Care giver display surgical cap to control patient body temperature
AssigneeEqualizer Technology LLC
InventorDavid G. Abood
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Abstract
A system and method for maintaining a patient's body temperature during and after surgical exposure is provided. A surgical, insulative cap both aids in maintaining the patient's core body temperature at an euthermic range and further incorporates a graphic display panel for providing a remote caregiver informational interface. Vital signs sensors may therefor communicate, either directly or remotely, to said informational interface and allow, access to vital signs information to the caregiver in a convenient manner that does not require diversion of attention from the patient in order to monitor.
Claims19
A head covering unit to maintain a user's body in a euthermic condition from perioperative to postoperative, said covering unit comprises:
- a shell component, said shell component having an inner surface to closely fit the contours of a user's head and over the ears and preventing open air space between said head and said inner surface;
- an insulative component lining only a portion of the inner surface along a top of the shell component about a vertical centerline of the head covering unit from a front terminus to a rear upper neck region of said insulative component, said insulating component providing greater insulation that about a remainder of the shell component;
- said shell component further comprises an outer surface that forms an opening circumscribed by a lower edge and forming a gripping periphery;
- a user interface display formed within or attached to said shell component and being visually accessible from an outer surface and located at a position that is configured to corresponds generally along the centerline of a wearer's head from front to back;
- wherein said combination of the shell component and the insulative component provide passive maintenance of user's euthermic body temperature;
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- one or more monitoring sensors distributed about and attached to various other parts of a patient's body in operative communication wirelessly with the user interface display.
A head covering unit comprising:
- a shell component having an inner surface, an outer surface and a lower edge, said inner surface is attached to said insulative element;
- a first side panel;
- a second side panel;
- a top center panel that forms a front, a center and a rear connected to said first side panel and said second side panel;
- an insulative element incorporated in or on the inner surface along an entire length and about a least a portion of a width of the top center panel, said insulative element provided increased insulation at the top center panel as compared to the first side pane or the second side panel;
- an information display formed within or attached to said shell component and located at a position that is configured to corresponds generally along a centerline head from front to back of the head covering unit;
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- a grip formed of a medial and a lateral side panel adapted to cover in close proximity a midpoint of the external auditory meatus bilaterally;
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- one or more monitoring sensors distributed about and attached to a patient's body in operative communication wirelessly with the user information display;
- wherein a combination of the shell component and the insulative component assist in maintaining a user's optimal body temperature.
In combination:
- a head covering unit comprising:
- a shell covering to closely fit contours of a user's head;
- an insulative section along a top centerline of the shell covering from a front terminus to a rear terminus;
- said shell covering having a thickness of less that 2-mm;
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- said insulative section having a thickness of more than 2-mm;
- a user interface display formed within or attached to head covering unit in a position and location to be visually accessible from an outer surface by a medical care giver and located at a position that corresponds generally along the centerline of a wearer's head from front to back;
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- one or more monitoring sensors in communication with a patient's body and in operative communication wirelessly with the user interface display;
- wherein information obtained from said one or more monitoring sensors discernable at said user interface display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.