Abstract A disposable surgical drape sheet, of the type having a porous nonwoven fabric sheet for placing over a surgical patient and having a fenestration near its center to expose an operative area, is provided with a continuous film of pressure-sensitive adhesive surrounding the fenestration near its center to expose an operative area. It has a continuous film of pressure-sensitive adhesive surrounding the fenestration and extending a substantial distance from the periphery. A removable abherent peel strip covering the adhesive area is removed before using the sheet, thereby exposing the adhesive and permitting the sheet to be secured around the operative area. Additionally, the adhesive fluid-proofs one side of the drape.
Sheet of claim 1 folded into a pack so that said peel strip is on the outside of said pack.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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Sheet of claim 1 wherein said porous nonwoven fabric sheet consists essentially of a single nonwoven sheet with said adhesive surrounding said fenestration therein.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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In a disposable surgical drape sheet of the type having a nonwoven fabric sheet for placing over a surgical patient and having a fenestration therein for exposing the operative area, said drape sheet comprising, in combination: a first sheet member having an aperture substantially larger than said fenestration; a second fabric sheet member having an aperture defining said fenestration, said first and second sheet members being adhesively bonded together; said second sheet member having a substantially continuous film of pressure sensitive adhesive on one side thereof exposed through said aperture of said first sheet member and surrounding said fenestration and extending a substantial distance from the periphery thereof, said respective apertures being in substantial register.