Cloth-like material for forming a surgical gown and/or a surgical drape and method of making the same
US4433026A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 29, 1981 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/3829
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A cloth-like material for forming a surgical gown and/or a surgical drape, the material comprising a three-layer flexible laminate having a middle layer of plastic film material and two outer layers of plastic fabric material secured to opposed sides of the middle layer. The middle layer is substantially water proof and air breathable. One of the outer layers is substantially dimensionally stable. The other of the outer layers is substantially dimensionally unstable so as to generally conform to the stable outer layer.
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