Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Thermal applicators
Patent
1995-02-06
1997-10-07
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Thermal applicators
607114, A61F 700
Patent
active
056742690
ABSTRACT:
An inflatable thermal care apparatus directs a thermally-controlled inflating medium into a thermal care zone to regulate a patient's body temperature, while providing selective access to desired parts of the patient. The apparatus includes an elongate member, inflatable and formable into an enclosure that surrounds a patient and defines a thermal care zone. A plurality of exhaust ports open through sides of the inflatable member to exhaust the thermally-controlled medium. A deformally resilient, insulating access panel interconnects the sides, and extends over the patient and the enclosure to confine the inflating medium to the thermal care zone. The panel includes boundaries, such as perforations, defining sections that may be selectively removed to create temporary or permanent access openings, exposing selected regions for treatment, inspection, healing, and the like. In one embodiment, one or more predefined sections are separated along common boundaries thereof to create pliable fingers, which may be temporarily lifted to create access openings in the panel. When a finger is released, the finger's resiliency urges the finger back into place, flush with the panel. Alternatively, a pliable finger may be bent downward upon itself so that the finger's resiliency urges it against the patient's body, free from interference with the access opening. One or more sections defined by the boundaries may also be completely removed to create a permanent access opening of a selected size.
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Augustine Medical, Inc.
Carter Ryan
Cohen Lee S.
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