Patent ID: 7503890

Claim:
A collapsible patient isolation pod, comprising: a flexible enclosure, comprising: a first side and a second side, said first and second sides being substantially rectangular having two opposite long edges and two opposite short edges; a first end and a second end, said first and second ends being substantially semi-circular with a flat edge and a curved edge and having a split dividing both first and second ends in half, wherein the short edges of the first and second sides are attached to one half of the curved edge of the first and second ends, respectively; and a substantially rectangular bottom member having two opposite long edges and two opposite short edges that is attached on its long edges to a first long edge of each of the first and second sides, and attached on its short edges to the flat edge of the first and second ends; a plurality of spaced-apart ribs disposed within the enclosure configured to maintain the first and second sides vertically spaced apart from a patient received in the flexible enclosure; a plurality of spines operatively engaged between at least two of said spaced-apart ribs; and a closure configured to releasably close the second long edge of the first and second sides and to releasably close the split dividing both first and second ends.