Patent ID: 6409745
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: A61F,A61G

Abstract:
A portable apparatus for warming a hypothermia victim comprising a stretcher, said stretcher including a bottom wall, side walls and end walls contiguous with each other; a support extending between said side walls for supporting the torso of a hypothermia victim above and spaced apart from the bottom wall of the stretcher; openings in said support permitting the circulation of warm air around the torso of the victim, a canopy for covering the torso of the victim and defining a heating chamber around the torso with said stretcher; heating ducts in said chamber for discharging warm air against the torso of the victim, whereby the warm air circulates through said openings around the torso; and a forced air heater for warming ambient air, and delivering the warm air to the heating ducts.