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 Title: |
US4406281:
Fluid impermeable cover for operating room tourniquet
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Hubbard, Vance M.; Euless, TX
Brunson, Welton K.; Bedford, TX
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| Assignee: |
Tecnol, Inc., Ft. Worth, TX
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| Published / Filed: |
1983-09-27
/ 1981-04-14
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| Application Number: |
US1981000254193
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61B 17/132;
A61B 19/12;
Core:
A61B 17/12;
A61B 19/00;
IPC-7:
A61B 19/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61B17/132; A61B19/12;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
128/846;
128/892;
606/203;
Original:
128/132.R;
128/327;
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| Field of Search: |
128/327,686,299,157,132 R
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| Priority Number: |
| 1981-04-14 |
US1981000254193 |
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| Abstract: |
The specification discloses a cover for protecting a hospital operating room tourniquet. A thin sheet (12) is formed from flexible, liquid impervious material and has a length sufficient to be wrapped around the limb of a patient. A pad (14) is formed along one side of the sheet in order to be wrapped around the patient's limb to perform cushioning thereto. A fastener (26-28) is attached to one edge of the sheet and is attached to another portion of the sheet in order to maintain the sheet in the desired position about the patient's limb such that a tourniquet can be placed thereover. The sheet has a width wider than the tourniquet such that a portion of the flexible sheet may be folded over the tourniquet to cover and shield the tourniquet from moisture and contamination.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Mills, Jerry W. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Thaler, Michael H.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A tourniquet cover for use in a hospital comprising:
- a thin flexible sheet of liquid impervious material having a length dimension and a width dimension, the length dimension sufficient to be wrapped around a limb of a patient more than a full revolution to provide overlap of the ends thereof;
- a padded layer disposed adjacent one edge of said sheet along the length dimension thereof and attached thereto for being wrapped around the patient's limb to provide cushioning thereto, said padded layer dimensioned along the width thereof less than one half the width of said sheet;
- means for fastening one edge of said sheet along the width dimension thereof to a portion of said sheet in order to maintain said sheet about the patient's limb with said padded layer adjacent the patient's limb such that a tourniquet can be placed over the portion of said sheet adjacent said padded layer, the tourniquet being protected from the skin of the patient by said sheet and said padded layer preventing the skin of the wearer from being pinched by the tourniquet; and
- said padded layer having a width dimension wider than the tourniquet such that the portion of said flexible sheet not adjacent to said padded layer may be folded over the outer surface of the tourniquet to fully cover and shield the tourniquet from moisture and contamination.
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