PATIENT CARE WALL

• US 3,670,718 A
• Filed: 06/01/1970
• Issued: 06/20/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Thomas Brendgord
• Original Assignee: Thomas Brendgord
• Inventors: Brendgord, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Truluck, Dalton L.
• Application Number:
  US05/041,985
• Time in Patent Office: 750 Days
• Field of Search: 128/1R,1B 312/1,3-5
• US Class Current: 600/21
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/00 Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges protective face masks A41D13/11; surgeon's or patient's gowns or dresses A41D13/12; devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body liquids A61M1/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 10/005 Isolators, i.e. enclosures generally comprising flexible walls for maintaining a germ-free environment
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 21/02 Glove-boxes, i.e. chambers in which manipulations are performed by the human hands in gloves built into the chamber walls glove- boxes for removal of dirt B08B15/026; glove-boxes shielded against radiation G21F7/04; Gloves therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G21F 3/02 Clothing

Abstract

This specification discloses a wall with a window in it. The wall may be in the form of a closure for a room to prevent cross contamination between service personnel and the environment in which they work. The wall has a tent-like sheet with '"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'builtin'"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"' suits, adapters and life support equipment that permit one or more persons to perform work with a high degree of dexterity and accessability within a sealed chamber. In a lowered position, the tent becomes a closure for the window. In the raised position, the tent permits ingress and egress of service personnel. The suits are attached to the tent by means of adapters which permit access to the full length of a reclining patient. A clear plastic helmet is attached to the suit. An air supply provides air to the helmet and to the gloves through a passage formed by two layers of the plastic. The air flow prevents fogging of the inside of the helmet and helps to keep the hands dry and comfortable.

Claims

1. A patient care wall comprising in combination, a vertically disposed relatively rigid wall having a window opening therein and a tent member made of flexible sheet material, frame means attaching said tent member to the periphery of said window opening in said wall, an opening in said flexible sheet and a suit attached to said sheet around the periphery of said opening, said suit being adapted to receive the arms and upper part of a person'"'"''"'"'s body whereby the occupant of said suit may lean through said window and perform services with his hands.

2. The patient care wall recited in claim 1 wherein a U-shaped member having legs and a transverse member is provided, said transverse member is attached to the upper part of said tent member disposed adjacent the top margin of said frame means, said frame being movable downward allowing said upper part of said tent to overlie said window opening, said frame movable upward to receive said person and said suit.

3. The patient care wall recited in claim 1 wherein said opening in said tent member has a narrow part extending substantially the entire horizontal length of said window, said narrow part of said opening being wide enough to allow the thighs of an attendant to move therethrough, said opening having a wide part sufficiently wide to allow the body of an attendant to pass therethrough whereby a person can walk on one side of said wall and attend a patient on the other side with his torso extending through said window.

4. The patient care wall recited in claim 3 wherein a second opening is formed in said tent adjacent said narrow part of said first mentioned opening, said second opening being large enough to receive the body of an attendant, and a half suit having its open end attached to said tent around said opening wherein the upper part of the body of an attendant may enter said half suit.

5. The patient care wall recited in claim 4 wherein the bottom of said window is disposed at slightly greater than knee height of an ordinary person in said wall

6. The patient care wall recited in claim 5 wherein toe space is provided in said wall at the lower part thereof whereby the attendants can stand closer to said wall, extending their reach.

7. The patient care wall recited in claim 1 wherein said tent is attached to said wall by means of a flange attached to said wall and defining said window, said flange extending laterally from said wall, said tent overlying said flange, a groove in said flange, a ring over said tent forcing said tent into said groove whereby said tent is sealed to said frame.

8. The patient care wall recited in claim 7 wherein said tent extends through said wall to the side thereof remote from the side on which said flange is disposed.

9. The patient care wall recited in claim 8 wherein said frame is a T-shaped section with one said flange extending from each side of said wall.

10. The patient care wall recited in claim 4 wherein said suits comprise a double layer of material defining an air passage communicating with the inside of said gloves and the inside of said helmet, and a source of air conNected to said passage.