Surgical drape
A surgical drape includes two movable pockets allowing a smaller diameter and therefore saving space on an operating room table. A first smaller pocket extending from the drape is formed near the nose of the drape and includes an exit port for a lumen connected to a device inside the drape. A second larger pocket extending into the drape is formed behind the first pocket and allows a surgeon or technician to control or position the device without entering the interior of the drape or contacting the device.
1. A surgical drape comprising:
a long narrow body closed at a nose end, bottom, top, and sides, and open at a tail end forming a concave interior and flexible to allow insertion of a device through the open tail end into the interior of the long narrow body;
a first smaller pocket extending upward in a convex manner from the top of the drape near the nose end, the smaller pocket open into the interior of the body;
a small exit port in the smaller pocket providing a passage from the interior of the drape to an exterior of the drape; and
a second larger pocket, larger than the smaller pocket, behind the first smaller pocket extending downward into the top of the surgical drape to form a concave opening in the top, the larger pocket flexible and wide enough to allow a hand to expand the pocket to allow the hand to reach into the interior of the drape and to grasp and manipulate the device.
2. The surgical drape of claim 1 , wherein the surgical drape has a width W 1 of about twelve inches when laying flat.
3. The surgical drape of claim 1 , wherein the nose tapers from the width W 1 to a smaller width W 2 of about three inches.
4. The surgical drape of claim 3 , wherein the nose has a length L 1 of about six inches.
5. The surgical drape of claim 2 wherein the larger pocket has a width about the same as the width W 1 of the surgical drape when laying flat.
6. The surgical drape of claim 5 , wherein the larger pocket has a length L 3 of about eight inches when laying flat.
7. The surgical drape of claim 2 wherein the smaller pocket has a width about the same as the width W 1 of the surgical drape when laying flat.
8. The surgical drape of claim 7 , wherein the smaller pocket has a length L 2 of about three inches when laying flat.
9. The surgical drape of claim 1 , wherein the exit port has a diameter D of about one inch.
10. The surgical drape of claim 1 , wherein the surgical drape has an overall length L of about eight feet.
11. The surgical drape of claim 1 , wherein the surgical drape is made of plastic.
12. The surgical drape of claim 11 , wherein the surgical drape is made of clear plastic.
13. A method for using a surgical drape, the method comprising:
inserting a device into the surgical drape from an open tail end of the surgical drape;
pushing the device to a location proximal to a closed nose end of the surgical drape;
passing a lumen attached to the device through an exit port in a first small pocket of the surgical drape extending from the surgical drape near the nose end;
placing a hand into a second larger pocket behind the first smaller pocket extending into the surgical drape;
grasping the device with the hand, the surgical drape separating the hand from direct contact with the device; and
moving the device without direct contact of the hand with the device.