Isolator for confining and transporting human beings in a sterile atmosphere
First Claim
1. An isolator for confining and transporting human beings in a sterile atmosphere comprising a tight enclosure;
- a first fan for providing a forced fresh air circulation through an absolute inlet filter and an absolute outlet filter for ventilating the enclosure, the first fan having a first preselected constant rotational speed;
means for placing the first fan in an operative state or in an inoperative state;
means adapted for rapid transfer of objects from the exterior to the interior of said enclosure;
intervention means enabling functions to be performed within said enclosure while maintaining said sterile atmosphere, a portion of said intervention means forming an integral part of a wall of said enclosure;
air recycling branch means interposed between said inlet filter and said outlet filter, said branch means containing a second fan having a second preselected constant rotational speed and variable temperature heating means automatically limited to a predetermined maximum temperature, said second fan and said heating means being operable to controllably reheat and recycle a portion of said fresh air circulation at a predetermined reference temperature;
battery means capable of supplying all of the energy required by the isolator; and
control means for regulating the temperature of the heating means to obtain an internal temperature within the enclosure equal to the reference temperature, the control means comprising a basic control portion responsive to the variation between an external temperature and the reference temperature and to the operative or inoperative state of the first fan for providing a first signal for controlling the heating means, and a complementary fine control portion responsive to the variation between the internal temperature and the reference temperature for providing a second signal for controlling the heating means.
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Abstract
Isolator for confining and transporting in a sterile atmosphere human beings and in particular babies, comprising a tight enclosure, ventilated by a forced fresh air circulation circulated by a first fan through an absolute inlet filter and an absolute outlet filter, rapid transfer devices which are sealed from the outside, tight intervention devices, certain of which form an integral part of the enclosure wall, wherein it comprises, between the fresh air inlet and outlet, a branch equipped with a second fan and a variable temperature heater element, said temperature being automatically limited to a maximum value of approximately 120° C., so as to produce heating and setting to a reference temperature of the internal atmosphere by the partial recycling thereof, all the energy necessary for the operation of the installation being provided by an autonomous accumulator battery, which can be that of the transportation vehicle.
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1. An isolator for confining and transporting human beings in a sterile atmosphere comprising a tight enclosure;
- a first fan for providing a forced fresh air circulation through an absolute inlet filter and an absolute outlet filter for ventilating the enclosure, the first fan having a first preselected constant rotational speed;
means for placing the first fan in an operative state or in an inoperative state;
means adapted for rapid transfer of objects from the exterior to the interior of said enclosure;
intervention means enabling functions to be performed within said enclosure while maintaining said sterile atmosphere, a portion of said intervention means forming an integral part of a wall of said enclosure;
air recycling branch means interposed between said inlet filter and said outlet filter, said branch means containing a second fan having a second preselected constant rotational speed and variable temperature heating means automatically limited to a predetermined maximum temperature, said second fan and said heating means being operable to controllably reheat and recycle a portion of said fresh air circulation at a predetermined reference temperature;
battery means capable of supplying all of the energy required by the isolator; and
control means for regulating the temperature of the heating means to obtain an internal temperature within the enclosure equal to the reference temperature, the control means comprising a basic control portion responsive to the variation between an external temperature and the reference temperature and to the operative or inoperative state of the first fan for providing a first signal for controlling the heating means, and a complementary fine control portion responsive to the variation between the internal temperature and the reference temperature for providing a second signal for controlling the heating means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a first fan for providing a forced fresh air circulation through an absolute inlet filter and an absolute outlet filter for ventilating the enclosure, the first fan having a first preselected constant rotational speed;
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