Appeal No. 97-0774
Application 08/121,525
Claim 45. A surgical sponge assembly comprising a
plurality of absorbent, compressed sponge members slidably
mounted on a flexible unitary strand means which extends through
said sponge members, a slide member slidably mounted on said
flexible strand means, each of said compressed sponge members
being adapted to be moved along said unitary strand means by the
slide member for selective engagement with adjacent sponge member
surfaces, a distal end of said flexible strand means providing a
retaining means acting as a stop for the last sponge member
positioned at the distal end of said flexible strand means, said
sponge assembly when its sponge members are in engagement
allowing direct placement of the sponge assembly in a cavity of a
patient and when coming in contact with fluid, swelling to move
along said unitary strand means and form an enlarged flexible
cross sectional configuration which substantially fills at least
a portion of said cavity.
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