摘要 |
<p>The invention provides a device adapted to assist the sterilisation of a limb surface 1, comprising a flexible tubular sleeve 2, closed at one end 3, shaped and sized so as to loosely fit, around the limb 21 of a patient whose limb surface is to be sterilised. The sleeve has limb-sealing means 22,23, located close to or at each end of the sleeve, and each capable of forming, in use, a seal between the sleeve and the limb of a patient. The device is particularly suitable to assist in de-contamination of limbs prior to surgery thereon. A sachet 24 may be opened to release contents 25 to be spread over the surface of the limb 21.</p> |