Surgical headpiece

Abstract

A headpiece for use on a surgical patient being subjected to at least one specific site surgical procedure comprising a body portion defining an interior volume for receiving at least a portion of the patient's head, the body portion having an edge at least partially defining an opening for receiving the portion of the patient's head and a sign on the headpiece identifying at least one specific surgical site, e.g., right side, on the patient where the surgical procedure is to be performed.

1 . A headpiece for use on a surgical patient being subjected to at least one specific site surgical procedure comprising:
 a body portion defining an interior volume for receiving at least a portion of said patient's head, said body portion having an edge at least partially defining an opening for receiving said portion of said patient's head; and   at least one sign on said headpiece identifying at least one specific surgical site on said patient where said surgical procedure is to be performed.   
   
   
       2 . The headpiece of  claim 1 , further including a retainer for retaining said body portion on said at least a portion of said patient's head. 
   
   
       3 . The headpiece of  claim 1 , wherein said body portion is bouffant. 
   
   
       4 . The headpiece of  claim 1 , wherein said body portion is fittable to said portion of said patient's head. 
   
   
       5 . The headpiece of  claim 1 , wherein said edge defines at least a part of a headband portion at least partially encircling said patient's head. 
   
   
       6 . The headpiece of  claim 5 , wherein said headband portion is annular. 
   
   
       7 . The headpiece of  claim 6 , wherein said headband portion includes an elastic member. 
   
   
       8 . The headpiece of  claim 7 , wherein said elastic member is annular. 
   
   
       9 . The headpiece of  claim 5 , wherein said headband portion extends for only a portion of said opening. 
   
   
       10 . The headpiece of  claim 9 , wherein there is an elastic member in said headband portion. 
   
   
       11 . The headpiece of  claim 5  wherein there is a retainer for retaining said body portion on said at least a portion of said patient's head. 
   
   
       12 . The headpiece of  claim 11 , wherein said headband portion comprises first and second ends. 
   
   
       13 . The headpiece of  claim 12 , wherein said retainer comprises first and second mating strips of Velcro, said first, mating strip of Velcro being attached to said first end, said second, mating strip of Velcro being attached to said second end. 
   
   
       14 . The headpiece of  claim 12 , wherein said retainer comprises first and second ties attached to said first and second ends. 
   
   
       15 . The headpiece of  claim 1 , wherein said sign is on said body portion. 
   
   
       16 . The headpiece of  claim 1 , wherein said sign comprises a grapheme. 
   
   
       17 . The headpiece of  claim 16 , wherein said grapheme comprises a letter of an alphabet. 
   
   
       18 . The headpiece of  claim 1 , wherein said sign comprises a phoneme. 
   
   
       19 . The headpiece of  claim 1 , wherein said sign comprises at least one color. 
   
   
       20 . The headpiece of  claim 1 , wherein said sign is selected from the group consisting of graphemes, phonemes, colors, logograms and combinations thereof. 
   
   
       21 . The headpiece of  claim 1 , wherein said sign comprises the combination of a color and a grapheme. 
   
   
       22 . The headpiece of  claim 1 , wherein said sign comprise at least one character of an alphabet. 
   
   
       23 . The headpiece of  claim 22 , wherein said alphabet is selected from the group consisting of the Latin alphabet, the Cyrillic alphabet, the Arabic alphabet, the Brahmic alphabet and combinations thereof. 
   
   
       24 . The headpiece of  claim 1 , wherein said sign comprises a logogram. 
   
   
       25 . The headpiece of  claim 16 , wherein said grapheme is selected from the group consisting of letters, Chinese characters, Japanese characters, numerals, punctuation marks, and combinations thereof. 
   
   
       26 . The headpiece of  claim 1 , wherein said body portion is made of a flexible material.