Transurethral resection apron system

Claim 1

Apparatus for capturing fluids and resected material purged from the bladder of a patient on a urological table during a transurethral resection performed by a surgeon and for separating resected particles entrained in said fluids comprising flexible apron means defining a fluid capture region adjacent one end of said urological table, said apron means including a forward end and a rear end, connecting means adapted for releasably connecting said forward end of said apron to one end of said urological table adjacent to said patient, connecting means adapted for positively and releasably connecting said rear end of said apron to the neck region of said surgeon, said apron means being unsupported by external means in the region between its forward end and its rear end and comprising a plurality of flexible pentagonal panels, each of which includes a top edge, a front edge joined to one end of said top edge and forming an obtuse angle therewith, a rear edge joined to the other end of said top edge and forming an obtuse angle therewith, a bottom forward side, and a bottom rear side, said bottom forward and said bottom rear sides being joined to respective ones of said front and bottom rear edges except at the junction of said edges whereby when said apron is pulled taut by reason of a force applied to its opposite ends, said apron opens to form an upwardly opening capture region, receptacle means releasably connected with said apron means and in fluid communication therewith, strainer means removably held in said receptacle means for collecting said resected material entrained in said fluid passing to said receptacle means, and hose means in fluid communication with said receptacle means for conducting fluids from said receptacle to a remote depository.