Medical/surgical personal protection system including a helmet and a hood, the helmet having chin bar-mounted controls

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9173437
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14461480

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A personal protection system for providing a sterile barrier around medical/surgical personnel. The system includes a helmet over which a hood or a toga suspended. The helmet has a chin bar that extends forward of the face of the individual wearing the system. At least one manually actuated control for regulating one aspect of operation of the system is mounted to the chin bar. Sometimes the control is a button that is depressed to control the operation of a helmet mounted fan that draws air into the hood or toga. A microphone may also be mounted to the chin bar.

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  • STRYKER CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Campbell, Douglas Kalamazoo, US 31 305
Proulx, Marshall Keller, US 12 248
Sclafani, Adam Uniontown, US 8 225
VanDerWoude, Brian Portage, US 15 321

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