Surgical gown with functional window

Abstract

A surgical gown for protecting the wearer while maintaining the sterile field, and further offering the wearer the ability to directly access and interface with technological equipment being operated during a surgical procedure. The surgical gown comprising one or more functional windows positioned on the gown to allow the wearer to interface in a sterile manner with a device attached to the wearer underneath the gown, for example a device attached to the wearer's arm and/or chest. The windows disposed in the gown are sized and adapted to accommodate a variety of devices including cameras for POV filming and/or recording, as well as control displays for local or remotely located technological equipment.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to Canadian Patent Application No. (to be assigned) filed 6 May 2014 which application is herein expressly incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to the field of protective garments such as surgical gowns and, in particular, to surgical gowns having one or more functional windows configured to allow the wearer to access and control accessory equipment under sterile conditions.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Creating and maintaining a sterile field is an essential component to reducing the risk of post-surgical infections in patients by decreasing the likelihood that infectious agents will invade the body during clinical procedures. A sterile field is an area created by placing sterile surgical drapes around the patient's surgical site and on the stand that will hold sterile instruments and other items needed during surgery. When a surgical team member has donne...

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Benefits of technology

[0011]An object of the present disclosure is to provide a surgical gown with one or more functional windows configured to allow the wearer to access and control accessory equipment under sterile conditions. In accordance with one aspect, there is described a surgical gown for protecting a wearer and maintaining a sterile field, comprising one or more flexible and transparent windows disposed in the gown to allow the wearer to directly interface in a sterile manner through the one or more windows with a device attached to the wearer underneath the gown.

[0012]In accordance with another aspect, there is described a surgical gown for protecting a wearer and maintaining a sterile field, the surgical gown comprising a pair of sleeves and one or more flexible and transparent windows disposed in one or

Problems solved by technology

Maintaining a sterile field is not an easy task as there are many opportunities for a breach in sterility during set-up and maintenance of the sterile area.

Medical equipment having a high level of technological complexity, introduced into the operating room, requires members of the surgical team to directly interface with these devices.

This can be challenging in environments in which a sterile field must be maintained.

Alternatively, expensive voice activated equipment may be used to allow the sterile member to directly control the surgical equipment, for example Google Glass™.

Overall, these methods tend to be costly, as well as imprecise, prone to error resulting from miscommunication or errors inherent to voice activated technology.

In such circumstances, the need to maintain a sterile field can further restrict the ability of sterile members to operate equipment such as tel

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