CA1325484C - Thermal blanket - Google Patents

Thermal blanket

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CA1325484C
CA1325484C CA000579215A CA579215A CA1325484C CA 1325484 C CA1325484 C CA 1325484C CA 000579215 A CA000579215 A CA 000579215A CA 579215 A CA579215 A CA 579215A CA 1325484 C CA1325484 C CA 1325484C
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base sheet
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Scott D. Augustine
Douglas J. Augustine
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Arizant Healthcare Inc
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F7/00Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
    • A61F7/0097Blankets with active heating or cooling sources
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47GHOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G9/00Bed-covers; Counterpanes; Travelling rugs; Sleeping rugs; Sleeping bags; Pillows
    • A47G9/02Bed linen; Blankets; Counterpanes
    • A47G9/0207Blankets; Duvets
    • A47G9/0215Blankets; Duvets with cooling or heating means
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F7/00Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
    • A61F2007/0059Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body with an open fluid circuit
    • A61F2007/006Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body with an open fluid circuit of gas
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F7/00Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
    • A61F2007/0086Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body with a thermostat
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F7/00Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
    • A61F2007/0091Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body inflatable
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F7/00Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
    • A61F7/02Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling
    • A61F2007/0268Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling having a plurality of compartments being filled with a heat carrier

Abstract

THERMAL BLANKET

ABSTRACT
A thermal blanket includes an inflatable covering with a head end, a foot end, two edges and an undersurface. The covering is inflated through an inlet at the foot end by a thermally-controlled inflating medium. An aperture array on the undersurface of the covering exhausts the thermally-controlled inflating medium from the covering. Exhaust port openings are provided at the edges of the covering to vent the inflating medium, which enhances circulation of the thermally-controlled medium through the cover. An uninflatable section is provided at the head end, together with an absorbent bib attached to the covering, adjacent the uninflatable section. When inflated, the thermal blanket self-erects and provides a bath of thermally-controlled inflating medium to the interior of the erected structure.
The enhanced circulation of the medium through the covers maintains a relatively high average temperature under the blanket and a relatively uniform distribution of temperature in the inflating medium which is exhausted through the apertures into the structure's interior. When the structure covers a patient, the uninflatable section provides a relatively unobstructed view of the patient's face, while the absorbent bib maintains a relatively sanitary environment in the area beneath the patient's head.

Description

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BACXGROUND OF ~ ~ INVENTION
This 1nvention relates to thermal blankets used in a medical setting to deliver a bath of a thermally-controlled medium to a patient.
The thermal blanket prior art is best expressed in our prior U.S. Patent No. 4,572,188 entitled "AIRFLOW COVER FOR
CONTROLLING BODY TEMPERATURE. " In our prior patent, a self-erecting, inflatable airflow cover is inflated by theintroduction into the cover of a thermally-controlled inflating medium, such as warmed air. When inflated, the cover self-erects about a patient, thereby creating an ambient environment about the patient, the thermal characteristics of which are determined by the temperature of the inflating medium. Holes on the underside of our prior art airflow cover exhaust the thermally-controlled, inflating medium from inside the cover to the interior of the erected structure. Our airflow cover is intended for the treatment of hypothermia, as might occur post-operatively.
Evaluation of our airflow cover by skilled practitioners has resulted in general approbation: the opinion is that the airflow cover efficiently and effectively accomplishes its purpose of giving a thermally-contrQlled bath. We have realized, however, that, while our prior art airflow cover achieves its objective, certain improvements to it are necessary in order to realize additional clinical objectives and to enjoy further advantages in its use.
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We have improved thP cl inical usefu]Lness of our sel f -erecting airflow cover by observing that controlling the contour o~ its in~latable portion at its head end to de~ine 5 a generally concave non-inflatable portion will permit a care giver to ~ore easily observe a patient's head, face, neck and chest . Further, we have observed that limited venting of the thermally controlled inflating medium from the edges of the cover results in more ef f icient, more uniform heatlng withln tha cover. We have also observed that it is good clinical practice to keep the area of the care site in the vicinity o~ the patient'æ head and face as clean as possible.
These three observations have resulted in an improved thermal blanket in which a self-erecting inflatable covering has a head end, a ~oot end, two edges, and an undersurface.
An in~lating inlet adjacent said foot end admits a j thermally-controlled inflating medium into the covering. An aperture array on the undersurface of the covering exhausts the thermally-controlled inflating medium from the coYering into the 6tructure created when the covering self-erects upon inflation. The improvements to this basic structural complement include an uninflatable section at the head end of the covering, exhaust port openings at the edqes of the covering, an absorbent bib attached to the covering at the head end ad~acent the uninflatable section, and structural features that make the covering simple and economical to produce.
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1 325~84 controlled inflating medium into the interior of the structure covering the patient, thereby thermally bathing the patient. The first improvement permits full viewing of the head and face of the patient from almost any aspect around the thermal blanket. The exhaust port openings increase the rate of circulation of the inflating medium within the blanket, thereby increasing the temperature within the structure and making the temperature distribution more uniform. The absorbent bib soaXs up and retains liquids whlch might otherwise spread over the care site in the area of a patient's head. Such liquids can include the patient's own perspiration, blood, vomit, saliva, or liquids which are administered to the patient. The absorbent bib also acts to some extent to seal the head end of the inflated structure.
From another aspect, the invention is a thermal blanket for covering and bathing a person in a thermally-controlled medium. The thermal blanket includes a flexible base sheet having a head end, a foot end, two edges, and a plurality of apertures opening between the first and second surface of the base sheet. An overlying material sheet is attached to the first surface of the base sheet by a plurality of disccntinuous seams which form the material sheet into a plurality of substantially parallel, inflatable chambers. A
continuous seam is provided between the material sheet and the base sheet at the head end to form a non-inflatable viewing recess at the head end. Exhaust po~t openings are provided through the material sheet to vent the medium from the chambers away from the base sheet. An absorbent bib is [AUG7MCIP.G28]

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Therefore the invention accomplishes the important objective of providing a self-erecting, inflatable thermal blanket that permits a relatively unobstructed view of a patient's head and face when in use.
Another objective is the efficient and uniform heating of the interior of the structure created when the blanket is inflated with a heat inflating medium.
A single advantage of the invention is the provision of such a blanket with a means for maintaining the cleanliness of the care site in the vicinity of the patient's head and face.
The advantayeous simplified structure of the thermal blanket make its production straightforward and economical.
According to a broad aspect of the invention there is provided in a self-erecting, inflatable thermal blanket for covering and bathing a person in a thermally-controlled medium, the improvement, comprising:
a flexible base sheet having a head end, a foot end, two : edges, and a plurality of apertures;
the flexible base sheet including a laminated structure in which an undersheet of flexible fibrous material is coextensive with, and bonded to, an upper sheet of plastic material;
an overlaying plastic sheet attached to the upper sheet of plastic material in the flexible base sheet by a plurality of seals which form said overlaying plastic sheet into a plurality of communicating, inflatable chambers, said apertures opening throuyh said base sheet into said chambers;
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means for admittiny an inflating medium between said overlaying plastic sheet and said base sheet to inflate said blanket; and exhaust vents in said overlaying plastic sheet for venting an inflating medium away from said base sheet.
. According to another broad aspect of the invention there ; 10 is provided in a self-erecting, inflatable thermal blanket for covering and bathing a person in a thermally-controlled medium, . the improvement comprising, a flexlble base sheet having a head end, a foot end, two edges, and a plurality of apertures;
the flexible base sheet including a laminated structure in which an undersheet of flexible fibrous material is coextensive ~i with~ and bonded to, an upper sheet of plastic material;
an overlaying plastic sheet attached ko the upper sheet of plastic material in the flexible base sheet by a plurality of ..
seals which form said overlaying plastic sheet into a plurality of communicating, inflatable chambers, said apertures opening through said base sheet into said chambers;
!~ a continuous seal between said overlaying plastlc sheet and ., said flexible base sheet at said head end which forms a non-. inflatable viewing recess and closes ends of said inflatable .: chambers;
means for admitting an infla~ing medium between said i overlaying plastic sheet and said base sheet to inflate said ~ D

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The above and other important ohjectives and advantages will become evident when the detailed description of the invention is read with reference to the below-summarized drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a side eleva~ion view of the thermal blanket in use, with associated thermal apparatus indicated schematically;
Figure 2 is an enlarged top plan view of the thermal blanket opened flat;
Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken alony 3-3 of Fiyure 2;
Figure 4 is a further enlarged sectional view taken along line 4-4 of Figure 3 and Figure 5 is a partial underside view of the thermal blanket.

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1 3254~4 D~TAILED DESC~IPTION OF TlIE P~EFERRED EM~ODI~ENT
When used herein, the term "thermal blanket" is intended to be interchangeable with, but not necessarily limited by, the term "airflow cover" used in our U.S. Patent 5 No. ~1, 572 ,188 .
In this description, the term "thermal blanket" is meant to invoke a self-erecting, inflatable structure for delivering a thermally-controlled inflating medium to the interior of the structure created when the thermal blanket is inflated. The purpose of the thermal blanket is to efficiently administer a uniformly thermally-controlled bath of the in~lating medium to a patient within the erected structure.
Our invention is illustrated as we intend for it to be used in Figure 1. In Figure 1, a self-erecting, inflatable thermal blanket 10 has a head end 12, a foot end 14 and two lateral edges, one indicated by 15. An inflation inlet cuff 16 is connected to a heater/blower assembly 18 which - provides a stream of heated air through a connecting hose 20. When the heater/blower 13 is operated, the stream of heated air flows through the inflating hose 20 into the thermal blanket 10 throuyh the inflation cuff 16. When the blanket is inflated, it erects itself into a Quonset hut-like structure with a quilted upper surface 21. As described below, a pattern of apertures on the undersurface of the blanket (not shown in Figure 1) delivers the inflating heated air into the interior space enclosed by the er~cted thermal blanket.
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As illustrated in Figure 1, the thermal blanket of the invention is inflated, erects itself` into a bathing structure, and bathes a patient 26 with the thermally-controlled air used to inflate the structure. While the patient is being thermally bathed, the uninflated recess 22 permits observation of the patient's head, face, neck, and chest from almost an~ location with respect to the thermal blanket 10. ~hus, if the patient is placed on a gurney or a bed, the head of which is against a wall, a care giver such as a nurse, intern, resident, or doctor, can keep the patient's face under observation from the foot end 14 of the ¦ thermal blanket 10. Respiration can be detected by the rise and fall of the bib and uninflated area, which rest directly ~on the patient's chest. Moreover, the bib 24 will provide an absorbent sink for stray, unconfined liquids in the area of the patient's head or at the head end 12 of the thermal ~; blanket 10.

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-"` 1 325~84 Figure 2 is a plan view of the thermal blanket 10 opened flat to show details of its structure. Figure 2 illustrates the upper surface of the thermal blanket, that is the side that is visible in Figure 1. As seen, the upper surface consists of a parallel array of elongated tubes of which 30 and 32 are the lateralmost tubes, 34 is the center tube, and the tubes 38 are arrayed between one of the lateralmost tubes and the center tube. Each tube is separated from an adjacent tube by a discontinuous seam, one of which is indicated by 40. The seam 40 separates the tube 32 and its nearest adjacent neighbor 38. The discontinuous seam 40 is interrupted by passageways 42 communicating between the tubes. An interrupted seam separates every tube from one adjacent neiyhboring tube. The seams permit the ther~al blanket, when inflated, to assume a tubular structure on the upper surface, while the ports 42 permit full circulation of the inflating medium throughout the array of tubes. The foot-end seam 45 is continuous. The tubes are inflated through the center tube 34 which transitions to a port 36, through which the inflation cuff 16 is inserted. The edge seams 43 are discontinuous only at the exhaust port opening locations 23. A seal can be made between the inflation port 36 and the inflation cuff 16 by any conventional means, for example, an O-ring, or even tape. When the inflating medium is introduced into the center tube 34, it flows laterally from the center tube into all of the other tubes through the ports 42. Near the head end 12, a continuous seam 40 defines the forward end of all of the tubes, with the seam assuming a bell-curve shape. On the head end side of the seam 40, the thermal blanket 10 is .
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The absorbent bib has an indent 43 cut into its outside edge, which permits the blanket to be drawn up to the chin o~ a patient and which provides absorbency laterally up the neck of the patient. The absorbent bib can consist of any absorbent material such as a single- or multi-ply tissue paper which is used to make paper towels.
i,~Construction details of the thermal blanket 10 are illustrated in Figures 3 and 4. The thermal blanket 10 is ,25 assembled from a base sheet consisting of an underside layer i50 formed from flexible material capable of bonding to a layer 52 o heat-sealable plastic. For the layers 50 and 52, we have used a stratum of absorbent tissue paper prelaminated with a layer of heat-sealable plastic.
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The upper side of the thermal blanket consists of a sheet of plastic bonded to the plastic layer 52 by an interruptible heat-sealing process to form the interrupted seams, one of which is indicated by 54, and the inflatable tubes, one indicated by 55. As carl be seen in Flgure 3, the interruption of the seam 54 forms a passageway 56 between adjacent tubes 55 and 57.
The absorbent bib and tab are shown in Figure 3 as a single material layer 60/58. Alternatively, they may be formed from separate material sheets cut to the outlines illustrated in Figure 2. The absorbent material forming the bib and tab can be bonded to the upper plastic layer by heat process or by yluing.
The inventors also contemplate deletion of the bib and tab. In this instance, the thermal blanket would still have the viewing recess, which would be defined by the continuous seam at the head end, and which would be filled with the forward portion of the base sheet.
Circulation of heated air through the blanket is enhanced by the exhaust port openings 23, which open through the upper plastic sheet sheet, which is heat sealed to the base of the blanket. The openings 23 vent the heated inflating air out of the outermost tubes 30 and 32, away Z5 from the underside of the blanket. Because air can circulate to, and through, the blanket edges, the inflating air in the outermost tubes is hotter than if the openings were absent. This results in hottsr air being delivered through the underside apertures toward the edge of the blanket. We have measured the temperature distribution [AUG7MCIP.G28]

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Measurements of the temperature of air exhausted through underside apertures were made on the underside of each tube on one side of the blanket. The tubes are nu~bered 1-6, with 1 being the tube adjacent to the center tube, and tube 6 being the outermost tube adjacent on lateral edge of the blanketO Test apertures were made in the bottom of tube 6 only for the purposes of this test. As is evident, the distribution of temperature within the erected thermal blanket is more uniform when the exhaust port openings are provlded. Further, provision of the exhaust ports also increases the average temperature within the erected structure of the blanket. Clearly, the provision of exhaust port openings at the lateral edges of the blanket delivers results which one would not expect when considering the operation of our thermal blanket with no exhaust port openings.
In our preferred embodiment, the exhaust port openings are slit~ in the edge seams of our blanket. ~hese s11ts vary in length from 1-3~4 to 2 inches. Each edge seam i~
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MEDIUM TEMPERATURE HIGH TEMPERATURE
RANGE RANGE

WITHOUTWITH WIT~OUT WIT~OUT
EXHAUST 2" EXHAUST EXHAUST 21- EXHAUST
TUBE No. PORTSPORTS PORTS PORTS

center ( inlet) tube 113.3 F.114.1~ F.121.3 F.121.3~ F. ; ~;

Tube #1 109.9 112.3 117.3 117.7-10Tube #2 105.3 109.8 113.4 115.0 Tube #3 103.2'107.1 111.0 113.3 Tube #4 99.9 104.3 101.4 108.6 Tube #5 97.Z 100.0 95.7 104.4 Tube #6 :~
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Even with the exhaust port openings, the temperature of the inflating medium exhibits a drop from the center to the ¦lateralmost tubes. The vaxying density of the apertures 62 tends to reduce this gradient further by forcing hotter air '20 to the edges of the blanket. Thus, the thermal bath ,delivered to the patient is of a generally uniform temperature. The aperture density variation also equalizes ~the ~low of inflating medium out of the apertures. As will i ~be evident, the inflating pressure will be greatest at the center tube 34 and will tend to diminish toward the lateral ~¦edges of the thermal blanket. Therefore, fewer apertures are required for the tubes near the center tube 34 to deliver the same amount of air as the relatively greater number of apertures in the tubes at a greater distance from '~30 the center tube 34.

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Many modifications and variations of our invention will be evident to those skilled in the art. It is understood that such variations may deviate from specific teachings of this description without departing from the essence of the invention, which is expressed in the following claims.
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Claims (10)

1. In a self-erecting, inflatable thermal blanket for covering and bathing a person in a thermally-controlled medium, the improvement, comprising:
a flexible base sheet having a head end, a foot end, two edges, and a plurality of apertures;
the flexible base sheet including a laminated structure in which an undersheet of flexible fibrous material is coextensive with, and bonded to, an upper sheet of plastic material;
an overlaying plastic sheet attached to the upper sheet of plastic material in the flexible base sheet by a plurality of seals which form said overlaying plastic sheet into a plurality of communicating, inflatable chambers, said apertures opening through said base sheet into said chambers;
a continuous seal between said overlaying plastic sheet and said flexible base sheet at said head end which forms a non-inflatable viewing recess and closes ends of said inflatable chambers;
means for admitting an inflating medium between said overlaying plastic sheet and said base sheet to inflate said blanket; and exhaust vents in said overlaying plastic sheet for venting an inflating medium away from said base sheet.
2. The thermal blanket of Claim 1, wherein the improvement further comprises an absorbant bib at the head end of said flexible base sheet.
3. The thermal blanket of Claim 1, wherein said plurality of seals are substantially elongate seals, formed between said overlaying plastic sheet and the upper sheet of plastic material in the flexible base sheet, which form said inflatable chambers into a plurality of mutually parallel, communicating tubular chambers extending between said two ends.
4. The improvement of Claim 3, wherein said continuous seal has a generally U-shape and extends between said edges substantially transversely to said elongate seals.
5. The improvement of Claim 3, wherein each of said elongate seals includes a sequence of colinear seals extending substantially from said foot end to said continuous seal.
6. In a self-erecting, inflatable thermal blanket for covering and bathing a person in a thermally-controlled medium, the improvement comprising:
a flexible base sheet having a head end, a foot end, two edges, and a plurality of apertures;
the flexible base sheet including a laminated structure in which an undersheet of flexible fibrous material is coextensive with, and bonded to, an upper sheet of plastic material;
an overlaying plastic sheet attached to the upper sheet of plastic material in the flexible base sheet by a plurality of seals which form said overlaying plastic sheet into a plurality of communicating, inflatable chambers, said apertures opening through said base sheet into said chambers;
a continuous seal between said overlaying plastic sheet and said flexible base sheet at said head end which forms a non-inflatable viewing recess and closes ends of said inflatable chambers;
means for admitting an inflating medium between said overlaying plastic sheet and said base sheet to inflate said blanket; and said plurality of apertures having a density pattern which varies with respect to said edges.
7. The thermal blanket of Claim 6, wherein the improvement further comprises an absorbant bib at the head end of said flexible base sheet.
8. The thermal blanket of Claim 6, wherein said plurality of said seals are substantially elongate seals formed between said overlaying plastic sheet and the upper sheet of plastic material in the flexible base sheet, which form said inflatable chambers into a plurality of mutually parallel, communicating tubular chambers extending between said two ends.
9. The improvement of Claim 8, wherein said continuous seal has a generally U-shape and extends between said edges substantially transversely to said elongate seals.
10. The improvement of Claim 8, wherein each of said elongate seals includes a sequence of colinear seals extending substantially from said foot end to said continuous seal.
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