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US 5,849,030 AGranted
Splanchnic blood supply warming device
OwnerSyde A. Taheriinventor
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Abstract
A bag apparatus for warming the splanchnic blood supply of a patient both during and after surgery to prevent the onset of hypothermia. A bag apparatus for selectively warming an internal organ. A method to prevent hypothermia in a patient during and after surgical procedures. A heating pad apparatus for warming the splanchnic blood supply in a patient during and after surgery, and methodology for accomplishing same.
Claims17
A body warming device comprising:
- a bag containing a solution;
- a reservoir for storing the solution;
- a heating device in thermal communication with the reservoir and the solution;
- the heating device transfers heat to the solution in the reservoir to produce a warm solution;
- solution conveying means in communication with the reservoir and the bag, the solution conveying means for conveying the solution from the reservoir to the bag and from the bag to the reservoir, such that the bag is warmed by the warm solution and wherein the bag is adapted to contact and transfer heat to the body;
- a fluid source for supplying an irrigation fluid;
- and
- an irrigator tube in fluid communication with the fluid source and the bag for making the bag wet.
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A method for warming a body comprising the steps of:
- providing a bag for containing a solution;
- storing the solution in a reservoir;
- heating the solution in the reservoir and producing a warm solution;
- conveying the solution from the reservoir to the bag and from the bag to the reservoir, such that the bag is warmed by the warm solution;
- contacting the bag with the body and warming the body by transferring heat from the warm solution to the body;
- supplying an irrigation fluid from an irrigator tube;
- and
- irrigating the bag with the fluid from the irrigator tube, to make the bag wet.
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A body warming device comprising:
- a heating pad;
- an aqueous fluid;
- an irrigator tube in fluid communication with the heating pad, for supplying the aqueous fluid to the heating pad;
- a removable cord attached to the heating pad;
- a pad tube adapted to be interdisposed in a hole in a body of a patient;
- the removable cord and the irrigator tube positioned inside the pad tube, and the heating pad adapted to be positioned inside the body, the pad hole for permitting the heating pad, the removable cord, and the irrigator tube to be removed from the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.