Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide underbody blanket that warms the head, as well as the body of the patient, wherein the warm air circulates about the blanket to maintain an even temperature throughout, and when output from the blanket, is focused to the patient.SOLUTION: A convective underbody blanket has a head portion 10 and a body portion 12. Provided at the head portion is a non-inflatable head area 14 surrounded by a channel 18 that has arranged thereat at least one row of air apertures 22, 22', 22", 24, and 24' that are oriented toward the non-inflatable head area when the channel is inflated. At the body portion, there is provided a non-inflatable body area 26. Along each longitudinal side of the body area, there are longitudinal channels 28a, 28b, 30a, and 30b. Each of the longitudinal channels is in fluid communication with the channel that surrounds the non-inflatable head area. The longitudinal channels that sandwich the non-inflatable body area extend substantially along the length of the non-inflatable body area and are in communication with each other by way of a cross channel 36 formed at the foot end of the blanket.
Abstract:
A convective underbody blanket has a head portion and a body portion. Provided at the head portion is a non-inflatable head area surrounded by a channel that has arranged thereat at least one row of air apertures that are oriented toward the noninflatable head area when the channel is inflated. At the body portion there is provided a non-inflatable body area. The longitudinal channels that sandwich the non-inflatable body area extend substantially along the length of the noninflatable body area and are in fluid communication with each other by way of a cross channel formed at the foot end of the blanket. The configuration of the blanket allows air input to the blanket to be circulated through the various channels, so that the heated air output from the different rows of apertures formed at the various channels has substantially the same temperature.
Abstract:
A convective underbody blanket has a head portion and a body portion. Provided at the head portion is a non-inflatable head area surrounded by a channel that has arranged thereat at least one row of air apertures that are oriented toward the noninflatable head area when the channel is inflated. At the body portion there is provided a non-inflatable body area. The longitudinal channels that sandwich the non-inflatable body area extend substantially along the length of the noninflatable body area and are in fluid communication with each other by way of a cross channel formed at the foot end of the blanket. The configuration of the blanket allows air input to the blanket to be circulated through the various channels, so that the heated air output from the different rows of apertures formed at the various channels has substantially the same temperature.
Abstract:
Una manta convectiva (2) para debajo del cuerpo constituida por dos láminas impermeables al aire unidas entre sí de manera selectiva en diferentes localizaciones para formar una estructura inflable que tiene un extremo de cabeza (4) y un extremo de pie (5 6), que comprende: una porción de cabeza (1) que se extiende desde el extremo de cabeza que tiene un área de cabeza (14) no inflable circunscrita mediante un canal (18) inflable que tiene dos aberturas (20, 20') para recibir la cabeza de un paciente; una porción de cuerpo (12) con una forma sustancialmente rectangular que se extiende desde dicha porción de cabeza hasta sustancialmente el extremo de pie (6); en la que la porción de cuerpo (12) tiene un área de cuerpo (26) sustancialmente rectangular y no inflable que se extiende longitudinalmente desde la porción de cabeza hasta el extremo de pie para recibir el cuerpo del paciente, estando definida dicha área de cuerpo (26) no inflable mediante un cierre sin fin (8'a) que separa el área de cuerpo no inflable de dicho un canal (18) y al menos dos canales longitudinales (28a, 28b) inflables que se extienden a lo largo de un lado longitudinal correspondiente de dicha área (26) no inflable hasta un canal transversal (36) en el extremo de pie separado de dicha área no inflable mediante una línea de cierre (8'a1) del cierre sin fin, estando dichos canales longitudinales en comunicación fluida con una de las aberturas (20, 20') correspondientes de dicho un canal (18) y dicho canal transversal (36) inflable formado en el extremo de pie para que dicha área de cuerpo (26) no inflable de forma sustancialmente rectangular se circunscriba mediante dichos canales longitudinales (28a, 28b) a lo largo de sus lados longitudinales, dicho canal transversal (36) en su extremo de pie y dicho un canal (18') en su extremo de cabeza; en la que se proporciona una pluralidad de rendijas (22, 22', 22", 24, 24') (32a, 32b, 34a, 34b) en dicho un canal, canal longitudinal y canal transversal; y en la que se proporciona al menos una entrada (38a, 38b, 38e) en dicha manta para permitir que el aire entre y circule a través de los canales, saliendo el aire por dicha pluralidad de rendijas.
Abstract:
A convective underbody blanket has a head portion and a body portion. Provided at the head portion is a non-inflatable head area surrounded by a channel that has arranged thereat at least one row of air apertures that are oriented toward the noninflatable head area when the channel is inflated. At the body portion there is provided a non-inflatable body area. The longitudinal channels that sandwich the non-inflatable body area extend substantially along the length of the noninflatable body area and are in fluid communication with each other by way of a cross channel formed at the foot end of the blanket. The configuration of the blanket allows air input to the blanket to be circulated through the various channels, so that the heated air output from the different rows of apertures formed at the various channels has substantially the same temperature.