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M-tech Corporation

Marvin E Haskin

Jon L Roberts

Christopher B Kilner

A heat-shrinkable anti-fomitic device in the form of a bag or tube forms a cover for an object which prevents cross-infection by bacteria and other pathogens that may reside on the object. The heat-shrinkable anti-fomitic device can have a sterile interior that is sealed or stored flat during manufacture to maintain sterility. Therefore, no outer wrapping for the anti-fomitic device is required. The anti-fomitic device is inverted when used to cover the object and results in an ultimate outer surface that is initially sterile. A plurality of such devices can be heat shrunk to an object such that removal of the outer layer will prevent cross contamination. Heat shrink film materials for the coverings/bags serve as a barrier to the transmission of pathogens.

Heat-shrinkable anti-fomitic device

A heat-shrinkable anti-fomitic device incorporating anti-microbial metal wherein the device, in the form of a bag or tube, forms a cover for an object, preventing cross-infection by bacteria and other pathogens that may reside on the object. Anti-microbial metal ions from the cover further reduce future cross-infection from the object by killing pathogens. The anti-microbial, heat-shrinkable, anti-fomitic device can have a sterile interior that is sealed or stored flat during manufacture to maintain sterility. Therefore, no outer wrapping for the anti-fomitic device is required. The anti-fomitic device can be inverted when used to cover the object to present an outer surface that is initially sterile. A plurality of such devices can be heat shrunk to an object such that removal of the outer layer will further prevent cross contamination. Heat shrink film materials for the coverings/bags serve as a barrier to the transmission of pathogens and conform closely to the covered object.

Heat-shrinkable anti-fomitic device incorporating anti-microbial metal

An anti-fomitic device in the form of a bag or envelope forms a cover for an object for preventing cross-infection by bacteria and other pathogens that may reside on the object. The anti-fomitic device is a flat, flexible bag or envelope with a closure means at one or both ends of the bag or envelope, having a sterile interior that is sealed during manufacture to maintain sterility. Therefore, no outer wrapping for the anti-fomitic device is required. The anti-fomitic device is inverted when used to cover the object and results in an ultimate outer surface that is initially sterile. Materials for the coverings/bags are impervious to the transmission of pathogens. A laundered covering such as a sheet, pillowcase, etc., can then be slipped over the object that is covered with the anti-fomitic device to enhance comfort, yet maintain protection against pathogens on the object being covered.

Anti-fomitic devices

An anti-fomitic device in the form of a bag or envelope which forms a cover for an object for preventing cross-infection by bacteria and other pathogens that may reside on the object being covered. The anti-fomitic device is a flat, flexible bag or envelope with a closure means at one end of the bag or envelope, having a sterile interior which is sealed during manufacture to maintain sterility. Therefore, no outer wrapping for the anti-fomitic device is required. Alternatively, the anti-fomitic device is a flat, flexible, internally sterile bag with two releasably closed ends, where one end is tucked inward so that the sterile interiors of the two releasably closed ends touch. A generally flat object is inserted into the resulting &ldquo;folded-back&rdquo; bag; and the outer most releasably closed end is opened and folded back over the other releasably closed end and over the generally flat object being covered In either embodiment, the anti-fomitic device results in an ultimate outer surface which is initially sterile, which prevents the transmission of pathogens, and which thereby greatly reduces the odds of cross-infection. Materials for the coverings/bags are impervious to the transmission of pathogens and are constructed from plastics compatible with contact with human skin, such as polyvinyl chloride, homopolymers and copolymers of polyvinyl chloride, polyesters, polyethylenes, polypropylenes, and polyolefins. A laundered covering such as a sheet, pillowcase, or other covering can then be slipped over the object which is covered with the anti-fomitic device to enhance comfort, yet maintain protection against pathogens which might reside on the object being covered.

A parallel rule-based data transmission method and apparatus is described comprising multiple computer ports, modems, and multiple data transmission channels. The invention incorporates hardware and software data compression, automatic line selection and port allocation, data file segmentation and reassembly and simultaneous data transmission over multiple communications channels and their associated modems or ISDN interfaces. The invention allows a true multi-tasking environment to exist over inexpensive data communication channels thereby increasing the speed of data transmission as well as decreasing the cost associated with such transmission.

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Bryn Mawr, PA, United States of America

Marvin E Haskin