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...that Kleenex tissue was originally designed to be a gas mask filter? It was developed at the beginning of World War I to replace cotton, which was then in short supply as a surgical dressing.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4378794 | Surgical drape A surgical drape comprising, a main sheet of flexible material having a fenestration, and an opening in the expected path of fluid runoff from the fenestration. The drape has a fluid pervious screen covering the opening. The drape also has a pocket compri... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4379192 | Impervious absorbent barrier fabric embodying films and fibrous webs An absorbent impervious barrier fabric in the form of a laminate has a fibrous section including a mat of polymeric melt blown microfibers and an impervious polymeric film adjacent said mat, said fibrous section and film being united in compacted bond reg... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4367728 | Isolation apparatus The disclosure concerns an isolation apparatus useful for medical, biological, chemical, physical, or the like experiments and treatments. A flexible envelope in the form of an elongated sack is divided lengthwise into a plurality of sealed sections. The ... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4316455 | Method of draping a surgical patient A method of draping a surgical patient in which a bottom drape is first attached to a patient, and then a top drape having an opening smaller than the bottom drape is secured by an adhesive to the top surface of the bottom drape to expose a portion of the... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4316456 | Surgical drape system A surgical drape system that includes a small bottom drape with a fenestration and adhesive means to secure the bottom drape to a patient. The system also includes a top drape with an opening that is substantially larger than the bottom drape's fenestrati... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4275720 | Surgical drape with barrier member A surgical drape comprising, a sheet of flexible material for covering a portion of a patient's body, a fenestration, first and second flaps on opposed sides of the fenestration and defining openings facing toward the fenestration, and a third flap spaced... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4222383 | Surgical drape and suture A surgical drape is disclosed which is combined with suture tapes which are presurgically positioned adjacent the incision such that after surgery and removal of the surgical drape the tapes are approximate the incised skin margin to readily close the inc... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4192312 | Surgical incision guide means A patch-like web of material adapted to be placed over skin tumors for aiding a physician in making an optimum size and shape incision when surgically removing the tumor. The web of material is provided with an opening having a predetermined size which co... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4089331 | Surgical drape with fenestration liner A surgical drape comprising, a sheet of flexible material resistant to the passage of bacteria for covering a portion of a patient's body, with the covering sheet having a fenestration for placement over a surgical site. The drape has an auxiliary sheet o... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4081306 | Method of making surgical drapes A method for manufacturing large disposable specialty drapes, particularly surgical drapes such as cystoscopy sheets and lithotomy sheets. Two strips of various stock material are automatically drawn to length from separate supplies, processed, and mated ... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4080963 | Fenestrated drape A folded drape comprising, a sheet of flexible material including a first surface for contacting the body of a patient after placement of the drape, and an opposed second surface. The sheet has first and second spaced lateral fold lines defining a central... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4059104 | Apparatus, process and product Apparatus for manufacturing large disposable specialty drapes, particularly surgical drapes such as cystoscopy sheets and lithotomy sheets. Two strips of various stock material are automatically drawn to length from separate supplies, processed, and mated... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4041942 | Surgical drape A drape for use in surgical procedures including a sterile sheet, a generally diamond-shaped opening in the sheet, and a slot extending from a corner of the opening to an edge of the sheet. The sheet is constructed of a disposable non-woven cellulosic mat... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3972332 | Surgical shield A transparent semi-rigid plastic shield having a mounting portion with a saddle shape including a pair of downwardly extending legs adapted to snugly fit over and grip the upper leg while the shield portion is positioned over the surgical field. The shiel... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3956048 | Method for the manufacturing of a disposable operation textile A method for the manufacture of disposable operation textiles. In the method at least on first layer of a non-woven fibre fabric material is fastened onto at least one second similar layer so that the principal fibre orientations of the layers become at l... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3942523 | Reinforced double-fenestrated surgical drape A double-fenestrated surgical drape, especially suitable for use in those operations requiring entry through both the abdominal wall and the perineum, comprising a pair of rectangular non-woven cellulosic sheets of unequal size joined together in overlapp... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3930497 | Surgical drape and system incorporating it A drape for use in surgical procedures having a base sheet of a liquid-repellent material and including a generally U-shaped fenestration with a layer of adhesive surrounding the fenestration and providing for varying the dimensions of the fenestration. T... | 01/06/1976 |
