CPC A61B 46/00 (2016.02) [A61B 2017/00902 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A surgical draping system, comprising:
a surgical drape, having a generally rectangular shape, an area defined by a predetermined length and a predetermined width, and a longitudinal serrated tear line; and
a sterility maintenance element, extending an entirety of the predetermined length of the surgical drape, wherein the longitudinal serrated tear line of the surgical drape is disposed below the sterility maintenance element,
wherein the sterility maintenance element is adapted to be positioned to maintain a sterile field,
wherein the sterility maintenance element is selectively reconfigurable between a covering position and a non-covering position, wherein the sterility maintenance element covers the longitudinal serrated tear line of the surgical drape when the sterility maintenance element is in the covering position, and
wherein the sterility maintenance element is adapted to be reconfigurable to the non-covering position to allow the surgical drape to be separated along the longitudinal serrated tear line such that longitudinally effaced lateral sides of the surgical drape separate and fall away from the sterile field.
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