摘要 |
Frozen pieces of sterile medium, such as saline, are dislodged from a sterile drape container (11) in a surgical slush producing machine (10) by manipulating the drape (17) relative to the cooled basin (11) to which the drape container conforms. Manipulation of the drape is achieved by pushing, twisting, pulling, lifting, etc., on the drape to displace it from the basin. Such movement of the drape may be effected on a continuous and automatic basis, or by manual means using a member or implement (33, 34) to facilitate drape movement. The system cabinet includes a refrigerated compartment (15, 17) for pre-chilling sterile liquid to be used in forming the surgical slush. |