Patent ID: 11903870
Assignee: AUGUSTINE TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 8:
9. An electric heating pad for warming a patient, the electric heating pad comprising a heated underbody support or heated mattress, the heated underbody support of heated mattress comprising:
a heater assembly comprising:
a flexible sheet-like heating element including a top surface, a bottom surface, an upper edge, a lower edge, and at least two side edges,
conductive bus bars attached near each of the at least two side edges of the flexible sheet-like heating element, and
fabric side edge extensions attached to the at least two side edges of the flexible sheet-like heating element;

a layer of polymeric foam including a top surface, a bottom surface, an upper wall, a lower wall, and at least two side walls, the layer of polymeric foam positioned under the heater assembly, and
a shell covering the heater assembly and the layer of polymeric foam, the shell comprising one or more sheets of flexible material,
wherein the heater assembly is wrapped around the top surface of the layer of polymeric foam and the at least two side edges of the flexible sheet-like heating element and the conductive bus bars lie adjacent the at least two side walls of the layer of polymeric foam, and
wherein the fabric side edge extensions are wrapped under and attached to the bottom surface of the layer of polymeric foam thereby securing the heater assembly to the layer of polymeric foam.