Abstract: A waste bag made from a sheet of plastics laminate comprising a layer of generally fluid-proof plastics material and a layer of liquid-absorbent plastics material. The liquid-absorbent material is on the inside of the bag, and the laminate is turned back on itself along at least one seam of the bag. Regions of the generally fluid-proof plastics material that are in contact with one another along that seam are sealed together ultrasonically.
Abstract: A cushion for cooling an organ of the body during surgery. The cushion is flexible and of open form to allow cooling fluid to flow into it and out of it. A flexible tube extends from the cushion for draining off cooling fluid from the cushion and regions adjacent thereto.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 26, 1981
Date of Patent:
November 22, 1983
Assignee:
Guardline Disposables Limited
Inventors:
Albert A. Cooper, Mohamed El-Rayes, Alan K. Yates