Absorbent composite are provided that include a nonwoven top layer having hydrophilic fibers and an absorbent core directly or indirectly attached to the nonwoven top layer, the absorbent core comprising a plurality of layers including (i) at least one physically entangled nonwoven layer, and (ii) at least one bonded carded nonwoven layer and/or at least one thermal bonded high-loft nonwoven layer, in which the absorbent composite includes (i) a composite-rate of absorption of less than 8 seconds for a 5 ml liquid sample as determined by D824-94, and (ii) a composite-run-off value of less than 15% as determined by ISO 9073-11. The absorbent composites may include an optional film layer attached to the absorbent core layer.

A surgical instrument system is disclosed which comprises a control screen usable to control the surgical instrument system in real time.

The present invention comprises a sterilizing wrap system comprising a base having a support surface and a first sealing surface spaced from the support surface, the support surface supports at least one object requiring sterilization. A wrap is sized to engage the first sealing surface of the base to define a volume encompassing the support surface and the spaced first sealing surface of the base. A first seal maintains a sealed interface between the wrap and the first sealing surface.

An improved draping system with a drape and a lock device. The drape includes an area defined by a predetermined length and a predetermined width, as well as a selectively separable portion. The drape also has a first perforation, as well as a z-shaped fold over the perforation. The lock device may he a poly seal with a second perforation. The draping system is secured to an operating table to maintain sterility about that operating table. When ready for removal, the draping system is simply pulled in opposite directions. When this occurs, the second perforation breaks, which disengages the lock device. Upon further pulling, the z-shaped fold is unfolded. Further pulling still results in the second perforation breaking.

A surgical drape is configured for covering a patient and an ultrasonography probe during surgical treatment of the patient. The surgical drape may include a first portion that includes a canopy portion. The canopy portion can be sized and shaped to at least partially cover a mechanical arm coupled to the ultrasonography probe and a proximal portion of the ultrasonography probe, and the canopy portion can be configured to move with the proximal portion of the ultrasonography probe when the ultrasonography probe is supported by the mechanical arm. A second portion can be coupled to the first portion, in which the second portion is sized and shaped to cover at least a portion of a torso of the patient.

Disclosed herein are procedural barriers with medical device-connecting features and methods thereof. For example, a procedural barrier can include a sheet of one or more nonwoven materials and an integrated electrical connector, an integrated conduit, or both the integrated electrical connector and the integrated conduit. The integrated electrical connector is integrated into the sheet for establishing an electrical connection across the procedural barrier between a single-use medical device in a procedural field to another medical device on a patient-facing side of the sheet without compromising the procedural field. The integrated conduit passes through the sheet for establishing an alternative electrical connection, an optical connection, or both the alternative electrical connection and the optical connection across the procedural barrier between a same or different single-use medical device in the procedural field to the other medical device on the patient-facing side of the sheet without compromising the procedural field.

Disclosed are disinfecting covers for optical-fiber connectors. For example, a male disinfecting cover can include a plug, a bore of the plug, an absorbent disposed in the bore, and a disinfectant absorbed by the absorbent. The plug is configured to insert into a receptacle of a female optical-fiber connector. A female disinfecting cover can include a body, a receptacle in the body, an absorbent disposed in the receptacle, and a disinfectant absorbed by the absorbent. The receptacle is configured to accept a male optical-fiber connector. Whether the disinfecting cover is male or female, the absorbent is configured to contact the ferrule and the optical fiber disposed of the optical-fiber connector. Methods can include at least a method of using the male or female disinfecting cover.

Disclosed herein are portal-establishing devices and methods thereof for establishing portals in procedural barriers. For example, a portal-establishing device includes a portal and a breaching mechanism. The portal includes a portal barrier in a protruding-end portion thereof. The portal is configured to enable one or more functional connections such as an optical connection or an electrical connection across a procedural barrier between a single-use medical device on a clinician-facing side of the procedural barrier and another medical device on a patient-facing side of the procedural barrier. The breaching mechanism is configured to breach the procedural barrier and place the portal over a breach in the procedural barrier. Methods of the portal-establishing devices include methods of using the portal-establishing devices.

A pocket and drape system which provides multiple (e.g., at least two) sterile fields and the methodology for employing said system is provided. The system includes first and second base drape materials each having upper and lower edges edge both extending in a longitudinal direction and first and second side edges both extending in a transverse direction. The first base drape material and the second base drape material also each include a longitudinal fold line. A first zone of pockets is present on a surface of the first base drape material and a second zone of pockets is present on a surface of the second base drape material. The manner in which the base drape materials are folded and joined to each other during assembly (e.g., before sterilization) maintains the sterility of the first and second zone of pockets until each zone is ready for use during a medical procedure.

Disclosed are fenestration coverings, procedural drapes, and methods thereof. For example, a fenestration covering is configured to cover a fenestration in a procedural drape for a medical procedure. The fenestration covering includes a transparent sheet of polymeric material and a non-adhesive central portion of the fenestration covering. The transparent sheet has a length and width sufficient to cover the fenestration and allow a clinician to manipulate the patient, one or more pieces of procedural equipment or supplies, or a combination thereof under the fenestration covering. The central portion of the fenestration covering is greater than or coextensive with the fenestration. An example method includes forming a fenestration in one or more procedural drapes for a medical procedure and covering the fenestration with the fenestration covering.