Minimally light reflective surgical drape
CA 2407216 A1 · Owner: Annett, Leland W. · Inventors: Smalstig, Timothy P.; Padget, David B.; Annett, Leland W.
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A surgical drape manufactured or fabricated from a polymeric film having a low glare finish and a predetermined coloration for reducing the luminous intensity of light reflected from the surface thereof is provided. Such surgical drape thereby minimizes reflectivity therefrom and thus eye, strain and fatigue. The subject invention includes the use of colorants, dyes, pigments, etc. to form translucent polymeric surgical drapes that absorb a selected range of wavelengths from surface reflected light. More particularly the use of , coloring agents in combination with a textured surface yield a surgical drape possessing reduced luminance and glare thereby mitigating eye strain and fatigue. …
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- Filed October 9, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 9, 2022.
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