Forced air warming blanket
AssigneeThe Surgical Company International B.V.
InventorBerend Jan Teunissen
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Abstract
A forced air warming blanket for providing conditioned gas to a patient and a method of using and manufacturing the same. The forced air warming blanket comprises a first blanket portion which comprises a generally U-shaped inflatable region, at least part of the external surface of the inflatable region being air permeable, as well as an inlet port for receiving temperature conditioned gas. An inner blanket portion is provided within the generally U-shaped inflatable region of the first blanket portion. The inner blanket portion is at least partially (or wholly) detachable from the first blanket portion. The inner blanket portion may also have an inflatable region. An outer blanket portion may be provided.
Claims18
A forced air warming blanket configured to provide conditioned gas to a subject, the forced air warming blanket comprising:
- an inner blanket portion, comprising:
- an inner inflatable region having, at least, an external surface, wherein at least part of the external surface of the inner inflatable region is air permeable, and
- a first inlet port configured to receive temperature conditioned gas into the inner inflatable region;
- an intermediate blanket portion positioned outside of the inner blanket portion and having an external surface and a generally U-shaped inflatable region, wherein at least a part of the external surface of the generally U-shaped inflatable region is air permeable, and the generally U-shaped inflatable region further comprising a second inlet port configured to receive temperature conditioned gas;
- an outer blanket portion at least part of which is laterally outside the generally U-shaped inflatable region of the intermediate blanket portion;
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- first tear lines positioned between the inner blanket portion and the intermediate blanket portion;
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- second tear lines positioned between the intermediate blanket portion and the outer blanket portion, wherein
- the intermediate blanket portion and the inner blanket portion are detachable from the forced air warming blanket via the first tear lines, and the intermediate blanket portion and the outer blanket portion are detachable from the forced air warming blanket via the second tear lines.
A forced air warming blanket configured to provide conditioned gas to a subject, the forced air warming blanket comprising:
- a first blanket portion which comprises a generally U-shaped inflatable region, at least part of an external surface of the generally U-shaped inflatable region being air permeable, the generally U-shaped inflatable region further comprising a first inlet port configured to receive temperature conditioned gas;
- an inner blanket portion within the generally U-shaped inflatable region, the inner blanket portion comprising an inner inflatable region that is not in fluid communication with the inflatable region, at least part of an external surface of the inner blanket is air permeable, and a second inlet port configured to receive temperature conditioned gas into the inner inflatable region;
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- first tear lines positioned between the inner blanket portion and the first blanket portion,
- wherein the generally U-shaped inflatable region extends the full length of the blanket and is configured to extend from the subject's shoulders to feet, and
- the first blanket portion and the inner blanket portion are detachable from the forced air warming blanket via the first tear lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.