Orthopedic cast ventilator
AssigneeElemental Orthopedics LLC
InventorPhilip Ziebert
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Abstract
An orthopedic cast ventilator apparatus and related methods are provided. The cast ventilator includes an air pump disposed within a housing connected to an air delivery cuff via tubing. The air pump draws air into the air mover through a primary air filter and through an air intake aperture. The air pump also pumps air out through a discharge port in the housing, through a length of tubing, through a secondary air filter, and into an air delivery cuff. The cleaned air fills two arms of the air delivery cuff and is forced out through cuff discharge ports.
Claims19
An orthopedic cast ventilator apparatus comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- an air intake aperture and a discharge port;
- an air pump electrically connected to a power supply and controlled by a power switch, the power switch is configured to actuate between one or more powered position and an unpowered position, the air pump is in air-seal connection between the air intake aperture and the discharge port;
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- a primary air filter disposed at the air intake aperture such that air drawn in through the air intake aperture by the air pump is forced through the primary air filter;
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- an air delivery cuff in air-seal connection with the discharge port of the housing, the air delivery cuff comprising:
- a clean air intake port disposed between a first elongated extension arm and a second elongated extension arm, the first elongated extension arm being disposed opposite to the second elongated extension arm, and each of the first and second elongated extension arms having a distal end and one or more discharge port.
A method of manufacturing an orthopedic cast ventilator apparatus, the method comprising:
- providing a housing, said housing comprising:
- an air intake aperture and a discharge port;
- an air pump electrically connected to a power supply and controlled by a power switch, the power switch is configured to actuate between one or more powered position and an unpowered position, the air pump is in air-seal connection between the air intake aperture and the discharge port;
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- a primary air filter disposed at the air intake aperture such that air drawn in through the air intake aperture by the air pump is forced through the primary air filter;
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- providing an air delivery cuff in air-seal connection with the discharge port of the housing, the air delivery cuff comprising:
- a clean air intake port disposed between a first elongated extension arm and a second elongated extension arm, the first elongated extension arm being disposed opposite to the second elongated extension arm, and each of the first and second elongated extension arms having a distal end and one or more discharge port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.