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US 5,800,483 AGranted
System and method for sterile surgical-thermal drape with active air circulation
AssigneeMicrotek Medical, Inc.
InventorKimber L. Vought
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Abstract
A sterile surgical-thermal drape (10) is provided. The sterile surgical-thermal drape (10) includes a sterile surgical drape (12) that maintains a sterile field and a thermal device (14) attached (16) to the sterile surgical drape (12) for regulating the body temperature of a patient (32). The thermal device (14) has an external surface, and is operable to provide convective heating or cooling to a patient.
Claims6
A sterile surgical-thermal drape comprising:
- a sterile surgical drape for use during surgery operable to maintain a sterile surgical field;
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- a thermal device attached to the sterile surgical drape operable to regulate the body temperature of a patient, wherein the thermal device is operable to provide at least one of convective heating and cooling to the patient by directing a hot or cold fluid towards the patient, the thermal device comprising a fluid passageway operable to conduct at least one of a gas and a liquid, wherein the thermal device further comprises a woven material, and wherein the woven material forms a portion of a sidewall of the fluid passageway.
A sterile surgical-thermal drape comprising:
- a sterile surgical drape for use during surgery operable to maintain a sterile surgical field;
- a fluid passageway that is operable to conduct at least one of a gas and a liquid;
- a thermal device attached to the sterile surgical drape operable to regulate the body temperature of a patient and wherein the thermal device is operable to provide at least one of convective heating and cooling to the patient, wherein the thermal device further comprises a woven material, and wherein the woven material forms a portion of a sidewall of the fluid passageway;
- one of a fenestration and an incise for exposing a portion of the patient's body during surgery;
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- a barrier attached between the sterile surgical drape and the thermal device and enclosing the sterile surgical drape for maintaining the sterility of the sterile surgical drape.
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