101 |
ISOLATION METHOD AND APPARATUS |
US14418901 |
2013-08-01 |
US20150218833A1 |
2015-08-06 |
Justin Douglas Ballantyne; James Edward Burkwood; Anna Louise Ballantyne |
Apparatus for use in isolating a subject, the apparatus including a frame movable between collapsed and erected configurations, a body supported by the frame, wherein in the erected configuration, the body defines an internal volume for containing a subject to thereby substantially isolate the subject from a surrounding environment and a door actuator supported by the frame for moving a door between open and closed positions to thereby provide access to the internal volume. |
102 |
Premature neonate closed life support system |
US13595195 |
2012-08-27 |
US09072644B2 |
2015-07-07 |
Uri Rapoport |
A magnetically permeable neonate transport capsule (MPNTC) for transporting a premature neonate from a host infant incubator having a steady environmental condition to an MRD. The MPNTC has at least one first normally open configuration when the capsule is disposed within the incubator and a second closed configuration for removal, transportation, insertion, measurement and vice versa within an MRD device. The MPNTC includes an environmental control system thereby adapted to maintain continuous attachment of the neonate with life support connection lines. The MPNTC is further adapted to maintain environmental conditions substantially similar to the host infant incubator environmental condition when the MPNTC is transported from the incubator to the MRD device. |
103 |
Isolation box for protecting reading material |
US11973045 |
2007-10-04 |
US09055799B2 |
2015-06-16 |
Elizabeth E. Cohn; William E. Cohn |
A portable reverse isolation box (PRIB) for protecting an object from the environment and/or protecting a user from the object. The PRIB includes a housing comprising a container and a lid, wherein the container has structural integrity and at least a portion of the lid is transparent, and further wherein the housing forms an airtight and watertight isolation bay when the lid is mounted on the container; a port formed in the container; and a disposable flexible element mounted in the port in an airtight and watertight relationship, the flexible element being capable of assuming a concave configuration so as to permit a user to manipulate the object within the isolation bay without opening the lid. |
104 |
CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND RADIOLOGICAL CONTAINMENT BAG |
US14288066 |
2014-05-27 |
US20150067999A1 |
2015-03-12 |
George STEFANEK; Pete JENKNER; James GAUGER |
An isolation apparatus for transporting and storing objects or human remains. The apparatus is formed of a flexible, foldable, opaque, generally box-like enclosure fabricated of a fiber reinforced plastic film, and welded together to form a sealed, air-tight and/or liquid-tight enclosure. A gas and liquid sealing zipper is positioned along three of four sides of the enclosure, thereby allowing the apparatus to open in a clamshell or suitcase-like manner, for easy access to the interior of the enclosure. An NBC and/or a CBRN filter can be mounted to the apparatus to allow for release of pressure from within the enclosure. An interior liner made of chemical protective fabric can be placed within the enclosure for additional chemical containment. This apparatus eliminates or significantly reduces the size and number of cracks, crevices and/or other voids into which contaminated materials can enter, for example by positioning, sizing and/or structuring welds to extend completely to an edge of the isolation apparatus, and/or by welding materials together entirely around one or more peripheries. |
105 |
Patient support with universal energy supply system |
US13220106 |
2011-08-29 |
US08914924B2 |
2014-12-23 |
Martin Stryker; Kevin Conway; Scott Davis |
A patient support includes a patient support surface, a fluid movement system provided at the patient support, a port mounted at the patient support in selective fluid communication with the fluid movement system, and a device selected from the group consisting of an inflatable device, a conduit, an air operated device, an actuator, a ventilator, and a chamber, with the port adapted for coupling to the device for delivering fluid to the device from the fluid movement system when the device is coupled to the port. |
106 |
CAREGIVING BED |
US14368401 |
2012-12-22 |
US20140310875A1 |
2014-10-23 |
Kazuyoshi Iida; Yoshiho Iida; Junji Ajioka; Shigeki Miyamoto; Koichi Sugita |
Provided is a caregiving bed having a variety of usage aspects. A caregiving bed includes a bed main body, and one support platform and another support platform. The bed main body includes a rectangular pad part. Each of the support platforms is provided with an elevator device connected to the pad part to raise and lower the bed main body. Each of the support platforms is provided with a pair of support columns extending upward. A beam member is provided between the support columns of the one support platform and between the support columns of the other support platform. The distance between the pad part and the attachment part decreases when the bed main body is raised by the elevator devices, whereas the distance between the pad part and the attachment part increases when the bed main body is lowered. |
107 |
Portable Enclosure For A Bed |
US14194269 |
2014-02-28 |
US20140246064A1 |
2014-09-04 |
Richard L. Swanson; Brian DeRosa; Pamela Green |
An enclosure for enclosing an area including a frame and a canopy assembly. The frame includes an upper laterally-extending support, a first upstanding support coupled to a first end of the upper support, and a second upstanding support coupled to a second end of the upper support. The upper support is length-adjustable. The canopy assembly is connectable to the frame for defining an enclosed area, and includes a plurality of collars removably connectable to the frame, and at least one panel holdable in a plane defined by the supports of the frame. The circumference of at least one such collar is adjustable so that when the length of the upper support is adjusted, the collar circumference can be adjusted to accommodate the change in length. |
108 |
ANTI-BACTERIAL COVERING PANEL AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE PANEL |
US13878132 |
2011-10-27 |
US20130214550A1 |
2013-08-22 |
Solitario Nesti; Leopoldo Corsi; Luca Lombardi; Enrico Fatarella |
Described are an antibacterial covering panel and a method for making the panel. The panel comprises a supporting layer having a first surface for connection to a surface to be covered, for example the interior surface of an ambulance, and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface; at least one composite material is positioned outside in view at the second surface of the supporting layer and comprises at least one layer of particles of photocatalytic material. |
109 |
Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient |
US12115269 |
2008-05-05 |
US08435277B2 |
2013-05-07 |
Robert B. Schock; Marc Cote |
Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient comprises a cover for covering at least a portion of a patient's body and a compliant support adapted to underlie and generally conform to the shape of the portion of the patient's body to define a well adjacent to the patient's body portion for accumulating heat transfer liquid. The cover and compliant support cooperatively define an enclosure for receiving the portion of the patient's body and are constructed to conduct a heat transfer liquid into direct contact with the portion of the patient's body received in the enclosure to promote heat transfer between the patient's body and the heat transfer liquid. |
110 |
Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient |
US13031501 |
2011-02-21 |
US08425582B2 |
2013-04-23 |
Robert B. Schock; Marc Cote |
Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient comprises an enclosure defining an interior space for receiving at least a portion of a patient's body therein. The enclosure is constructed for transferring a heat transfer liquid into direct contact with the portion of the patient's body received in the enclosure to promote heat transfer between the patient's body and the heat transfer liquid. A drain for draining the heat transfer liquid from the interior space of the enclosure is at least partially disposed beneath the enclosure. A hold-open inhibits occlusion of the drain. A weir in fluid communication with the drain maintains the heat transfer liquid at a predetermined height in the enclosure. A control system is preprogrammed with a target temperature for the body temperature of the patient. |
111 |
Contamination detainment unit |
US11906705 |
2007-10-04 |
US08298130B2 |
2012-10-30 |
Raymond C. Maloney |
A mobile isolation unit which forms a chemical and biological barrier that is has a substantially rectangular-parallelepiped shaped enclosure and a frame system configured to support the enclosure in the suspended position so as to create and internal and external environment. The enclosure may also be equipped with at least one opening for access into and out of the enclosure, a zipper for opening and closing the access port, at least one biomedical port, and a plurality of support points configured to support the enclosed in the suspended position when the frame is in an open position so that a patient can be placed in and out of the enclosure. A method for isolating and treating a patient using the mobile isolation unit is also provided. |
112 |
Convertible patient isolation pod |
US10139513 |
2002-05-07 |
US08245713B2 |
2012-08-21 |
Charles R. Paschal, Jr.; Orlando J. Illi, Jr.; George W. Haubeil; James R. Gauger; Robert L. Mullins |
A convertible isolation pod for an individual patient formed from sealable flexible plastic sheeting including an air intake grommet at the head end and an air exhaust grommet at the foot end of the pod each of the grommets being equipped with a valve to provide unidirectional air flow within the pod where the air is filtered to remove contaminants. |
113 |
BODY TRANSPORT APPARATUS |
US13302703 |
2011-11-22 |
US20120124752A1 |
2012-05-24 |
James E. Patrick |
A body transport apparatus including an inflatable air mattress with a plurality of air exit holes on the bottom to provide an air cushion when the mattress is inflated and a cover portion connected to the mattress adjacent a perimeter to define an enclosed volume. The cover portion may include a selectively closeable passageway. A flap may be defined in the cover portion that is movable between open and closed configurations. A plurality of hollows may be defined in the cover portion when inflated to define a body contact area that is less than a surface area of the top surface. |
114 |
PORTABLE COMPRESSION CHAMBERS |
US12919178 |
2009-02-23 |
US20110017215A1 |
2011-01-27 |
John Stephen Selby; Peter Cronin Gordon |
A compression chamber is formed by two end walls (10) and a flexible tubular member (11) extending between the end walls (10). The flexible tubular member (11) is formed from an inner tube (12) of air impermeable material and an outer tube (13) of a braided material. The inner tube (12) is unstressed when the chamber is filled with oxygen or air and the outer tube (13) bears the pressure load. |
115 |
BED ENCLOSURE |
US12131217 |
2008-06-02 |
US20090025766A1 |
2009-01-29 |
Charles R. Kline |
A bed enclosure comprises a frame, a tent supported by the frame, and a mattress cover for preventing access to a mattress from the interior of the tent. |
116 |
Portable isolation enclosure |
US11196654 |
2005-08-02 |
US07479103B2 |
2009-01-20 |
Thomas D. Ellen |
An isolation enclosure is provided for isolating a person to an area about a bed, wherein the bed is adapted to support the person and includes a frame and a mattress overlying the frame. The isolation enclosure comprises a frame adapted to surround the bed; and a canopy connectable to the frame and defining an isolation chamber sealed with respect to the ambient atmosphere. The isolation chamber extends over the frame of the bed and is sufficiently large to allow a person located within the isolation chamber to be supported on the bed and to move freely within the isolation chamber. The canopy includes a base wall adapted to either (i) overly the mattress of the bed, and (ii) lie between the mattress and the frame of the bed. A frame transport device, such as wheels, casters, or sliders, is mounted on the frame and adapted to transport the frame and canopy in cooperation with the bed to thereby transport a patient supported on the bed and located within the isolation chamber. An environmental control device is connectable in fluid communication with the isolation chamber and includes (i) a filter adapted to filter air entering and filter air exiting the isolation chamber, and (ii) a pump adapted to pump air into the isolation chamber to increase the pressure within the isolation chamber relative to the ambient atmosphere, and pump air out of the isolation chamber to decrease the pressure within the isolation chamber relative to the ambient atmosphere. |
117 |
MOVABLE BED DIVIDING SCREEN |
US11746219 |
2007-05-09 |
US20080276371A1 |
2008-11-13 |
Helen Stowers |
A movable, curtain-style bed divider is disclosed. In one embodiment, the dividing screen is made from a sheer material allowing an individual on one side of the divider to observe a sleeping individual on the other side of the divider without having to move the divider. In another embodiment, the dividing screen has anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, and/or anti-viral properties. |
118 |
Portable reverse isolation box (PRIB) |
US11973045 |
2007-10-04 |
US20080203103A1 |
2008-08-28 |
Elizabeth E. Cohn; William E. Cohn |
A portable reverse isolation box (PRIB) for protecting an object from the environment and/or protecting a user from the object, the PRIB comprising: a housing comprising a container and a lid, wherein the container has structural integrity and at least a portion of the lid is transparent, and further wherein the housing forms an airtight and watertight isolation bay when the lid is mounted on the container; a port formed in the container; and a disposable flexible element mounted in the port in an airtight and watertight relationship, the flexible element being capable of assuming a concave configuration so as to permit a user to manipulate the object within the isolation bay without opening the lid. |
119 |
Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient |
US10948918 |
2004-09-24 |
US07377935B2 |
2008-05-27 |
Robert B. Schock; Marc Cote |
Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient comprises a cover for covering at least a portion of a patient's body and a compliant support adapted to underlie and generally conform to the shape of the portion of the patient's body to define a well adjacent to the patient's body portion for accumulating heat transfer liquid. The cover and compliant support cooperatively define an enclosure for receiving the portion of the patient's body and are constructed to conduct a heat transfer liquid into direct contact with the portion of the patient's body received in the enclosure to promote heat transfer between the patient's body and the heat transfer liquid. |
120 |
Patient isolation module and use thereof |
US11504007 |
2006-08-15 |
US20080057854A1 |
2008-03-06 |
William David Muggah |
This patient isolation module has a transparent cubicle mounted over an hospital bed. This cubicle has a rectangular room-air intake opening at one end thereof, and an air treatment unit mounted outside the other end. The air treatment unit has fan inlet openings communicating inside the cubicle and forming a crown over the head of the bed. The air treatment unit draws air from the cubicle and causes a stream of fast-moving air to move along the cubicle, in a toe-to-head direction relative to a patient laying in the hospital bed. The air stream defines a hood-shaped envelope extending over and along both sides of the bed, to better separate a patient's breathing zone from health-care workers standing near that patient's bed. |