Enclosed containment apparatus for postmortem settings
AssigneeKin, Inc.
InventorJames D. Wade
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Abstract
An enclosed containment apparatus for infection control in postmortem settings, comprising a table having a work surface, an hermetically sealed chamber assembly on the top of the table to provide a hermetically sealed environment above the work surface. The chamber comprises a door for providing access to work surface when opened in order to place a body within the interior of the chamber on the work surface, gloves extending into the chamber for working on the body, a transparent portion through which the work surface is visible, means for introducing decontaminant fluid into the interior of the chamber and means for draining the fluid away from the apparatus.
Claims25
An autopsy device, comprising:
- (a) a work surface upon which a body may be placed;
- (b) an hermetically sealed chamber assembly on said work surface, at least a portion of said chamber assembly being movable between closed and opened positions to allow said body to be placed within said chamber assembly on said work surface, said chamber assembly further comprising:
- (i) means for providing access of the hands of an operator into the interior of said chamber assembly when said chamber assembly is in said closed position;
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- (ii) a transparent portion to allow said operator to view
- said body on said work surface;
- (c) means for providing a decontaminant fluid to said interior of said chamber assembly and said work surface;
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- (d) means for removing said decontaminant fluid from said device.
An autopsy device sealingly attachable to a work surface, comprising:
- (a) an hermetically sealed chamber assembly on said work surface, at least a portion of said chamber assembly being movable between closed and opened positions to allow said body to be placed within said chamber assembly on said work surface, said chamber assembly further comprising:
- (i) means for providing access of the hands of an operator into the interior of said chamber assembly when said chamber assembly is in said closed position;
- and
- (ii) a transparent portion to allow said operator to view said body on said work surface;
- (b) means for providing a decontaminant fluid to said interior of said chamber assembly and said work surface;
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- (c) means for removing said decontaminant fluid from said device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.