Patent ID: 6013098
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
An inflatable pediatric blanket for a forced air convection system comprising:an upper sheet of material having a generally rectangular shape with a peripheral edge, an upper end, a lower end and two sides;a lower sheet of material having a generally rectangular shape with a peripheral edge, an upper end, a lower end and two sides, the lower sheet of material having perforations formed therethrough;wherein said upper sheet and said lower sheet are sealed together around their peripheral edges at their respective upper ends, lower ends and sides, and also sealed together at multiple welds distributed across the interior surface regions of said upper sheet and said lower sheet, to provide an inflatable blanket with an air chamber having an upper end, a lower end, and two sides therebetween; three inlet ports positioned at one end of said blanket and connected to said inflatable air chamber through which inflation medium may be introduced to said inflatable air chamber through one or more of said inflation ports to inflate said blanket, wherein a first inlet port is positioned at one comer of said one end of said blanket, a second inlet port is positioned substantially centrally at said one end of said blanket, and a third inlet port is positioned at a second corner of said one end of said blanket;wherein said blanket further includes:at least one exit vent communicating with said air chamber through an opposite end of said blanket from the end where said inlet ports are located.