Alba-waldensian, Inc.

Walter S Boone

H Ryland Vest

Slipper sock

A method and garment is provided for maintaining the body temperature of a patient undergoing surgery in an operating room where the ambient temperature is normally below the normal body temperature. The garment is constructed of cut segments of stretchable circular knit seamless fabric and includes arm and leg portions which extend beyond the length of the corresponding hands and feet of the patient. The cut segments are oriented so that the free open ends of the components of the garment are formed by the ends of the cut segments which will not ravel and it is not necessary to seam or hem the free open ends. The garment is constructed in an economical manner so that the garment may be disposed of after the surgical procedure is completed and the stretchable knit fabric provides a snug fit on a wide range of body sizes and shapes.

Garment for maintaining body temperature and method of making same

The tubular surgical drape is adapted to cover a patient extremity and includes a pull sleeve concentrically rolled with a tubular stockinette to form a doughnut-shaped roll. The pull sleeve surrounds the outer wall of the doughnut-shaped roll and applies an unrolling force in a uniform manner completely around the rolled stockinette so as to provide for rapid and uniform application of the tubular stockinette to the patient extremity. Rupturable means, in the form of one or more tear lines, is provided along the length of the pull sleeve to provide for easy separation while the pull sleeve is being drawn along the patient extremity to unroll and apply the stockinette thereto.

Tubular surgical drape

The present protector includes a tubular sleeve which is stretchable in both longitudinal and circumferential directions and is adapted to provide a snug fit over the arm or foot of the patient and a pad carried by the sleeve. The pad is of substantially U-shaped transverse cross-sectional configuration and substantially V-shaped longitudinal cross-sectional configuration so as to receive and cushion the patient's elbow or heel therein. The pad includes a pair of opposite side panels defining opposite sides of the U-shaped transverse cross-sectional configuration and a pair of superpositioned substantially rectangular bottom panels providing additional padding in the central portion and defining the V-shaped longitudinal cross-sectional configuration. The lower edges of the the side panels are seamed to the corresponding opposite sides of the lowermost of the superpositioned bottom panels with the opposite sides of the uppermost of the bottom panels being free of connection and covering the seams to prevent contact of the seams with the patient.

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Valdese, NC, United States of America

Walter S Boone