The invention is a foldable protective canopy for attachment to a bed, the canopy comprising at least first, second and third generally U-shaped frames including respective ends joined at first and second hinges removably attachable to a bed, the canopy having a deployed position wherein the first and second U-shaped frames extend upwardly and the third U-shaped frame extends horizontally from the first and second hinges, a flexible sheet is secured to the first, second and third U-shaped frames, the sheet forming a top wall and side walls over the patient, the first U-shaped frame defining an opening into the canopy to permit room air to enter the canopy, the canopy including a folded position wherein the first and second U-shaped frames are rotatable about the first and second hinges toward the third U-shaped frame to expose the head of a patient.

A pathogen examination unit includes a working side, two non-working sides, and an entrance side. The working side of the pathogen examination unit may include a panel that is positioned between two users, such as between a healthcare worker and a patient. In some cases, the pathogen examination unit places one user, such as the healthcare worker, inside the pathogen examination unit, which reduces the number of surfaces and objects that must be disinfected between patients.

The present invention generally relates to a hygienic chamber, and more particularly to a hygienic containment chamber for procedures such as medical, dental, and aesthetic procedures. In some scenarios, the containment chamber may be configured to provide a substantially enclosed workspace to protect medical professionals, healthcare providers, or aestheticians and their patients or clients, for example, by reducing their exposure and cross contamination to one another during various operations or procedures.

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.

Negative pressure isolation devices are disclosed to remove exhaled air from patients and to vent such air to a filter or atmosphere to protect medical personnel and others.

An aerosol containment enclosure is used to isolate an air mass immediately surrounding a patient known or suspected to have a disease which may be transmitted through the air. The enclosure cooperates with a patient support apparatus. In embodiments, a flexible rod supports a substantially aerosol impermeable covering and is connected to the patient support apparatus. The enclosure is collapsible to a predetermined collapsed shape and expandable to a predetermined erect shape. In embodiments, a portal in the covering provides access for care personnel or equipment. The aerosol containment enclosure is lightweight, compact, and partially or fully disposable. The enclosure may be rapidly erected around a patient in an ambulance or other treatment setting.

Embodiments of the present invention are related to a patient protection apparatus with a first side, a second side, a back, a top and a front visor. The first side and second side each include at least one of a side arm aperture, an instrument aperture and an air filter interface. The back includes a plurality of back arm apertures and at least one back instrument aperture. The top has a wider length at the front of the apparatus and a shorter length at the back allowing the first side and second side to taper at an angle from the front to the back. Some embodiments include wheels for easy transportation and removable front enclosures. Other embodiments include smaller dimensions for ease of transport and more versatile application.

A portable, protective enclosure for coupling to a patient support includes a collapsible frame, a canopy drape, a pair of gloves and sleeves configured for receiving hands and arms of a user, and a zipper disposed along one of the side surfaces of the drape, wherein the side surface is not folded about itself when the zipper is in an open state. A pair of filters are disposed on opposing sides of one of the side surfaces of the canopy drape, the filters together providing high efficiency particulate air filtration for at least 99.97% of airborne particulate 0.3 microns in diameter. Gas-permeable media is provided for air intake. A fan in communication with the first and second filters is provided for creating negative pressure in the internal region of the canopy drape, the fan configured to evacuate air from the internal region. A negative pressure indicator also is included.

The invention provides a personal micro-climate system that reduces the energy requirement to keep a person cool by providing a personal air-conditioned space specially for bed-ridden patients. A dome is provided to create a personal space that just cools the area where the patient is at avoiding wasting energy in cooling the room's floor, ceiling, walls and empty space. The cooling system can be energized through solar power, deep cycle battery packs, small power plant or through a combination thereof. The system allows for the movement of an automatic or semi-automatic bed. A transparent cover is stretched over a frame structure to allow for maximum visibility from the inside out and vice versa. The system allows ease of opening an attendant window for patient care or to help a bedridden patient in an emergency. Breathing tubes, feeding tubes, IV lines, sensors and cables can be fed into the dome through openings between a mattress cover and the micro-climate dome. The personal microclimate system serves as a positive or negative personal isolation chamber provided with high-efficiency particulate air filters and ultraviolet germicidal irradiation systems. An anteroom can be added next to the micro-climate dome and/or a secondary larger structure may be added to enclose the micro-climate dome.

An air purifying apparatus for purifying air in an isolation space is disclosed. The isolation space is surrounded by a mask body and bounded from an outer space by the mask body. The air purifying apparatus includes a main casing, an intake device and a decontamination device. The main casing is formed with an accommodating space, an inner exhausting runner and an inner intake runner. The inner exhausting runner is communicated with the isolation space and the accommodating space. The inner intake runner is communicated with isolation space and the accommodating space. The intake device and the decontamination device are disposed in the accommodating space. The decontamination device is for purifying and decontaminating air in the accommodating space.