| 20090099519 | ADVANCED ABDOMINAL DRESSING FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE POSTOPERATIVE HYPOTHERMIC PATIENTS WITH AN OPEN ABDOMEN - An apparatus for abdominal dressing that adds liquid coils in the form of a manifold is disclosed. The manifold includes heating coils to warm the bowel with heated water in a counter current method. This takes advantage of the large surface area of the bowel to exchange heat with the heater coils, but allows the abdominal dressing to maintain the initial function: remove pathologic fluid from the abdomen. Methods of treating patients with an open abdomen are also disclosed. | 04-16-2009 |
