US 11,751,968 B2
Surgical drape
Mark Spencer Chua, Northbrook, IL (US); and Michael Seefeldt, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed by Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/238,647.
Application 17/238,647 is a continuation of application No. 15/069,380, filed on Mar. 14, 2016, granted, now 11,020,199.
Prior Publication US 2021/0244491 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 46/00 (2016.01); A61B 46/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 46/23 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 46/20 (2016.02) [A61B 46/30 (2016.02); A61B 46/40 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00902 (2013.01); A61B 2046/205 (2016.02); A61B 2046/236 (2016.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical drape comprising:
a mainsheet having a fenestration therein permitting access to a surgical region for performance of a surgical procedure when the drape covers a patient during the surgical procedure, the mainsheet having a head region for placement proximal the head of a patient during the surgical procedure and having a surgeon-facing side and a patient-facing side;
a substantially transparent sheet having a surgeon-facing side and a patient-facing side and joined to the mainsheet at said head region for providing the patient with visual access therethrough; and
a substantially opaque screen attached to the patient-facing side of the substantially transparent sheet and effective to occlude the patient's visual access through the substantially transparent sheet, said substantially opaque screen covering a portion of the substantially transparent sheet, the portion of the substantially transparent sheet being less than a total surface area of the substantially transparent sheet, said substantially opaque screen being at least partially removable from said substantially transparent sheet to thereby permit the patient's visual access through the substantially transparent sheet, wherein a total surface area of the substantially opaque screen is less than the total surface area of the substantially transparent sheet.