Ventilated dissection table

a dissection table and ventilated technology, applied in the field of dissection tables, can solve the problems of increasing the risk of students being exposed to elevated levels of noxious fumes from the cadaver, and achieve the effects of convenient movement of the table, convenient bending, cutting and welding, and portable or mobile dissection tables

a dissection table and ventilated technology, applied in the field of dissection tables, can solve the problems of increasing the risk of students being exposed to elevated levels of noxious fumes from the cadaver, and achieve the effects of convenient movement of the table, convenient bending, cutting and welding, and portable or mobile dissection tables

US20050160948A1Inactive Publication Date: 2005-07-28IRWIN PAUL
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[0023]FIG. 1 shows the preferred embodiment of applicant's invention, dissection table 10. Also readily shown are air chamber 20 sitting atop pedestal 30. Exhaust duct 40 is provided at one end of pedestal 30, and casters 50 are provided at the bottom of pedestal 30 to allow ease of mobility. Pedestal 30 is provided with a close-off plate at its top, which supports air chamber 20. The basic structure is fabricated from 304 stainless steel or equivalent. As stated above, in the preferred embodiment, air chamber 20 and pedestal 30 are fabricated from 16 gage stainless which has the advantage of being easily formed by bending, has strength, may be welded, and is still relatively light in weight.

[0024]FIG. 2 depicts the basic configuration of removable work surface 70 proximate to air chamber 20. An inlet 80, proximate to said work surface provides a negative pressure, drawing whatever noxious fumes are attendant to the specimen being dissected down into the chamber for exhausting thro...

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Applicant's invention defines a ventilated dissection table having an air chamber atop a pedestal. Said air chamber comprises a support structure for a removable stainless steel work surface positioned at an optimal distance below an air inlet, said air inlet having a negative pressure created by a blower attached to an exhaust duct which draws undesirable noxious fumes from said air inlet through said chamber past a screen into a plenum and out the exhaust. The positioning of said work surface to air inlet provides improved capture performance. Primary and secondary drains are provided for the removal of fluids generated by the dissection process, as well as the facilitation of basic cleaning. The table is made of stainless steel to aid cleaning and is sized for ease of transfer and mobility via size and weight.

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STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE [0001] Applicant hereby represents that no part of the subject invention or application has come about with the assistance of government funds or by virtue of a government program.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to the field of dissection tables. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] In the fields of education, particularly education of medical students of human anatomy, there is a need to use an apparatus which allows the convenient dissection of a human body or cadaver. The need for safety is not so much with respect to the use of surgical instruments, but instead refers to the need to evacuate noxious fumes from the work area which abound due to the use of formaldehyde and other preservative agents in the embalming of cadavers. [0004] Previous to applicant's invention, dissection tables known to be in service require a significant amount of air movement in order to evacuate the aforementioned fumes. In some cases these...

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Patent Timeline
28 Jul 2005
Publication
US20050160948A1
IPC
A47B85/00; A61G13/00
CPC
A61G13/0027
Inventors
IRWIN, PAUL