Steri-Drape X-ray Image Intensifier (C-Arm) Drape
A sterile polyethylene C-arm drape with secure adhesive strips, fully covering the X-ray image intensifier to isolate it from the sterile surgical field. It is a standard item in dental and medical practice.
The Steri-Drape X-ray Image Intensifier (C-Arm) Drape, 1013, is a sterile drape designed to cover a C-arm, the mobile X-ray imaging device commonly used in the operating room during procedures that require intraoperative fluoroscopy, such as orthopedic fixation, spinal surgery or certain vascular procedures.
Because the C-arm itself is a non-sterile piece of equipment that often needs to move in and around the sterile surgical field during the case, covering it fully with a sterile drape is necessary to prevent it from contaminating the field while it is being positioned near or over the patient. This drape is made from a clear polyethylene material, allowing the imaging function of the C-arm to be used effectively through the drape without significant loss of image quality, while secure adhesive strips and patches on opposite edges of the drape help keep it properly fitted over the equipment throughout the procedure.
Effectively isolating the non-sterile C-arm surface from the surgical field in this way helps the team maintain the sterile field for the duration of imaging use. Surgeons, radiology technologists and operating room staff use this drape during fluoroscopy guided surgical procedures in hospital operating rooms.
