Claims
- 1. A sterilizable handle for attachment to a handle receiving fitting on a medical surgery room light fixture, said handle being usable with a disposable cover, said handle comprising:
- a handle body including a body grip portion and a head portion adapted to engage said fitting, said body grip portion defining a hollow interior; and
- means in said body grip portion for venting air trapped in a space between said cover and said body grip portion into the hollow interior of said body grip portion during fitting of said cover over said body grip portion.
- 2. The sterilizable handle of claim 1 wherein said body grip portion is contoured.
- 3. The sterilizable handle of claim 1 wherein said body grip portion has a generally cylindrically-shaped configuration.
- 4. The sterilizable handle of claim 1 wherein said body grip portion has a bottom, and said means for venting comprises an aperture in said bottom.
- 5. The sterilizable handle of claim 1 wherein said means for venting comprises a plurality of elongated slots in said body grip portion.
- 6. The sterilizable handle of claim 5 wherein said body grip portion has a bottom and said elongated slots extend in an upward direction from said bottom.
- 7. A handle for use with a surgical light fixture and a disposable cover, comprising:
- an elongate grip portion defining first and second longitudinal ends and an outer surface;
- a head portion adapted to engage the surgical light fixture associated with the first longitudinal end of the grip portion;
- an end portion associated with the second longitudinal end of the grip portion;
- a hollow portion defined substantially within the grip portion; and
- at least one aperture associated with the outer surface of the grip portion, the aperture defining an air passage from the outer surface of the grip portion to the hollow portion defined within the handle body.
- 8. A handle as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one aperture comprises a plurality of apertures.
- 9. A handle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one aperture extends to the end portion.
- 10. A handle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one aperture extends longitudinally along a substantial portion of the outer surface of the grip portion.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/165,980, filed Dec. 13, 1993, which is itself a continuation-in-part of application, Ser. No. 07/902,942, filed Jun. 23, 1992, now abandoned, and entitled "DISPOSABLE COVER FOR CONTOURED SURGICAL LIGHT HANDLE."
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