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US 4,377,161 AGranted
Surgical breathing apparatus
OwnerEverett D. Whittinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus to assist patient breathing during surgical procedures which include a patient on an operating table. The apparatus includes a member supporting a frame over an operating table. The frame is constructed and formed to support the surgical draperies and to supply oxygen-enriched air very close to the vicinity of the nose of the patient without contacting the patient.
Claims6
An apparatus to assist patient breathing during surgical procedures on an operating table comprising:
- (a) a frame of hollow members having a lateral member connected to surrounding perimeter members, the perimeter members formed into a rectangle-like configuration having rounded corners with said lateral members being connected between two opposing diagonal corners and one of the remaining corners defining a head end portion adapted to overlie the nose of the patient and project generally in a plane parallel to the surface of the face and torso of the patient on the operating table, the surrounding hollow members being formed as an enclosed conduit having at least one inlet aperture for the admission of breathing gas and at least one outlet aperture in the head end portion;
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- (b) a support member adjustably connected to the frame and having clamping means to support the apparatus on the operating table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.