BLANKET FOR WARMING OR COOLING PATIENTS.

摘要

ON A COVER (10) FOR HEATING OR COOLING OF PATIENTS, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE PROTECTION OF COOLING AND FOR RE-HEATING OF PATIENTS ALREADY COOLED DURING OR AFTER OPERATIONAL INTERVENTION, AN INTERIOR HOLLOW SPACE IS LIMITED BY MEANS OF A SUPERIOR FACE IN THE AIR AND THROUGH A LOWER FACE PERMEABLE TO THE AIR. A FLEXIBLE AIR CONDUCTION CAN BE APPLIED IN A FLEXIBLE CONDUCTION (14). TO ALLOW MULTIPLE USE OF THE COVER (10) AND TO REDUCE THE COSTS OF DISPOSAL, IT HAS BEEN PROVIDED THAT THE UPPER SIDE AND THE LOWER SIDE OF THE THERMAL COVER ARE COMPOSED OF A WASHABLE AND DISINFECTABLE FABRIC AS WELL AS USABLE AGAIN. THE UPPER SIDE IS PROVIDED WITH A WATERPROOF COATING IN THE AIR. A GOOD DISTRIBUTION OF GUIDED HOT AIR IS OBTAINED IN SUCH A WAY, THAT THE BOTTOM FACE IS MADE FROM A DIFFUSED FABRIC PERMEABLE TO THE AIR.