Abstract: A surgical drape apparatus that incorporates means to alleviate a patient's "suffocation anxiety" by providing for continued circulation of air to the patient's nose and mouth while the patient is draped for surgery, especially the field of surgery is the eye, is described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 1994
Date of Patent:
March 24, 1998
Assignee:
Stanley Chang
Inventors:
Stanley Chang, Nancy Cimitile, Clarice Jaget, Liebert Turner