Substantially triangular surgical drape

Claim 1

A surgical drape which is intended for surgical procedures on the urethra and which is adapted to be used in combination with a surgical sheet, which surgical sheet comprises a piece of material used to cover the torso and legs of a patient with the patient's legs raised and bent in a widely divergent attitude while the surgeon operates therebetween, characterized in that the surgical drape (1) has a substantially triangular shape; that an aperture (2) for the patient's penis is located in one corner of the drape; that a palpation stall (4) is located at a suitable distance from said one corner in a direction towards the side of the drape opposite said one corner; that said opposite side has a length in the order of 1.5 m and the remaining two sides of the triangle are of substantially the same length as the base; that fastening means (7,8,10) are provided in the corners of the triangle, of which fastening means those (7,8) provided at the corners at the ends of said opposite side are adapted, subsequent to bringing the aperture (2) and the palpation stall (4) into their respective positions, to be secured to a said surgical sheet (11) in the vicinity of the lower extremities of the patient, so that the surgical drape (1) hangs from its three corners in the shape of a bowl.