Portable collapsible recompression chamber

Claim 1

In a portable recompression device adapted to enclose a patient''s body, said device being a hermetically sealed elongated casing with a viewing window in the wall thereof and means attached to said device for treating the patient, the improvement comprising: a series of telescoping sections forming the casing, said sections being in the telescoped condition when the recompression device is not in use and in the extended condition during use, said sections having dovetail flanges; an O-ring positioned in a groove in one of said flanges and adapted to seal said sections when in the extended condition; plastic guides mounted on opposite flanges of each telescoping section to prevent chaffing; telescoping side rails mounted on opposite sides of each telescoping section, said side rails serving as an expansion bar to assist in presealing the recompression device and to act as a lifting bar; means for holding said side rails in an extended position to prevent undue movement thereof prior to sealing of the recompression device; adjustable presealing means adpated to properly position said sections prior to actual sealing, and; a hatch cover means adapted to afford an entrance for a patient to said recompression device and to seal the same after a patient has been placed therein, wherein the rim of the hatch cover consists of two parallel identical flanges whereby the hatch cover may be reversed during storage to protect sensitive instruments attached thereto.