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US 6,800,087 B2Granted
Blanket system for temperature regulation of a patient
AssigneeThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation
InventorsFrancis A. Papay, Stefan Budac
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Abstract
A blanket system (1) is provided for maintaining or controlling a patient's body temperature before, during, or after surgical and non-surgical procedures. The system includes a non-obtrusive cover blanket (3), a blower (28) to blow the air beneath the blanket (3) and a vacuum source (30) to suction the air from beneath the blanket (3) and away from the patient.
Claims11
A surgical blanket system for regulating a patient's temperature comprising:
- a blanket having oppositely disposed first and second ends;
- a source of air including a blower which blows said air beneath said first end of said blanket;
- and
- a vacuum source which suctions said air from beneath said blanket at said second end of said blanket.
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A surgical blanket system for regulating a patient's temperature comprising:
- a blanket;
- a source of air including a blower which blows said air beneath said blanket;
- a vacuum source which suctions said air from beneath said blanket;
- and
- a support cushion having upper and lower spaced surfaces which define an interior chamber containing a heat retaining material;
- said upper surface having one or more holes for directing airflow over the patient;
- said source of air also introducing air into said interior chamber.
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A method of controlling the temperature of a patient comprising the steps of:
- covering the patient with a blanket;
- forcing air from an air source beneath said blanket using a blower;
- and
- suctioning air from underneath said blanket using a vacuum source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.