Convective warming device with a drape
AssigneeArizant Healthcare Inc.
InventorThomas P. Anderson
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Abstract
A convective warming device including a clinical garment and at least one inflatable convective apparatus supported on an inside surface of the garment is provided with a drape. When the convective warming device is used to warm a person, the drape is deployed over skin of the person not covered by the clinical garment. The drape protects the covered skin from thermal injury by an air hose used to conduct heated pressurized air to the inflatable convective apparatus.
Claims29
A convective warming device, comprising:
- a clinical garment having an inside surface and a lower hem;
- an inflatable convective apparatus supported on the inside surface;
- and
- a drape extendable from inside the clinical garment past the lower hem.
A convective warming device, comprising:
- a clinical garment having an inside surface and a lower hem;
- an inflatable convective apparatus supported on the inside surface;
- at least one inlet port in the inflatable convective apparatus, near the lower hem, for receiving an air hose nozzle;
- and
- a drape extendable from the clinical garment past the lower hem.
A method of operating a convective warming apparatus including a clinical garment with an inside surface and a lower hem, an inflatable convective apparatus supported on the inside surface, and a drape attached to the convective warming apparatus, comprising:
- disposing the clinical garment on a person;
- and
- deploying the drape over at least the person's legs.
A method of operating a convective warming apparatus including a clinical garment with an inside surface and a lower hem, an inflatable convective apparatus supported on the inside surface, an inlet port in the convective apparatus, and an elongate drape having one end secured inside the clinical garment and an opposing free end, comprising:
- folding the drape into the clinical garment, toward the secured end;
- disposing the clinical garment on a person;
- unfolding the drape;
- and
- moving the free end past the lower hem, over at least the person's legs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.