A face shield protection device including a shield assembly having a frame defining an opening and a transparent shield removably attached to the frame and substantially covering the opening, and a suspension arm attached to the shield assembly. The transparent shield is attached to a first side of the frame in a first receiving engagement and is attached to an opposite second side of the frame in a second receiving engagement, and one or both of the first receiving engagement and the second receiving engagement locks the transparent shield with a portion of the frame. The face shield protection device may further comprise at least one nozzle extending beneath a bottom surface of the transparent shield, wherein suction provided through the at least one nozzle pulls atmosphere from beneath the transparent shield creating negative pressure beneath the transparent shield.

A shield assembly has a transparent shield element, having an open first end, a second end, and downward curving sides, a mounting plate shaped in the curvature of the shield joined by an upper surface of the mounting plate to the shield element at the second end, a vacuum casing with a first closed end and a second open end wider than the first end joined to a lower surface of the mounting plate within the elongated shield element between the downward curving sides, a vacuum hose connected from a vacuum pump by a quick coupling through the first closed end to inside the vacuum casing, and a medical grade filter covering the second open end of the vacuum casing. Operating the vacuum pump causes air to be drawn under the elongated shield element through the filter into the vacuum casing and through the vacuum hose and the vacuum pump.

A dental aerosol protection system for controlling dispersion of aerosol and splatter particles produced during dental procedures, the system including a ring assembly, a support mask for supporting the ring assembly on a patient, and a suction generating device, the ring assembly and support mask having suction ports which are connectable to the suction generating device to provide a negative suction force around the oral cavity, wherein the ring assembly and support mask can be connected or used separately to control dispersion of aerosols depending upon the requirements of the dental procedure, and one or more flexible extensions connectable to the ring assembly and support mask extending superiorly away from the patient around and over the oral cavity, the flexible extensions forming an adjustable physical barrier between the dental professional and the patient's oral cavity.

A portable surgical system including a transparent and flexible plastic enclosure is disclosed. The enclosure is attached reversibly to the patient's body encompassing the surgical site such as to isolate and regulate the immediate environment of the surgical site, and to reduce bodily fluid splatters from the surgical site to the surgical providers. The enclosure includes an environmental control system configured to actively monitor and control the environment inside the enclosure such as to create and maintain essentially sterile conditions. The surgical systems can be used both for surgeries on a torso of a patient and on surgeries on arms or legs. The portable surgical system is lightweight and portable and can be used in con-ventional operating rooms to improve sterility, or in other circum-stances where no operating room is available, such as field hospitals and for on the field surgeries.

An apparatus includes a splash shield incorporating a clear viewing area, a vacuum manifold, the vacuum manifold adapted to releasebly engage the splash shield, and a link emanating from the vacuum manifold, the link configured to attach to a vacuum system wherein application of a vacuum creates a laminar flow to draw vapor away from the splash shield.

An alternative device to a mask that blocks a patient's aerosol and avoids contamination of the patient's surrounding environment is described. The device has a flexible arm that holds an aerosol disposal pipe with one side connected to a wall, a bed, or pole attached to a floor. The second side of the flexible arm is attached to a circular or elliptical pipe that covers the face of the patient. The elliptical or circular pipe comprises of two independent moving and rotating halves to create two aerosol sucking planes. The sucking function is provided by sucking fans attached to the two halves of the circular or elliptical pipes or by a remote pump. The sucked aerosol may be filtered and released to the environment or guided to a sink P-Trap or an inlet of sewer.

A mask comprising a shield forming a perimeter, one or more portal penetrations through the shield, one or more suction inlets coupled to the shield, one or more ear loops coupled to the shield and a manifold coupled to the suction inlets and configured to distribute suction force.

The invention relates to a protective device, which in particular prevents a dental surgeon from being contaminated by a patient during dental treatment device.

To be more specific, this protective device comprises: a transparent shield (1); a flexible support (3) connecting the transparent shield (1) to a chair (2), the means for attaching (4,5) the flexible support (3) to the chair (2).

The invention pertains to the use of such a device.

Examples of a module for housing unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment for use during surgery. The module can include a lower section and a tower-like upper section. The lower section can house unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment. The tower-like upper section can be located on top of the lower section. A water-resistant cowling can enclose at least a portion of the lower section and the tower-like upper section. A cartridge containing one or more ultraviolet-C producing lights can be protectively housed within the tower-like upper section. The cartridge containing one or more ultraviolet-C producing lights can be configured to emerge upward from a top of the tower-like upper section to substantially seat itself on the top of the tower-like upper section when activated allowing the ultraviolet-C light to disinfect the patient and staff-contacting upper surfaces of the equipment in the operating room.

A chamber for placement over a patient while allowing medical personnel to perform various medical procedures releasing virus, bacteria, or other contaminants, such as tracheal intubation, on the patient, including a frame forming and supporting two sidewalls and a curved center portion extending between the sidewalls of a transparent body, wherein the body includes at least one access hole, and wherein the chamber surrounds the patient's head and one of the sidewalls deforms around the patient's body in order to capture and exhaust any of the virus, bacteria, or other contaminants released by the patient during the medical procedure. A method of using the chamber of to perform a medical procedure on a patient releasing virus, bacteria, or other contaminants.