A device is provided for enclosing an extremity of a patient for container efficient wound cleaning and for integrating draping prior to surgery. A loose-fitting flexible container with a flexible seal is provided for enclosing the extremity and treating the extremity in a controlled fashion to reduce or eliminate spillage and unwanted dispersion of antiseptic solution. Sealed to the flexible container is a vacuum packed, folded and rolled sterile surgical drape. The combination of a flexible container and a sterile pre-positioned surgical drape in a single device provides the advantage of controlled decontamination of the skin or wound while simultaneously providing the advantage of pre-positioning a surgical drape. The use of the device also provides the advantages of reduced operating room fires and biohazard dispersion risk and reduced cost by reduction of total operating room time per procedure.

The invention discloses an improved dental aerosol evacuation system equipped with a barrier cover subsystem in a dental procedure. Due to its dome-like special shape and other particular shapes, the barrier cover of the subsystem possesses a vacuum collecting capability that also physically blocks the spread of dispersed aerosols, blood components, and/or droplets during the dental procedures. At least a throughput connecting hole is connected from the curved barrier cover to the proximal end of the suction tubing of the subsystem. The vacuum collecting subsystem of the invention evacuates all or most of the collected unhealthy risk factors out of the treatment room completely for safety of patients, staff, and practitioners.

A workspace device including (a) a body having a wall defining an internal volume, collapsible to fit through a laparoscopic passageway in an abdominal wall to an abdominal cavity and expand therein; (b) a first opening defined in said body; (c) a tool channel contiguous with said first opening and extending from said body and configured to remain, at least in part, outside of abdominal wall and sized to receive a laparoscopic tool therein therein; and (d) the body defining an orifice configured to lie in said abdominal cavity when said body is inserted therein, said orifice sized to receive tissue with a minimal cross-sectional area that is twice a minimal cross-sectional area of said first opening, thereby defining a workspace volume to process said tissue in said cavity while said body is not collapsed, using a tool inserted through said first opening.

A workspace device including (a) a body having a wall defining an internal volume, collapsible to fit through a laparoscopic passageway in an abdominal wall to an abdominal cavity and expand therein; (b) a first opening defined in said body; (c) a tool channel contiguous with said first opening and extending from said body and configured to remain, at least in part, outside of abdominal wall and sized to receive a laparoscopic tool therein therein; and (d) the body defining an orifice configured to lie in said abdominal cavity when said body is inserted therein, said orifice sized to receive tissue with a minimal cross-sectional area that is twice a minimal cross-sectional area of said first opening, thereby defining a workspace volume to process said tissue in said cavity while said body is not collapsed, using a tool inserted through said first opening.

An apparatus comprises an electrically power surgical instrument having a handle assembly. The apparatus also comprises a communication device positioned within the handle assembly. The communication device is operable to communicate with at least a portion of the electrically powered surgical instrument. The apparatus further comprises an external device in wireless communication with the communication device. The external device is operable to receive information from the communication device and the external device is operable to provide an output viewable to the user.

An apparatus comprises an electrically power surgical instrument having a handle assembly. The apparatus also comprises a communication device positioned within the handle assembly. The communication device is operable to communicate with at least a portion of the electrically powered surgical instrument. The apparatus further comprises an external device in wireless communication with the communication device. The external device is operable to receive information from the communication device and the external device is operable to provide an output viewable to the user.

Personal protective equipment including hygienic barriers and methods of use to provide an improved barrier between a patient and a caregiver; where such barriers include a reinforced region and an enclosure portion, where the enclosure portion extends beyond the reinforced region such that when suspended above the patient, in a deployed configuration, the enclosure portion hangs down from the reinforced region through a force of gravity to form an enclosure space.

Provided is a tissue retrieval bag. The bag is defined by a region of the bag defining an opening; an exterior surface of the bag depending from the opening; and a channel formed into the exterior surface of the bag, wherein the channel provides access to the interior of the bag through the exterior surface. Also provided is a tissue retrieval defined by a region of the bag defining an opening; an exterior surface of the bag depending from the opening; and at least one porthole on the exterior of the bag, wherein at least one tube extends from the at least one porthole.

A protective apparatus for use in medical and dental procedures to prevent exposure and exchange of harmful substances between an area isolated by the apparatus and the environment of use. The apparatus includes a physical shield, a vacuum barrier, and an adjustable support frame. The apparatus further includes a vacuum connector for connecting the apparatus to a vacuum source, a vacuum conduit for flow communicating with the air around the perimeter of the physical shield such that the vacuum source draws air along with solid and liquid matter entrained in the air into the vacuum conduit, and a plurality of vacuum apertures located along the vacuum conduit for communicating the vacuum source with the air. The apparatus provides protection for persons in proximity to a source of harmful substances such as aerosols derived from patients infected with viruses or the like and more in particular corona viruses.

A protective apparatus for use in medical and dental procedures to prevent exposure and exchange of harmful substances between an area isolated by the apparatus and the environment of use. The apparatus includes a physical shield, a vacuum barrier, and an adjustable support frame. The apparatus further includes a vacuum connector for connecting the apparatus to a vacuum source, a vacuum conduit for flow communicating with the air around the perimeter of the physical shield such that the vacuum source draws air along with solid and liquid matter entrained in the air into the vacuum conduit, and a plurality of vacuum apertures located along the vacuum conduit for communicating the vacuum source with the air. The apparatus provides protection for persons in proximity to a source of harmful substances such as aerosols derived from patients infected with viruses or the like and more in particular corona viruses.