US Patent Issued to Stryker on Oct. 6 for "Personal protection system including medical garment with a shield" (Michigan, Washington, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,515, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Personal protection system including medical garment with a shield" was invented by Stephen Isham (Mattawan, Mich.), Benjamin Edinger (Grand Haven, Mich.), Wei Jian Chiu (Hampstead, N.C.), Ryan Jefferis (Seattle) and Beau Kidman (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical helmet for use with a surgical garment and a power source. The surgical helmet may comprise a protrusion extending from a top beam and configured to removably secure the surgical garment to the surgical helmet, and a projection extending transversely from the protrusion to retain ...