US Patent Issued on May 12 for "Adapter system for use with a surgical helmet assembly and a surgical hood and methods of making and using same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,478, issued on May 12.

"Adapter system for use with a surgical helmet assembly and a surgical hood and methods of making and using same" was invented by Phong Duy Bui (San Diego) and Sara McAfee (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for adapter system for use with a surgical helmet assembly and personal protective equipment (PPE) having a surgical hood, including; a personnel protective equipment having a surgical hood, wherein the surgical hood includes a faceplate operatively connected to the surgical hood, wherein the faceplate includes a first fastener located along an upper portion of the faceplate and a p...