Patent ID: 8683996
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A portable microclimate and life-support system for care of a patient, comprising: a portable housing that houses therein (i) a heat exchanger configured to regulate the temperature of a thermal fluid, wherein the heat exchanger has a thermal fluid outlet port and a thermal fluid return port, (ii) an oxygen source, (iii) one or more vital sign displays; a body covering including a manifold, the body covering configured to be placed in covering contact with the patient and having one or more thermal fluid passages to regulate the temperature of the patient in thermal contact with the body covering; a thermal conduit configured to be in fluid communication with the one or more thermal fluid passages of the body covering via the manifold, the thermal conduit having a thermal fluid supply tube configured to be in fluid communication with the thermal fluid outlet port of the heat exchanger and a thermal fluid return tube configured to be in fluid communication with the thermal fluid return port of the heat exchanger, wherein the thermal conduit, when in fluid communication with the thermal fluid passages, thermal fluid supply tube, and thermal fluid return tube, forms a closed fluid loop for delivering thermal fluid from the heat exchanger to the one or more thermal fluid passages and returning thermal fluid from the one or more thermal fluid passages; the manifold including a thermal fluid inlet port configured to connect with the thermal fluid supply tube, a thermal fluid return port configured to connect with the thermal fluid return tube, one or more remote thermal regulation outlet ports, and one or more remote thermal regulation return ports, at least one of the remote thermal regulation outlet ports and at least one of the remote thermal regulation return ports configured to connect to the thermal fluid passages of the body covering; an oxygen delivery interface; an oxygen delivery conduit in fluid communication with the oxygen source configured to deliver oxygen from the oxygen delivery source to the oxygen delivery interface; and one or more vital sign measurement devices selected from the group consisting of a patient body temperature sensor, a patient oximeter, and a patient heart rate monitor, wherein the one or more vital sign measurement devices is in electromagnetic communication with the one or more vital sign displays.