Mask with one or more self-sealing ports and surgical kits and systems associated therewith

US12121086B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic Xomed, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael D. Bush · Gerrards Cross, GB
• Clint Lahey · Neptune Beach, US
• Craig M. Doherty · Tomball, US
• Jennifer Raines · Jacksonville, US
• Michael Geiger · Starnberg, DE
• Enrique A. Iturriaga · Jacksonville, US
• Scott Carpenter · Jacksonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 2021
• Grant date: Oct 22, 2024
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A62B18/086
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A patient mask including a body shaped to be placed over a face of a patient and configured to prevent the passage of viruses and/or particles therethrough and at least one port configured to receive an endoscope, a surgical instrument, or both and to conform to the shape of the surgical instrument such that the port prevents the passage of viruses and/or particles therethrough.