Surgical barrier device incorporating an inflatable thermal blanket with a surgical drape to provide thermal control and surgical access
AssigneeAugustine Medical, Inc.
InventorScott Douglas Augustine
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Abstract
A surgical barrier device includes an inflatable thermal blanket formed integrally with, or attached to, a surgical drape. The inflatable thermal blanket is inflatable through an inlet by a thermally-controlled inflating medium. An aperture array on the undersurface of the inflatable thermal blanket exhausts the thermally controlled inflating medium from the inflatable thermal blanket. The surgical drape extends from the inflatable thermal blanket and is sized to substantially cover the entirety of the patient's body. Where patient access is required, the drape has an opening to provide access to a surgical site.
Claims17
A surgical barrier device for use during surgery on a person, comprising:
- a flexible base sheet with two ends, two edges, and a plurality of apertures that open through the base sheet;
- an overlaying material sheet having a periphery, the overlying sheet attached to a first surface of said base sheet by a plurality of seals to form an inflatable portion, the apertures opening through said base sheet into said inflatable portion;
- a continuous seam between said overlaying material sheet and said base sheet near the periphery of said inflatable portion;
- said inflatable portion being sized and configured to cover one or more portions of said person;
- a surgical drape attached to, or formed integrally with, said inflatable thermal blanket and extending beyond said continuous seam, said surgical drape for covering additional portions of a person;
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- an opening in said surgical drape for accessing a surgical site on said person.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.