US3602212A - Surgical operating theatre with sterile air admitting means - Google Patents

Surgical operating theatre with sterile air admitting means Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3602212A
US3602212A US819582A US3602212DA US3602212A US 3602212 A US3602212 A US 3602212A US 819582 A US819582 A US 819582A US 3602212D A US3602212D A US 3602212DA US 3602212 A US3602212 A US 3602212A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
air
chamber
fan
tube means
opening
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US819582A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Frederick H Howorth
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
James Howorth and Co Ltd
Original Assignee
James Howorth and Co Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by James Howorth and Co Ltd filed Critical James Howorth and Co Ltd
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3602212A publication Critical patent/US3602212A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G13/00—Operating tables; Auxiliary appliances therefor
    • A61G13/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G13/108—Means providing sterile air at a surgical operation table or area

Definitions

  • Truluck AnomeyNorris & Bateman ABSTRACT A method an apparatus for carrying out surgical operations in which the operation is carried out in a transparent chamber or cubicle of a size to house the operating team and patient and through which a vertically downward fan actuated flow of sterile air passes and is changed some 300 times per hour and in which the air is introduced through tubes of porous textile material the pores in which contract when the fan is stopped to prevent contaminated air from reentering the tubes through the fabric.
  • the invention comprises a method for carrying out operations in which an operating team and the patient are enclosed in a transparent chamber through which sterile air is passed and changed substantially 300 times per hour and in which means are provided for exhausting air exalted by the operating team to prevent it from contaminating the air in the compart ment.
  • FlG. l is a perspective view of the chamber partly in section
  • FIG. 2 is an elevation from the back of the chamber
  • FlG. 3 is a perspective diagrammatic view of the chamber and air supply apparatus.
  • An operating theater is reduced in area by an enclosure A having transparent walls to provide a compartment of a size to accommodate a portion or all of the operating table and the team carrying out the operation, sterile air being passed downwards through the compartment in a lamina or piston flow to change the air in the compartment substantially 300 times per hour and to provide the team with an air extraction system from their robes to remove air exhaled by the team and so prevent it from contaminating the air in the compartment.
  • the operating theater is reduced in area to for example 7x7 square feet by plate glass walls or panels a or walls or panels of a plastics material extending from the floor to the ceiling a or from the ceiling a part way down to the floor. It has been found that a compartment of this size is sufficient to accommodate an operating team and sufficient of the operating table for carrying out the operation.- The portion of the table and the team are introduced into the compartment through one side the lower part of which is closed by a curtain or a sheet or draped material a to prevent the ingress of air.
  • the upper half or portion of the front (or side) wall a preferably extend from the ceiling a part way towards the floor and terminates at a height to allow an operating table with a patient thereon to be wheeled into the compartment.
  • the lower half or portion of the front (and side) wall is closed by the draped material a hooked or otherwise secured along the lower edge of the wall or panel a to allow air to escape through and under the material closed by perspex or fiber glass panels, preferably more than one panel for each sidewall.
  • These lower panels may be either hooked or hinged to the upper panels so that access to the interior of the enclosure can easily be made.
  • the rear wall a of the compartment is also in two sections, the upper section being formed with an aperture or hatch a therein with a ledge a to provide a table for the reception of trays of instruments and the like for use of the team.
  • the lower portion of the rear wall is closed by panels similar to those used in the sidewalls.
  • Air is supplied to the compartment over substantially the whole area of the ceiling opening leading into it by an air-conditioning plant comprising a multivane centrifugal fan absorbing 1.2 Horsepower when running at 520 revolutions per minute, the outlet velocity of the air at this speed being 1,380 feet per minute and the fan being fitted with an acoustic screen at the discharge end to minimize noise.
  • An emergency standby motor may also be provided
  • the fan and motor unit is mounted on resilient antivibration mountings to give quiet operation, including a micron prefilter with ready access for filter changing.
  • the filter handles a maximum 4,000 cubic feet of air per minute.
  • a double pocket type air filter is provided to handle 4,000 cubic feet of air per minute at a filtering speed of 4.28 feet per minute and providing bacteria free air to the theater, also H. V. ultra violet lamps to eliminate virus.
  • a steam heater battery for conditioning the incoming air, and an air cooler using spray water as the media is provided, the whole unit being manufactured from stainless steel to avoid corrosion.
  • the unit is also equipped with electronic transmatic controls for heating and cooling, together with monitoring devices for temperature readings at various positions in the theater compartment.
  • An electronic transistorized anemometer is provided to transmit and record the air velocities in the compartment A.
  • a high speed vacuum pump may be connected to pipe lines to the masks of the surgeons and other members of the team to extract exhaled breath and bacterial contaminants emanating from the team.
  • the air is preferably supplied from two ducts b supplying headers b arranged below the ceiling and connected by a plurality of tubes B of a porous textile material.
  • the air entering the tubes B escapes therethrough and passes vertically downwards through the compartment, a cover (not shown) enclosing the headers b and pipes B from whichair escaping upwards is deflected downwards.
  • the front rear and sidewalls of the operating theater chamber preferably extend downwardly from the edges of an opening in ceiling a as shown in FIG. 3. Above that opening a normally closed compartment D extends over the opening. Air is taken into the compartment to pass through the bacteria removal filter at d and is forced by fan d through ducts b. When the fan is in operation pressurized air escapes through the pressure expanded porous walls of textile tubes B and enters the operating theater downwardly to escape at the lower edges of drapes a. Thus sterile air is unidirectionally forced through the operating theater chamber to continually change the air therein during an operation.
  • the textile tubes B inherently expand to open their pores wider when subjected to air under pressure, and the tubes contract to reduce pore size when the fan is stopped. Thus reduces entry of nonsterile air reversely through the tubes.
  • the panels or walls a In order to remove the panels or walls a they are provided with holes a to engage hooks depending from the ceilingor the panels or walls a may be provided with members to engage a rail on the ceiling. Further clips a are provided for securing the edges of adjacent panels or walls.
  • a lamp C for illuminating the patient is suspended on a chain or cord 0 passing between two of the tubes B.
  • a set of controllable dampers give an infinitely variable volume of air. These dampers are electrically remote controlled by a rheostatic controller, operated on instructions from the surgeon inside the compartment.
  • the walls a, ,a may be detached from the ceiling a and removed when their use in the main operating theater is not required without disturbing the air supply installation.
  • An operating theater that comprises a chamber having ceiling means, sidewalls depending therefrom and a floor, said ceiling means having defined therein an opening for the admission of sterile air into the chamber, means mounting an air conditioning plant at said opening comprising porous textile tube means extending over said opening, said tube means being connected to a fan adapted to supply sterile air under pressure into said tube means, wherein said porous tube means under pressure is expanded permitting air to pass through the pores downward into the chamber, said tube means preventing backflow of air when the fan is stopped due to contraction of the pores, and said chamber having means pennitting exhaust of pressurized air at the lower end of at least one of said sidewalls so that air from said tube means is unidirectionally, continuously passed downwardly through said chamber when the fan is in operation.

Landscapes

  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Accommodation For Nursing Or Treatment Tables (AREA)
  • Curtains And Furnishings For Windows Or Doors (AREA)
  • Tents Or Canopies (AREA)
US819582A 1968-05-02 1969-04-28 Surgical operating theatre with sterile air admitting means Expired - Lifetime US3602212A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB20764/68A GB1191386A (en) 1968-05-02 1968-05-02 Improvements in Operating Theatres.

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3602212A true US3602212A (en) 1971-08-31

Family

ID=10151268

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US819582A Expired - Lifetime US3602212A (en) 1968-05-02 1969-04-28 Surgical operating theatre with sterile air admitting means

Country Status (5)

Country Link
US (1) US3602212A (de)
CH (1) CH494035A (de)
DE (2) DE1921890A1 (de)
FR (1) FR2007652A1 (de)
GB (1) GB1191386A (de)

Cited By (14)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3776121A (en) * 1972-06-23 1973-12-04 A Truhan Controlled environmental apparatus for industry
US3782265A (en) * 1970-05-06 1974-01-01 Pielkenrood Vinitex Bv Assembly for separating a dust-free part from a space, and method for disinfecting the same
US3824987A (en) * 1971-01-25 1974-07-23 Howorth Air Conditioning Ltd Operating theatres
US4164173A (en) * 1977-02-28 1979-08-14 Douglas Andrew S M Air supply systems for operating theatres
US4275719A (en) * 1979-03-30 1981-06-30 Nathan Mayer Apparatus and method for providing an aseptic surgical environment
AT393618B (de) * 1985-10-07 1991-11-25 Czech Gerhart Operationskabine mit filterdecke
US5259812A (en) * 1992-09-23 1993-11-09 Kleinsek Don A Clean room and clean room containment center
US5336085A (en) * 1991-08-19 1994-08-09 Praxair Technology, Inc. Multi-layer fluid curtains for furnace openings
US5746653A (en) * 1995-09-15 1998-05-05 Solar Attic, Inc. Air distributor or collector
US6602129B1 (en) * 1999-03-03 2003-08-05 Barcol-Air, Ag Air cooling element, method for operating the same, and an air cooling arrangement
EP1462076A1 (de) * 2003-03-28 2004-09-29 Medical Technology Transfer Holding B.V. Operationseinheit
US20110061317A1 (en) * 2009-06-02 2011-03-17 Natanel Marcus Hybrid operating room, and method of using thereof
US20130052936A1 (en) * 2011-08-31 2013-02-28 John C. Jordan Heating and cooling ventilation system
US20230012317A1 (en) * 2021-07-09 2023-01-12 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Laminar Gas Flow Filter

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
BE790708A (fr) * 1971-10-31 1973-04-30 Pielkenrood Vinitex Bv Samenstel voor het afscheiden van een gedeelte van een ruimte
US3774522A (en) * 1972-03-10 1973-11-27 Bio Dynamics Inc Modular clean room enclosure
DE2640397C3 (de) * 1976-09-08 1979-09-13 Original Hanau Quarzlampen Gmbh, 6450 Hanau Behandlungszelt, insbesondere Operationszelt
GB8416703D0 (en) * 1984-06-30 1984-08-01 Medical & Scient Structures Lt Building with controlled environment

Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3265059A (en) * 1962-02-21 1966-08-09 Matthews Res Inc Isolator assembly
US3363532A (en) * 1965-12-01 1968-01-16 James P. Horneff Gas-circulating means
US3380369A (en) * 1965-02-23 1968-04-30 Allander Claes Gustaf System for ventilating clean rooms
US3492987A (en) * 1967-03-27 1970-02-03 Robert W Parker Isolation apparatus
US3501213A (en) * 1967-05-19 1970-03-17 Snyder Mfg Co Inc Isolator assembly and method of entering same
US3505989A (en) * 1967-05-29 1970-04-14 Johnson & Johnson Controlled environmental apparatus
US3511162A (en) * 1969-02-20 1970-05-12 Johnson & Johnson Apparatus and method for isolating a patient zone

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3265059A (en) * 1962-02-21 1966-08-09 Matthews Res Inc Isolator assembly
US3380369A (en) * 1965-02-23 1968-04-30 Allander Claes Gustaf System for ventilating clean rooms
US3363532A (en) * 1965-12-01 1968-01-16 James P. Horneff Gas-circulating means
US3492987A (en) * 1967-03-27 1970-02-03 Robert W Parker Isolation apparatus
US3501213A (en) * 1967-05-19 1970-03-17 Snyder Mfg Co Inc Isolator assembly and method of entering same
US3505989A (en) * 1967-05-29 1970-04-14 Johnson & Johnson Controlled environmental apparatus
US3511162A (en) * 1969-02-20 1970-05-12 Johnson & Johnson Apparatus and method for isolating a patient zone

Cited By (17)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3782265A (en) * 1970-05-06 1974-01-01 Pielkenrood Vinitex Bv Assembly for separating a dust-free part from a space, and method for disinfecting the same
US3824987A (en) * 1971-01-25 1974-07-23 Howorth Air Conditioning Ltd Operating theatres
US3776121A (en) * 1972-06-23 1973-12-04 A Truhan Controlled environmental apparatus for industry
US4164173A (en) * 1977-02-28 1979-08-14 Douglas Andrew S M Air supply systems for operating theatres
US4275719A (en) * 1979-03-30 1981-06-30 Nathan Mayer Apparatus and method for providing an aseptic surgical environment
AT393618B (de) * 1985-10-07 1991-11-25 Czech Gerhart Operationskabine mit filterdecke
US5336085A (en) * 1991-08-19 1994-08-09 Praxair Technology, Inc. Multi-layer fluid curtains for furnace openings
US5259812A (en) * 1992-09-23 1993-11-09 Kleinsek Don A Clean room and clean room containment center
US5746653A (en) * 1995-09-15 1998-05-05 Solar Attic, Inc. Air distributor or collector
US6602129B1 (en) * 1999-03-03 2003-08-05 Barcol-Air, Ag Air cooling element, method for operating the same, and an air cooling arrangement
EP1462076A1 (de) * 2003-03-28 2004-09-29 Medical Technology Transfer Holding B.V. Operationseinheit
US20060149120A1 (en) * 2003-03-28 2006-07-06 Medical Technology Transfer Holding B.V. Operation unit
AU2004201301B2 (en) * 2003-03-28 2010-08-26 Surgicube Ip B.V. Operation unit
US8523644B2 (en) 2003-03-28 2013-09-03 Medical Technology Transfer Holding B.V. Operation unit
US20110061317A1 (en) * 2009-06-02 2011-03-17 Natanel Marcus Hybrid operating room, and method of using thereof
US20130052936A1 (en) * 2011-08-31 2013-02-28 John C. Jordan Heating and cooling ventilation system
US20230012317A1 (en) * 2021-07-09 2023-01-12 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Laminar Gas Flow Filter

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR2007652A1 (de) 1970-01-09
GB1191386A (en) 1970-05-13
DE1921890A1 (de) 1970-01-29
CH494035A (fr) 1970-07-31
DE6917419U (de) 1969-10-30

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3602212A (en) Surgical operating theatre with sterile air admitting means
US4009647A (en) Clean air zone for surgical purposes
FI115320B (fi) Sisäkattoon asennettu ilmastointijärjestelmälaitteisto
US5997399A (en) Isolation chamber air curtain apparatus
US3721067A (en) Clean air system for hospital operating rooms
US4202676A (en) Safety enclosure
US4026286A (en) Isolators
US3708963A (en) Assembly for separating a substantially dust-free part from a space
JP6736562B2 (ja) 一体化された空気ガイドを用いる医療撮像
WO2018104955A1 (en) System for conditioning and sterilizing air
JP2004159730A (ja) 無菌病室
US3824987A (en) Operating theatres
US20040192186A1 (en) Portable air filtration apparatus
JP7289338B2 (ja) カプセルベッド及びカプセルベッド結合体
US4164173A (en) Air supply systems for operating theatres
US20210308612A1 (en) Decontamination of objects
GB1069632A (en) Improvements in and relating to methods and systems of ventilating for reducing the spread of airborne infection
US11988410B2 (en) Downdraft air circulation and filtration system for vocal music and band ensembles
EP1545367B1 (de) Wagen mit steriler luft
CN216757459U (zh) 一种具有快速烘干功能的肿瘤科用手术器械清洗装置
US3376805A (en) Air circulation and filter system
US2202953A (en) Gas therapy apparatus
CN215597964U (zh) 一种带供气架的高效干燥柜
CN214091196U (zh) 方舱及方舱扫描系统
CN210070092U (zh) 一种净化工作台