Cover for concealing medical equipment from patients and visitors
View Patent ↗A cover that conceals medical equipment with a backless configuration adapted to keep the medical equipment accessible to practitioners. The cover is further adapted to present a comforting front-facing component for the patient and/or visitors. The cover is made of medical grade plastic for preventing contamination and adverse reactions with the medical environment while facilitating sanitation of the cover.
1. A comfort system for comforting a patient of intravenous (IV) therapy through an IV bag, the comfort system comprising:
a rear-accessible cover having a front surface having three-dimensional contours that define a comfort object;
a rear surface defining an equipment cavity dimensioned to completely receive the IV bag, the front and the rear surfaces facing opposing relative directions;
a periphery interfacing the front and the rear surfaces;
a loop extending upwardly from an upper portion of the periphery;
two gripping arms spaced apart along and extending from lateral portions the periphery, wherein each gripping arm is elasticized to be movable between a first resting position and a second biased position outward of the periphery,
whereby the IV bag accesses the equipment cavity laterally from the rear of the cover.
2. The comfort system of claim 1 , wherein the front and the rear surfaces are made of medical grade plastic.
3. The comfort system of claim 1 , wherein the two gripping arms are opposed to each other.
4. A method of comforting an individual disturbed by an intravenous fluid bag, the method comprising:
providing the backless cover for concealing an intravenous (IV) fluid bag with a comfort object of claim 1 ;
engaging the loop with a pole associated with the IV fluid bag;
receiving a portion of the IV fluid bag in the equipment cavity; and
urging the two gripping arms to selectively engage the IV fluid bag so that the comfort object is at a desired elevation relative to the IV fluid bag.
5. A backless cover for concealing an intravenous (IV) fluid bag with a comfort object, comprising:
a front surface made of medical grade plastic having three-dimensional contours that incorporates the comfort object in the front surface by defining a neck portion interconnecting a head portion and a body portion and, wherein a maximum body width of the body portion is greater than a maximum head width;
a rear surface wherein the three-dimensional contours define an equipment cavity dimensioned to receive the IV fluid bag;
a periphery interfacing the front and the rear surfaces;
a loop extending upwardly from an upper portion of the periphery; and
two gripping arms spaced apart along and extending from the periphery, wherein the two gripping arms are disposed closer to the neck portion than the maximum body width,
whereby a backless configuration of the backless cover facilitates access to the IV fluid bag, and whereby the maximum body width and the relative disposition of the two gripping arms facilitates a user handling a delivery equipment operatively associated with a bottom of the IV bag when the delivery equipment is circumscribed by the periphery.
6. The backless cover of claim 5 , wherein the maximum head width is greater than a maximum neck width of the neck portion.
7. The backless cover of claim 5 , wherein each gripping arm has a continuous curvature directed both away from the front surface and inward toward a longitudinal axis of the equipment cavity.