Molnlycke Ab

Molnlycke Aktiebolag

Molnlycke Health Care Ab

Carl-Otto Hanssen

Bo M Starzmann

Thomas Lundstrom

A method for controlling the condition of a patient lying on an operating table during the course fo a surgical operation. At least one air-impervious surgical drape that includes an operation opening is laid over the patient, so that the surgical drape, or drapes, will hang down from the operating table along its long sides and short sides and therewith form an upwardly and laterally closed space whose roof and walls are formed by the surgical drape, or drapes. Conditioned air is delivered to the closed space by an air-conditioning unit, which includes an air outlet opening through which air can leave the closed space.

Method and apparatus for controlling the body temperature of a patient

A surgical drape which is configured to enable a plurality of different types of surgical drape to be manufactured on one and the same machine. According to a first embodiment of the invention, the surgical drape includes a pair of mutually similar L-shaped parts (2, 3) which are joined together at least along the inner edges of the two pairs of legs (A, B) of the L-shaped parts (2, 3). According to another embodiment, the drape includes a pair of mutually similar U-shaped parts (22, 23) which are joined together at least along the inner edges of the leg and base portions of the U-shaped parts (22, 23).

Surgical drape and a method for its manufacture

The present invention relates to a surgical drape having a first rectangular part (A) which is intended to cover a patient and a second rectangular part (B) which is joined to the first drape part (A) and which is intended to be placed over an anaesthetist's arch. In accordance with the invention, one short side of the first drape part has formed therein a cut-out (2) in the shape of a truncated V. The second drape part (B) has formed therein a similar cut-out (2), which is formed in the center of one long side of the second drape part. The first and second drape parts are joined together along the edges of the cut-outs. The invention provides a surgical drape which can be easily manufactured by machine and which is easily managed.

Surgical sheet

The invention relates to an arrangement in a surgical drape. A prime characteristic feature of the arrangement is that it consists of a separate sheet assembly comprising an apertured attachment sheet, which is intended to be fastened over the area of a patient within which a surgical procedure is to be carried out, and a protective sheet which has a working aperture located therein and which is provided in a region around the aperture with structure for firmly fastening the protective sheet to the attachment sheet at the aforementioned region, such that the aperture in the attachment sheet lies opposite the working aperture in register therewith. This region of the protective sheet around the aperture is preferably rectangular in configuration and has the same shape and size as a working aperture in the surgical drape. Prior to putting the arrangement into use, the protective sheet is folded to a shape which fills an area congruent with the aforesaid region. Subsequent to positioning the surgical drape so that the working aperture thereof is in register with and surrounds the folding protective sheet, the sheet can be opened out through the working aperture and optionally fastened to the outwardly facing surface of the drape with the aid of fasteners. That side of the attachment sheet which is to face upwards when in use may be coated with a bonding agent externally of the region thereof joined to the protective sheet, thereby enabling a multi-part surgical drape to be fastened around the folded protective sheet.

Surgical drape and arrangement for securing the surgical drape in

The invention relates to an arrangement in surgical sheets of the kind which are provided with a hole which is intended to be placed over the area of a patient where an operation is to be performed. The arrangement according to the invention is characterized in that a disk having arranged therein an elongated opening is intended to cover the hole in the sheet and can be adjusted to different positions of rotation with the longitudinal axis of the opening extending in the direction of an intended surgical incision.

Arrangement in surgical sheets

The present invention relates to a surgical sheet. A surgical sheet designed in accordance with the invention is formed in a single piece and has a plurality of folds extending across the sheet, substantially in the center thereof. These transverse folds are gathered and joined together at a central region thereof and are intended to be placed adjacent an anesthesis arch. The folds outside the central region are designed to fall in a fan-like fashion on both sides of an operating table, to form vertical screening walls.

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Kullavik, Sweden

Carl-Otto Hanssen