Patent ID: 6321764
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: A61B,A61G,A62B

Abstract:
A collapsible personnel isolation apparatus adapted to be erected in the field from a collapsed compacted form into an expanded form for isolating, transporting and treating a person being transported, the apparatus comprising:a lower flexible base that is expanded from its collapsed compacted form to allow a person to be laid on the lower flexible base;an upper flexible cover having a flexible wall to be erected from a collapsed compacted form into an extended cover to be placed over the top of the person laid on the lower flexible base;a substantially airtight closure device for joining the flexible base and the flexible cover to one another and to provide a substantially airtight interior region for the person therein;the flexible base and cover defining a pod sized for use with or as a stretcher;ports in the pod leading from the exterior of the pod into the interior regions to allow access to the patient for treatment from the exterior by a care giver; anda ventilation port for transmission of air between the interior region and the exterior and for providing biochemical isolation between the interior region and the exterior.