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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1998
Yolla B Levitt, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Dennis L Baker, Houlton, WI (US);
Robert A Davis, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Camille M Hildebrandt, Woodbury, MN (US);
Mary K Reed, Brookings, SD (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An ophthalmic surgical drape and a method of applying the drape to a patient. The ophthalmic surgical drape is made from a sheet having an aperture in the interior of the sheet, and at least two tear lines in the sheet extending from the aperture. The drape also has a field of skin compatible adhesive adjacent the aperture, with the field being traversed by the tear lines so as to divide the field into at least two portions. The drape may be provided in a folded condition in which tearing can be accomplished so as to divide the drape into two sections before the drape is unfolded. Also disclosed are two tear lines disposed along an oblique angle, and a method of applying the drape.