Figure 1 from the partially folded drape of Figure 8, the side sections 12, 14 are folded over the center section 10; the adhesive at the locations 30, 32 acts to ~; secure both inner portions 18A, 18B to the center section 10 to hold the drape folded at such locations for fi~ting to the patient. The resulting folded : ~
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drape structure is relatively long and narrow, the ratio of length to width being preferably about 8:1, to provide sufficient drape fabric to completely cover the perineum while being narrow to avoid ex-cessive bunching of material in the crotch. With thedrape being made of flexible drape fabric, the end portion with the cuff may be laid flat and conforms to the patient's body such that it may be adhered in place with the adhesive and wall off the perineum from sites of incisions in the patient's body. The other end portion of the drape provides sufficient fabric to be tucked under the buttocks.
For packaging, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the drape is folded with a fold lengthwise as shown in Figure 4 and with a second fold lengthwise as shown in Fiqure 5 to provide the drape ready for packaging.
After removal from the package, the drape is pre-sented with the top end 40 (Figure 5) having a cuff so that the drape may be shaken out and easily hand-led by the operating room person to place it on thepatient.
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Claims (6)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A surgical drape of fluid repellent material and adapted to wall of the perineum from incision sites comprising:
(1) a generally rectangular center section having a lon-gitudinal center line, (2) side sections extending from said center section and C-folded over said center section to provide on each side of said center line an inwardly extending portion and an outwardly extending flap, (3) a cuff section having a portion located at one end of said center section, (4) means for securing both inner portions of said side sections to locations intermediate the longitudinal ends of said center section to hold the drape folded at such locations to form a narrow drape area for fitting between the legs in the crotch of a patient, and (5) adhesive means extending longitudinally on the outer flaps of said side sections and transversely on said one end on the center section and on both the inner portions and outer flaps of said side sections for securing said sections when spread to form a wide drape area to the thighs and the abdomen of a patient with the other end of said center and side sections under the buttocks of the patient.
(1) a generally rectangular center section having a lon-gitudinal center line, (2) side sections extending from said center section and C-folded over said center section to provide on each side of said center line an inwardly extending portion and an outwardly extending flap, (3) a cuff section having a portion located at one end of said center section, (4) means for securing both inner portions of said side sections to locations intermediate the longitudinal ends of said center section to hold the drape folded at such locations to form a narrow drape area for fitting between the legs in the crotch of a patient, and (5) adhesive means extending longitudinally on the outer flaps of said side sections and transversely on said one end on the center section and on both the inner portions and outer flaps of said side sections for securing said sections when spread to form a wide drape area to the thighs and the abdomen of a patient with the other end of said center and side sections under the buttocks of the patient.
2. A surgical drape according to claim 1 further including means securing said cuff section to side edges of said sections.
3. A surgical drape according to claim 1 in which said cuff section extends adjacent said center section and both side sections.
4. A surgical drape according to claim 1 further including a second cuff section at the end of said center and side sections remote from said first cuff section, said second cuff section having a portion located under said center section and portions extending adjacent both side sections.
5. A surgical drape according to claim 1 in which said first and second cuff sections are secured to side edges of said side sections.
6. A surgical drape of fluid repellent material and adapted to wall off the perineum from incision sites comprising:
(1) a generally rectangular center section having a lon-gitudinal center line, (2) side sections extending from said center section and C-folded over said center section to provide on each side of said center line an inwardly extending portion and an outwardly extending flap, (3) a cuff section having a portion located at one end of said center section, (4) means for securing both inner portions of said side sections to locations intermediate the longitudinal ends of said center section to hold the drape folded at such locations to form a narrow drape area for fitting between the legs in the crotch of a patient, and (5) pressure sensitive adhesive covered by a release strip on the outer flaps of said side sections and on said one end on the center section and on both the inner portions and outer flaps of said side sections for securing said sections when spread to form a wide drape area to the thighs and the abdomen of a patient with the other end of said center and side sections under the buttocks of the patient.
(1) a generally rectangular center section having a lon-gitudinal center line, (2) side sections extending from said center section and C-folded over said center section to provide on each side of said center line an inwardly extending portion and an outwardly extending flap, (3) a cuff section having a portion located at one end of said center section, (4) means for securing both inner portions of said side sections to locations intermediate the longitudinal ends of said center section to hold the drape folded at such locations to form a narrow drape area for fitting between the legs in the crotch of a patient, and (5) pressure sensitive adhesive covered by a release strip on the outer flaps of said side sections and on said one end on the center section and on both the inner portions and outer flaps of said side sections for securing said sections when spread to form a wide drape area to the thighs and the abdomen of a patient with the other end of said center and side sections under the buttocks of the patient.
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