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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2020
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Konstantinos Economopoulos, Durham, NC (US);
Eric Richardson, Durham, NC (US);
W. Neal Simmons, Durham, NC (US);
Theresa Thompson, Durham, NC (US);
Benjamin Wesorick, Durham, NC (US);
Kanishka Patel, Durham, NC (US);
Maximilian Sondland, Durham, NC (US);
Dimitrios Bailas, Durham, NC (US);
Shikha Sharma, Durham, NC (US);
Paul Fearis, Durham, NC (US);
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
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.