System and method for sterile surgical-thermal drape with active air circulation
US5800483A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 22, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2007/0276
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A sterile surgical-thermal drape (10) is provided. The sterile surgical-thermal drape (10) includes a sterile surgical drape (12) that maintains a sterile field and a thermal device (14) attached (16) to the sterile surgical drape (12) for regulating the body temperature of a patient (32). The thermal device (14) has an external surface, and is operable to provide convective heating or cooling to a patient.
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