Medical/surgical personal protection system including a helmet and a hood, the helmet having chin bar-mounted controls

摘要

A personal protection system for providing a sterile barrier around medical/surgical personnel. The system includes a helmet over which a hood or a toga suspended. The helmet has a chin bar that extends forward of the face of the individual wearing the system. At least one manually actuated control for regulating one aspect of operation of the system is mounted to the chin bar. Sometimes the control is a button that is depressed to control the operation of a helmet mounted fan that draws air into the hood or toga. A microphone may also be mounted to the chin bar.

主权项

1. A personal protection system, said system comprising:
a helmet shaped to be worn over the head of the wearer; a fan disposed in said helmet for drawing air into said helmet; at least one nozzle connected to said helmet for receiving air from said fan and discharging the air outwardly from said helmet; a chin bar that is connected to said helmet and that is located below said helmet so that said chin bar is located forward of the chin of the wearer, said chin bar being shaped to extend at least partially around the chin of the wearer; at least one control button that is mounted to said chin bar for regulating operation of said personal protection system; a hood that extends over said helmet, said fan and said chin bar, including said at least one chin bar-mounted control button, said hood having a transparent face shield; and fastening features attached to said helmet that engage said hood so as to releasably hold said hood over said helmet, said fan and said chin bar so that said face shield is located forward of said chin bar.