FIELD

Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to body temperature regulation of an animal patient and more particularly to systems and methods for regulating a body temperature of an animal patient during a veterinary procedure while facilitating monitoring of vitals of the animal patient.

BACKGROUND

Regulation of body temperature of an animal patient while under anesthesia may be critical to a positive outcome of a veterinary procedure. More particularly, while an animal patient is under anesthesia, the patient may not be able to effectively regulate its own body temperature, which may lead to adverse medical conditions such as hypothermia. One of the areas through which heat predominately escapes for many animal patients is the paws. However, while the animal patient is under anesthesia, vitals of the patient are typically monitored using the paws. As such, the paws conventionally remain exposed with one or more monitoring devices connected to the animal patient with tape. Accordingly, not only is heat escaping through the paws during the procedure, thereby potentially causing adverse health conditions, the tape creates a mess, rips the hair/fur off the patient when removed, irritates the skin of the patient, and/or otherwise causes problems during use or after removal. It is with these observations in mind, among others, that various aspects of the present disclosure were conceived and developed.

SUMMARY

Implementations described and claimed herein address the foregoing problems by providing systems and methods for managing an animal patient during a veterinary procedure. In one implementation, a base has an interior surface and an exterior surface. A thermal insulator extends from the base, and the thermal insulator forms a housing with the base. A strap set has one or more straps extending from a first side of the housing to a second side of the housing. The strap set is adapted to apply a tension against a foot of the animal patient, and the tension is adjustable using the strap set. An opening is defined in the base. An electrode is disposed in the opening. The electrode is configured to capture one or more vitals of the animal patient during the veterinary procedure and to communicate the one or more vitals to at least one medical device for monitoring of the animal patient. An internal cavity is defined within the housing. The foot of the animal patient is receivable into the internal cavity. The thermal insulator regulates the body temperature of the animal patient during the veterinary procedure by retaining heat within the internal cavity.

In another implementation, a housing is formed from a thermal insulator and a base. The housing is held in tension against a foot of an animal patient. An opening is defined in the base. An internal cavity is defined within the housing. The foot of the animal patient is receivable into the internal cavity. The thermal insulator regulates the body temperature of the animal patient during the veterinary procedure by retaining heat within the internal cavity. A sensor is disposed in the opening, and the sensor is configured to capture one or more vitals of the animal patient from the foot during the veterinary procedure.

In another implementation, a monitoring component is received on an interior surface of a base relative to an opening defined in the base. An electrode is received in the opening defined in the base. A foot of an animal patient is received in an internal cavity of a housing formed by a thermal insulator connected to the base. The monitoring component is oriented between a portion of the foot and the electrode using the housing. The electrode captures one or more vitals of the animal patient from the foot during the veterinary procedure. A thermal environment is generated within the internal cavity. A body temperature of the animal patient is regulated during the veterinary procedure using the thermal environment.

Other implementations are also described and recited herein. Further, while multiple implementations are disclosed, still other implementations of the presently disclosed technology will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which shows and describes illustrative implementations of the presently disclosed technology. As will be realized, the presently disclosed technology is capable of modifications in various aspects, all without departing from the spirit and scope of the presently disclosed technology. Accordingly, the drawings and detailed description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not limiting.

