Patent attributes
A thermal blanket includes an inflatable covering with a head end, a foot end, two edges, and an undersurface. The covering includes a plurality of inflatable chambers that are inflated when a thermal-controlled inflating medium is introduced into the thermal blanket through an inlet at the foot end. When inflated, the thermal blanket self-erects into a structure and provides a bath of thermally-controlled inflating medium to the interior of the erected structure through an aperture array on the undersurface of the inflatable covering. The thermal blanket is constructed for substantially longitudinal disposition over a portion of a patient's body extending from the pelvic area to the feet of the patient's body. Provision may be made for securing the inflatable covering to the patient's body at the head end. Provision may further be made for an uninflatable foot drape at the foot end.
