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Portable Hyperbaric ChamberA portable, collapsible hyperbaric chamber was developed. A toroidal inflatable skeleton provides initial structural support for the chamber, allowing the attendant and/or patient to enter the chamber. Oval hatches mate against bulkhead rings, and the hyperbaric chamber is pressurized. The hatches seal against an o-ring, and the internal pressure of the chamber provides the required pressure against the hatch to maintain an airtight seal. In the preferred embodiment, the hyperbaric chamber has an airlock to allow the attendant to enter and exit the patient chamber during treatment. Visual communication is provided through portholes in the patient and/or airlock chamber. Life monitoring and support systems are in communication with the interior of the hyperbaric chamber and/or airlock chamber through conduits and/or sealed feed-through connectors into the hyperbaric chamber.
Document ID
20020038548
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Schneider, William C.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX United States)
Locke, James P.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX United States)
DeLaFuente, Horacio
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX United States)
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
November 27, 2001
Subject Category
Research And Support Facilities (Air)
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
NASA-Case-MSC-23076-1|US-Patent-6,321,746
Patent Application
US-Patent-Appl-SN-574758
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