Patient comfort apparatus and system
AssigneeArizant Healthcare Inc.
InventorsScott D. Augustine, Thomas Peter Anderson, Randall C. Arnold
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Abstract
Apparatus and a system for thermally comforting a patient include pneumatic, convective device providing thermal treatment for persons or animals. The pneumatic convective device is adapted to fit around a person's neck and provides convective warming focused or directed primarily on the thorax or body core. The pneumatic convective device includes an inlet, a region in distribution with the inlet for distributing a stream of pressurized, thermally treated air, and a permeable member for emitting pressurized, thermally treated air from the distribution region.
Claims19
A pneumatic convective device, comprising:
- a distribution region for distributing a stream of pressurized air;
- an inlet in communication with the distribution region for receiving a stream of pressurized air;
- a permeable member for emitting pressurized air from the distribution region;
- a region in which air is not distributed;
- an aperture in the region for receiving the head of a person;
- and
- a mechanism acting with the aperture for releasably retaining the pneumatic convective device against the neck of the person;
- wherein the mechanism is a line of weakness in the region extending from a periphery to the aperture such that the region may be cloven into two opposing sections that may be separated to receive the person's neck and fastening means for releasably connecting two opposing sections around the person's neck.
A patient comfort system, comprising:
- a pneumatic convective device having:
- a distribution region for distributing a stream of pressurized air;
- an inlet in communication with the distribution region for receiving a stream of pressurized air;
- a permeable member for emitting pressurized air from the distribution region;
- a region in which air is not distributed;
- an aperture in the region for receiving the neck of a person;
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- a mechanism acting with the aperture for releasably retaining the pneumatic convective device against the neck of the person;
- wherein the mechanism is a line of weakness in the region extending from a periphery to the aperture such that the region may be cloven into two opposing sections that may be separated to receive the person's neck and fastening means for releasably connecting the two opposing sections around the person's neck;
- a warming unit for providing the stream of pressurized air to the pneumatic convective device;
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- an air hose for connecting the warming unit to the inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.