Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Securement of a Personal Patient Warming Apparatus

摘要

A personal patient warming apparatus includes a blanket having at least one pneumatic pathway formed therethrough and a plurality of orifices formed through at least one side thereof through which warmed air can exit to warm a patient. The blanket further includes a first portion configured to cover a first appendage of the patient when the blanket is disposed over the patient and a second portion configured to cover a second appendage of the patient when the blanket is disposed over the patient. Both the first portion and the second portion each include at least one tear line configured to form, when torn, an opening in the blanket through which at least one of the patient's appendages and an operating room table appendage board is disposed when disposing the blanket over the patient.

主权项

1. A personal patient warming apparatus comprising:
a blanket having at least one pneumatic pathway formed therein and a plurality of orifices formed through at least one side thereof such that at least some warmed air that is introduced into the at least one pneumatic pathway will exit via the plurality of orifices to thereby warm a patient over whom the blanket is disposed, the blanket further including:
a first portion configured to cover a first appendage of the patient when the blanket is disposed over the patient;a second portion configured to cover a second appendage of the patient when the blanket is disposed over the patient;and wherein both the first portion and the second portion each include at least one tear line configured to form, when torn, an opening in the blanket through which at least one of the patient's appendages and an operating room table appendage board is disposed when disposing the blanket over the patient.