Hyperbaric chamber
AssigneeHyperbaric Technologies, Inc.
InventorPeter A. Lewis
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Abstract
A portable hyperbaric chamber system includes a soft-sided, foldable hyperbaric chamber and a substantially rigid, removable, external support structure. The chamber generally includes a wall of a substantially non-breathable, soft-sided, and foldable material and an accessway sealable with a non-breathable closure so as to maintain a hyperbaric pressure within the chamber. The chamber also includes at least one fastener, such as a bolt or threaded stud, extending from the wall that permits the chamber to be removably attached to the support structure, thereby to maintain the chamber in an uncollapsed state when the chamber interior is not maintained at a hyperbaric pressure. The support structure includes structures complementary to the fasteners (e.g., apertures to pass bolts and locking knobs to secure bolts).
Claims15
A hyperbaric chamber, comprising:
- a wall having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a chamber interior, the wall comprising a substantially non-breathable, soft-sided, and foldable material;
- an accessway into the chamber interior in the wall;
- a non-breathable closure configured to seal the accessway into the chamber interior such that a hyperbaric pressure may be maintained within the chamber interior;
- a first fastener extending outwardly from the outer surface of the wall at a first end of the hyperbaric chamber;
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- a second fastener extending outwardly from the outer surface of the wall at a second end of the hyperbaric chamber,
- wherein the first and second fasteners are configured to be removably attached to a support structure to maintain the hyperbaric chamber in an uncollapsed state when the chamber interior is not maintained at a hyperbaric pressure.
A hyperbaric chamber system, comprising:
- a soft-sided hyperbaric chamber comprising:
- a wall having an outer surface and an inner surface that defines a chamber interior, the wall comprising a substantially non-breathable, foldable material;
- a sealable accessway into the chamber interior in the wall;
- a closure configured to seal the accessway such that a hyperbaric pressure may be maintained within the chamber interior;
- a first elongate fastener extend outwardly from the outer surface of the wall proximate a first end of the chamber;
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- a second elongate fastener extend outwardly from the outer surface of the wall proximate a second end of the chamber;
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- a support frame comprising:
- a first substantially rigid rib configured to wrap at least partially around the outer surface of the chamber proximate the first end thereof when removably attached to the first elongate fastener;
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- a second substantially rigid rib configured to wrap at least partially around the outer surface of the chamber proximate the second end thereof when removably attached to the second elongate fastener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.