Portable isolation device and method

Details Portable isolation device and method Portable isolation device and method

1999-12-03

2000-12-19

Joyce, Harold

Ventilation

Workstation ventilator

135 93, 160117, 454 56, 454187, 454341, 600 21, F24F 700, B08B 1502

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061621188

ABSTRACT:
An isolation device has a movable frame and a barrier mounted on the frame. The barrier partially encloses a space to be occupied by a patient. The device also includes an air conducting unit having a primary duct attached to the barrier such that air can be conducted between the partially enclosed space and an outside location through the primary duct. Attached to the primary duct is a means for moving air between the partially enclosed space and the outside location.
The present invention also includes a method of isolating a patient that begins by providing an isolating device according to the present invention. Air is conducted between the partially enclosed space and the outside location through the primary duct using the means for moving air, and a patient is positioned in the partially enclosed space.

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