Medline Industries, Inc.

Andrew Giles

Francis Anthony Czajka

John H Kutsch

Robert A Lockwood

Vince R Lackowski

Peter S Nichol

Tim Finnigan

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.

Method and apparatus pertaining to securement of a personal patient warming apparatus

A patient warming device (), which can be configured as a patient warming blanket (), patient warming drape (), or surgical drape (), includes the top layer of material and optionally a bottom layer of material. The top layer () can be formed by laminating non-woven fabric () to a film layer () or by needle punching fibers through the film layer (). The film layer () has a thermally reflective side () and a thermally absorptive side (). The patient warming device () can be used in a patient warming system () with one or more light sources () and an optional control module () to warm a patient during and after medical procedures.

Patient warming blanket, drape, and corresponding patient warming system

A gown () having a body-covering portion () and an outer layer () coupled to the body-covering portion, thereby defining a pocket (), is provided. The outer layer can include a film layer () having a thermally reflective side () disposed facing the body-covering portion. In a patient warming system (), a warming device () can be provided. The warming device can be placed in the pocket to warm a patient.

Patient warming gown

An anti-microbial air processor is configured and arranged to fit at least substantially across an airway in a personal patient-warming apparatus to thereby inactivate airborne microbes before those airborne microbes are exposed to a patient via warming air delivered by the personal patient-warming apparatus. By one approach, the anti-microbial air processor comprises an anti-microbial air filter. By another approach, in lieu of the foregoing or in combination therewith, the anti-microbial air processor comprises one or more ultraviolet light sources configured to expose at least one inner surface of the personal patient-warming apparatus to ultraviolet light to thereby inactivate microbes.

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Libertyville, IL, United States of America

Andrew Giles