Mobile laminar flow hood
AssigneeEpitech Group S.r.l.
InventorsFrancesco Della Valle, Michela Rampazzo, Vanni Canton
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Abstract
The invention relates to an equipment comprising a blower hood suitable to create a laminar flow of sterile air. The equipment further comprises support means for the blower hood. The support means are suitable to provide a stable positioning of the blower hood and a stable adjustment of the direction of the laminar flow.
Claims24
An equipment comprising a blower hood suitable to create a laminar flow of sterile air, and support means for said blower hood, characterized in that said support means are suitable to allow adjusting the position of said blower hood and adjusting the direction of said laminar flow and are further suitable to ensure stability to said position and said direction.
A method for operating on a patient comprising the steps of:
- arranging an equipment comprising a blower hood suitable to create a laminar flow of sterile air, and support means for said blower hood suitable to provide a stable positioning of said blower hood and a stable adjustment of the direction of said laminar flow;
- identifying the area in the patient's body on which operation is required;
- creating a laminar flow of sterile air by means of said blower hood;
- selecting a position for said blower hood and adjusting the direction of said laminar flow such that said laminar flow involves said area in the patient's body;
- stabilize said position and said direction by means of said support means;
- operating on said area on the patient's body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.