Rtthermal, LLC

Desentech, Inc.

Jack A Dekkinga

James J Kumler

Donald N De Maagd

Stephen F Blackler, Iii

Donald R De Maagd, Deceased

Raymond C Watts

Iii Stephen F Blackler

A system for monitoring a patient during MRI imaging to prevent patient burns. The system includes a barrel to provide an MRI image of a patient and an infrared camera to image the patient separately from the MRI image. The infrared camera includes an adjustable field of view and is positionable at a plurality of viewing angles relative to the longitudinal axis of the barrel. The infrared camera is coupled to a processor adapted to monitor the surface temperature of the patient based on the output of the infrared camera. The processor is further adapted to control at least one of the field of view of the infrared camera and/or the viewing angle of the camera during MRI imaging of the patient. The system further includes a patient gown formed of an infrared transmissive material that provides visual concealment for the patient.

Magnetic resonance imaging patient temperature monitoring system and related methods

A smoke evacuation system is provided for attachment to a surgical desiccator, the surgical desiccator including a desiccator body forming a handle and a cauterizing tip for searing tissue to reduce bleeding. The smoke evacuation system includes a section of tube connected to a suction unit, a front retainer and a rear retainer for holding the tube to the body in a position such that the tube and the desiccator body can be cradled in a surgeon's hand, and a suction tip attachable to the front retainer in a non-interfering position proximate the cauterizing tip. The front retainer defines a passageway connecting the suction tip to the section of tube such that smoke, odors and biological contaminants generated by the cauterizing tip can be efficiently suctioned away through the suction tip, the retainer and the tube by the suction unit. The front retainer releasably engages suction tips for easy replacement of the suction tips for sterility and so that a particular suction tip can be selected to correspond to a particular cauterizing tip. The front retainer comprises two halves which define a first recess therebetween for supporting a nipple to engage the section of tube, a second recess therebetween for supporting an insert to engage the desiccator, and a third recess therebetween defining a passageway between the suction tip and the section of tube for placing the suction tip and the section of tube in gaseous communication. A desiccator incorporating the section of tube and utilizing the suction tips is also disclosed.

Smoke evacuation system

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Jenison, MI, United States of America

Jack A Dekkinga