US 12,083,273 B1
Vacuum shield assembly for attachment to medical masks
Rob Brady, Sarasota, FL (US); Matt Vergin, St. Petersburg, FL (US); Barry Jennings, Largo, FL (US); Mike Winterhalter, Nokomis, FL (US); Richard Blubaugh, Branson West, MO (US); Craig Randall, Branson, MO (US); Misty Denevan, Branson, MO (US); and Todd Baker, Walnut Shade, MO (US)
Assigned to Safer Medical Products, LLC, Branson, MO (US)
Filed by SafER Medical Products, LLC, Branson, MO (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/173,724.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/075,890, filed on Sep. 9, 2020.
Int. Cl. A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01); A61M 16/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/009 (2013.01) [A61M 16/06 (2013.01); A61M 16/0816 (2013.01); A61M 16/0875 (2013.01); A61M 16/14 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0208 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vacuum shield assembly disposable onto a patient wearing a medical mask and configured to remove exhaled air from the patient, said vacuum shield assembly comprising:
a shield body comprising a concave configuration,
a lower segment disposed around a lower perimeter of said shield body, said lower segment comprising an opening,
said concave configuration of said shield body configured and dimensioned to at least partially surround the medical mask,
said shield body disposed in proximity, but in a spaced apart relation to the medical mask and the patient,
a retaining assembly structured to retain a vacuum tube and an oxygen supply tube or a nebulizer unit of the medical mask,
said retaining assembly adjacently disposed to said lower segment,
said retaining assembly comprising:
a retaining component configured and dimensioned to retain a connecting portion of said shield body,
a lower section of said retaining component configured and dimensioned for attachment of the vacuum tube, and
a retaining frame connected to said retaining component and configured to retain the oxygen supply tube or the nebulizer unit of the medical mask,
at least one retaining segment disposed on said retaining frame; said at least one retaining segment configured to at least partially retain the nebulizer unit,
said at least one retaining segment comprising a latch disposed on an upper end thereof; said latch structured to at least partially reduce movement of the nebulizer unit in a vertical direction,
said lower segment configured for attachment to the vacuum tube below said lower perimeter of said shield body and configured to exert a negative pressure on an inside of said shield body, and
said shield body and said retaining assembly collectively disposable into and out of an operative position and an inoperative position.