Coupling the body of a patient to a membrane

US4805600A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dornier Medizintechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Othmar Wess · Munich, DE
• Reiner Groezinger · Gilching, DE
• Kai Isdebski · Bad Saulgau, DE
• Manfred Windsheimer · Germering, DE
• Wolfgang Erhardt · Fürstenfeldbruck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 16, 1986
• Grant date: Feb 21, 1989
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B8/4281
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The body of a patient is gaplessly coupled to the membrane of therapeutic equipment through a gel layer; a gel releasing bag is placed upon the membrane and the membrane is moved towards the body; subsequently, the bag is removed from the gap that forms between the skin of the patient and the membrane whereby gel emerges from one or several openings, filling the gap completely with gel as the bag is squeezed and removed.