SURGICAL PAD AND METHOD OF OBTAINING THE SAME

Abstract

A surgical pad having a head part including an intermediate layer including an X-ray detectable material for use in surgical operations, particularly in brain and spinal cord operations. In the surgical pad, the intermediate layer is provided between layers, which are produced from 100% cotton and have a geometric shape that is manually formed.

Claims

1. A surgical pad, comprising: a head part including an intermediate layer; an X-ray detectable material for use in surgical operations including brain and spinal cord operations, the intermediate layer is provided between side layers wherein the side layers are produced from 100% cotton and have a geometric shape, wherein the geometric shape is manually formed at desired sizes; a tail part is connected to the head part.

2. The surgical pad according to claim 1, wherein the head part is produced from a pressed cotton or a hydrophilic cotton material.

3. The surgical pad according to claim 1, wherein the head part has a square geometric shape, a rectangular geometric shape or a circular geometric shape.

4. (canceled)

5. (canceled)

6. The surgical pad according to claim 1, wherein the tail part is a thread produced from the pressed cotton or the hydrophilic cotton material.

7. (canceled)

8. The surgical pad according to claim 1, wherein the X-ray detectable material is an indicator comprising barium oxide or barium oxide ion.

9. A method of obtaining surgical pad having an angular geometry for use in surgical operations including brain and spinal cord operations, wherein the method of obtaining surgical pad comprises the steps of manually folding a pressed cotton along a length thereof to form an upper layer and a lower layer and cutting the upper layer and the lower layer to predetermined lengths, placing an X-ray detectable material between the upper layer and the lower layer to form a radiopaque intermediate layer, cutting at least one edge part of the pressed cotton to acquire a final form and obtaining a head part, stitching a cotton thread to the head part, wherein the head part is marked with the X-ray detectable material forming a tail part.

10. A method of obtaining surgical pad having a non-angular geometry for use in surgical operations including brain and spinal cord operations, wherein the method of obtaining surgical pad comprises the steps of manually forming a hydrophilic cotton into a geometric shape at desired pad sizes, placing an X-ray detectable material into the hydrophilic cotton to form a radiopaque intermediate layer, wrapping the hydrophilic cotton around the X-ray detectable material, stitching an end part, and forming into a disc having an upper layer and a lower layer, obtaining the head part having the non-angular geometry by cutting portions exceeding a periphery of the hydrophilic cotton, wherein the hydrophilic cotton acquires a final form, stitching a cotton thread to the head part, wherein the head part is marked with the X-ray detectable material forming a tail part.

11. (canceled)

12. The surgical pad according to claim 8, wherein the head part is produced from the pressed cotton or the hydrophilic cotton material.

13. The surgical pad according to claim 8, wherein the head part has the square geometric shape, the rectangular geometric shape or the circular geometric shape.

14. The surgical pad according to claim 8, wherein the tail part is a thread produced from the pressed cotton or the hydrophilic cotton material.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] FIG. 1 shows a representative view of the surgical pad having a circular head part.

[0020] FIG. 2 shows a representative view of the surgical pad bunch comprising surgical pads having circular head parts for packaging.

[0021] FIG. 3 shows a representative view of the surgical pad having a rectangular head part.

[0022] FIG. 4 shows a representative view of the surgical pad bunch comprising surgical pads having rectangular head parts for packaging.

[0023] FIG. 5 shows a representative view showing the layers forming the head part of the surgical pad.

REFERENCE NUMBERS

[0024] 10. Surgical pad [0025] 11. Head part [0026] 111. Lower layer [0027] 112. Upper layer [0028] 113. Intermediate layer [0029] 12. Tail part [0030] 13. Stitching part [0031] 14. Connection point [0032] 15. Edge part [0033] 16. End part [0034] 20. Surgical pad bunch

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0035] In this detailed description, a surgical pad (10) and a method for obtaining the said surgical pad (10) are described by examples that are only provided to facilitate better understanding of the invention without producing any limiting effect.

[0036] The surgical pad (10), which is used for absorbing the bodily fluids in microsurgical operations such as brain and spinal cord operations, is basically comprised of a head part (11) an a tail part (12). The head part (11) is produced from a material that will enable the surgical pads (10) to absorb bodily fluids. An end of the tail part (12) is connected to the head part (11) by stitching from a stitching part (13). The other end of the tail part (12) is free.

[0037] Referring to FIG. 5, the head part (11) includes a lower layer (111), and an upper layer (112) corresponding to the lower layer (111). The upper layer (112) and the lower layer (111) are produced from 100% cotton and have a geometric shape that is manually formed. In more detail, the said % 100 cotton material is pressed cotton or hydrophilic cotton. In a possible embodiment, the head part (11) may have a square, rectangular or circular shape. An intermediate layer (113) comprising an X-ray detectable material is provided between the said lower layer (111) and upper layer (112). In a possible embodiment, the X-ray detectable material is an indicator comprising barium oxide or ion.

[0038] The surgical pad (10) having a rectangular head part (11) given in FIG. 3 is obtained by means of the following method. First of all, the pressed cotton is manually folded along the length thereof so as to produce the upper layer (112) and the lower layer (111). Then the pressed cotton is cut from the folded parts to predetermined lengths by the help of a cutter. Thus the lower layer (111) and the upper layer (112) are provided such that they have matching geometries. An intermediate layer (113) is formed between the said upper and lower layers (111, 112) by placing an X-ray detectable material. At least one edge part (15) of the pressed cotton is cut to acquire the final form and thus the head part (11) is obtained. A cotton thread is stitched to the head part (11) such that it is marked with an X-ray detectable material and this way, the tail part (12) and the head part (11) are connected to each other. Thus a rectangular surgical pad (10) is obtained. As the final procedure, referring to FIG. 4, a plurality of surgical pads (10) are connected through at least one connection point (14) thereby providing a surgical pad bunch (20). The said surgical pad bunch (20) has a similar appearance with a grape bunch. The head parts (11) of the surgical pads (10) in the surgical pad bunch (20) at least partially contact each other and are positioned so as to neighbor each other. In a possible embodiment, the surgical pad bunch (20) is provided by connecting at least five surgical pads (10) to each other. The said head part (10) can have any angular geometrical shape such square and rectangle.

[0039] The surgical pad (10) having a circular head part (11) given in FIG. 1 is obtained by means of the following method. First of all, the hydrophilic cotton is manually formed into a geometric shape at desired pad sizes. An X-ray detectable material is placed on the hydrophilic cotton to form an intermediate layer (113). The said hydrophilic cotton will form the lower layer (111) and the upper layer (112) of the head part (11). When the hydrophilic cotton is wrapped around the X-ray detectable material, the X-ray detectable material is positioned between the upper layer (112) and the lower layer (111). Then, the lower layer (111) and the upper layer (112) are connected to the each other when an end part (16) of the head part (11) which is open is stitched. This way, the head part (11) is formed into a disc having an upper layer (112) and lower layer (111). The said end part (16) is provided in at least one part of the periphery of the hydrophilic cotton. The head part (11) is obtained when the portions exceeding the periphery of the hydrophilic cotton are cut such that the hydrophilic cotton will acquire its final form. A cotton thread is stitched to the head part (11) such that it is marked with an X-ray detectable material and thus the tail part (12) and the head part (11) of the surgical pad (10) are connected to each other. Thus a circular surgical pad (10) is obtained. As the final procedure, referring to FIG. 2, a plurality of surgical pads (10) are connected through at least one connection point (14) thereby providing a surgical pad bunch (20). The said surgical pad bunch (20) has a similar appearance with a grape bunch. The head parts (11) of the surgical pads (10) in the surgical pad bunch (20) at least partially contact each other and are positioned so as to neighbor each other. In a possible embodiment, the surgical pad bunch (20) is provided by connecting at least five surgical pads (10) to each other. The said head part (11) can have any geometric shape without corners such as a circle. The surgical pad (10) and the surgical pad bunch (20) obtained by means of any of the above mentioned methods are sterilized thereby obtaining surgical pads (10) that are suitable to be used in surgical operations.