Hyperbaric Apparatus With Storage Compartment

• US 20110048424A1
• Filed: 08/26/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Perry Baromedical Corporation
• Original Assignee: Environmental Tectonics Corp.
• Inventors: Radko, John
• Granted Patent: US 9,138,366 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/205.26
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 1/013 foldable or collapsible A61G1/017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 10/026 for hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Abstract

A hyperbaric apparatus with storage compartment is provided comprising a chamber for housing a patient and administration of hyperbaric therapy, a moveable patient support platform for receiving the patient and for transferring the patient into and/or out of the chamber, and a base comprising a storage compartment for stowing a patient transport device. The storage compartment conveniently stows the patient transport device, excluding it from the space surrounding the hyperbaric chamber, thereby freeing-up floor space surrounding the hyperbaric treatment area, whilst keeping the transport device close-at-hand for removal of the patient upon the conclusion of hyperbaric treatment.

Claims

1. A hyperbaric apparatus, comprising:

a hyperbaric chamber configured with a patient-support platform; and

a base configured with a storage compartment for storage of a patient-transport device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hyperbaric chamber is configured to provide hyperbaric-oxygen therapy to a patient in need thereof.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the patient-support platform is configured to support a patient in the hyperbaric chamber while undergoing hyperbaric-oxygen therapy.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the patient-support platform is retractable into and out of the hyperbaric chamber.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the storage compartment is comprised of a hollow cavity within the base commensurate in size for stowing the patient transport device.

6. A hyperbaric chamber, comprising a storage compartment within a base of the chamber for enabling storage of a patient-transport device.

7. The hyperbaric chamber of claim 6, wherein the storage compartment is configured of a hollow cavity within the base of the chamber.

8. The hyperbaric chamber of claim 6, wherein the dimensions of the storage compartment are such as to accommodate a patient transport device within the boundaries of the hyperbaric chamber.

9. The hyperbaric chamber of claim 6, wherein the patient-transport device comprises a gurney.

10. An integrated-hyperbaric-chamber-and-patient-transport system for use in hyperbaric treatment therapy, the integrated system comprising means for transporting a patient to a hyperbaric chamber and means for storing the patient transport within the hyperbaric chamber.

11. The integrated-hyperbaric-chamber-and-patient-transport system of claim 10, wherein the means for transporting a patient comprises a patient-transport device comprising a patient support platform configured to reciprocally engage both the transport device and the hyperbaric chamber.

12. The integrated-hyperbaric-chamber-and-patient-transport system of claim 10, wherein the means for storing the patient transport comprises a storage compartment within the hyperbaric chamber, whereby the patient transport can be stored while not in use.