US Patent Issued to Dignity Health on March 3 for "Systems and methods for an airway isolation drape apparatus" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,465, issued on March 3, was assigned to Dignity Health (San Francisco).

"Systems and methods for an airway isolation drape apparatus" was invented by Gaylyn Bedingfield (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments for an airway isolation apparatus having a wire frame that is operable for deploying an isolation drape over a subjects head to protect healthcare and other workers from contagious or otherwise harmful agents are disclosed herein. The drape frame may include a frame base. A frame channel may extend from the frame base and a frame wire may extend through the frame channel A frame opening may be defined b...