Patent ID: 8608788
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An underbody convective blanket comprising: a first air impermeable flexible sheet having a plurality of apertures selectively bonded to a second air impermeable flexible sheet at different locations to form an inflatable structure having a head end and a foot end, said structure including a head portion at the head end and a body portion extending from said head portion to the foot end, said first sheet of said structure adapted to support a patient lying thereon; said head portion having a non-inflatable head area enclosed by a non-ending seal whereupon the head of the patient lies and said body portion having a non-inflatable body area enclosed by a non-ending seal whereupon at least one portion of the body of the patient lies; at least one channel formed in said structure for surrounding said non-inflatable head area; said body portion of said structure including at least two other channels each in fluid communication with a corresponding opening of said one channel, each of said other channels extending substantially along a corresponding longitudinal side of said non-inflatable body area; a cross channel formed at the foot end of said structure for establishing a fluid communication path between said other channels; and at least one inlet enabling air to be input to said structure; wherein air input to said structure is circulated through the channels and output from the apertures towards the patient lying on said structure.