US 12,290,196 B2
Thermal retention coverings for use with temperature probes
Eugene Lloyd Hiebert, Salem, OR (US)
Filed by Eugene Lloyd Hiebert, Salem, OR (US)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/824,383.
Application 18/824,383 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/452,109, filed on Jun. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/689,505, filed on Jun. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0423392 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G01K 13/20 (2021.01); A47G 9/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01K 1/14 (2021.01); A61F 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 9/0223 (2013.01) [G01K 1/14 (2013.01); G01K 13/20 (2021.01); A61B 5/00 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0244 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal retention covering, comprising:
a flexible fluid-impermeable outer shell having two outer layers sealed at a perimeter of the flexible fluid-impermeable outer shell, a first one of the outer layers forming a patient side surface configured to be oriented toward a patient;
two or more inner layers disposed between the two outer layers, the two or more inner layers comprising two or more of:
a flexible radiant barrier layer positioned inside the outer shell, the radiant barrier layer being reflective of radiant energy;
a flexible thermal insulation layer positioned inside the outer shell adjacent the radiant barrier layer, the thermal insulation layer comprising a material having low thermal conductivity and providing insulation against conduction of heat through the thermal retention covering; or
a flexible air cell layer positioned inside the outer shell, the air cell layer comprising a plurality of cells containing air and configured to create a heat insulating layer of air within the outer shell to prevent heat loss through the thermal retention covering; and
a portal formed in the patient side surface and in communication with an interior space between the first outer layer and the two or more inner layers, wherein the portal is a first one of a plurality of portals in the patient side surface and in communication with the interior space between the first outer layer and the two or more inner layers, wherein the plurality of portals enables use of a selected area of the thermal retention covering for taking a temperature reading;
wherein the thermal retention covering is configured to retain patient body heat; and
wherein the portal is sized and shaped to receive a temperature probe therethrough for insertion of the temperature probe into the interior space between the first outer layer and the two or more inner layers.