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System and method for sterile surgical-thermal drape with active air circulation

  • US 5,800,483 A
  • Filed: 07/22/1996
  • Issued: 09/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sterile surgical-thermal drape comprising:

  • a sterile surgical drape for use during surgery operable to maintain a sterile surgical field; and

    a thermal device attached to the sterile surgical drape operable to regulate the body temperature of a patient, wherein the thermal device is operable to provide at least one of convective heating and cooling to the patient by directing a hot or cold fluid towards the patient, the thermal device comprising a fluid passageway operable to conduct at least one of a gas and a liquid, wherein the thermal device further comprises a woven material, and wherein the woven material forms a portion of a sidewall of the fluid passageway.

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