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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
May. 16, 1997
Kristen L Comstock, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matthew T Scholz, Woodbury, MN (US);
Gregg A Patnode, Woodbury, MN (US);
Robert A Asmus, Hudson, WI (US);
Charles L Newman, Stillwater, MN (US);
Nancy E Stewart, Afton, MN (US);
Thomas L Agrimson, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An incise drape suitable for use in surgical procedures. The drape comprises a substantially transparent flexible film that has at least a portion of one major surface coated or covered with a pressure sensitive adhesive, and a two liners removably covering the adhesive. Each liner has a handle spaced from the opposite side edges of the film, and a body portion attached to the handle. The body portion of each liner extends along the adhesive from handle in the direction away from the other liner. The drape is repeatedly folded over from the opposite side edges of the film toward the handles so that the drape may be unfolded and the adhesive exposed by pulling the handles apart.