US Patent Issued to Stryker on Feb. 24 for "Surgical helmet including an adjustment mechanism" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,865, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Surgical helmet including an adjustment mechanism" was invented by Daniel Davie (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Steve Krentz (Caledonia, Mich.) and Blake Weimer (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical apparel system including a surgical helmet to which a garment may mounted. The surgical helmet includes an electrically powered peripheral device, such as a ventilation assembly, and a headband for removably securing the surgical helmet to the head of a wearer. The headband comprises a rear a portion including opposing ends defining a contact point configur...