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Fluid collection pouch made of flexible plastic material for surgical drapes or towels

A flexible plastic, liquid collection technology that can be used in the manufacture of such bags to solve problems such as hindering medical personnel

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-10-26
MOLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE AB
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The disadvantage of this arrangement is that the collection portion of these bags is very close to the surgical site and may obstruct the medical staff

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[0019] Figures 1-6 schematically illustrate the various steps in the manufacture of a liquid collection bag according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention from a rectangular sheet 1 of flexible plastic material. The sheet 1 has two long sides 2, 3 facing each other and two short sides 4, 5 facing each other. The side of the sheet 1 facing the viewer in FIG. 1 is the upper side of the sheet.

[0020] The first step in the manufacture of the liquid collection bag is to place drain pipes or connections 6, 7 of tubes in the middle of each of the short sides 4, 5, the axes of these tubes being along the longitudinal axis of symmetry A-A of the sheet 1 . Thereafter, the sheet is folded along the longitudinal axis of symmetry A-A such that the long sides 2, 3 are side to side. This folding operation is indicated by arrows in FIG. 1 .

[0021] Figure 2 shows the sheet 1 after being folded along the longitudinal axis of symmetry A-A. In the second step of manufacture, ...

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The present invention relates to a fluid collection pouch (23) made of flexible plastic material for surgical drapes or towels (24,25), which consists of two layers and comprises an opening along which said layers are unattached to each other, and two side edges extending on opposite sides of the opening along which said layers are attached to each other. According to the invention at least one portion (12,13,10,11) of at least one of the layers of the pouch comprises at least one fold. The invention relates also to a method of manufacturing such a pouch.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a liquid collection bag for surgical cloths or drapes made of flexible plastic material, consisting of two layers and having an opening along which the layers are separated from each other, and edges on both sides, It extends on opposite sides of the opening along which the layers are connected to each other. The invention also relates to a method of making such a bag. Background technique [0002] During surgery, the patient is usually covered by a surgical cloth or drape to prevent contamination of medical personnel and the operating room. If there is likely to be a large amount of fluid flowing from the surgical site, the fluid cannot be absorbed by the surgical cloth or drape and can only be handled by other methods. One commonly used method is to provide a fluid collection bag near the surgical site. Such bags can be pre-attached to the drape or drape, or it can be separate and used on the drape or drape prior t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B19/08A61B46/23
CPCA61B2019/086A61B19/08A61B2019/106A61B2019/085A61B46/00A61B2046/201A61B2046/205A61B2046/236
Inventor A·马尔姆贝里K·拉格尔
Owner MOLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE AB
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