| CPC A61G 10/005 (2013.01) | 12 Claims |
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1. An aerosol box for protection during aerosol-generating procedures, comprising:
a floor made from at least one flexible sheet; and
a top having a frame made of spring wire defining a frustum of a right, regular polygonal pyramid, the frustum having a regular polygon top base and a regular polygon bottom base, the frame having transparent PVC extending across the top base, the top defining a central viewing window;
wherein the aerosol box is configured as a right, regular polygonal enclosure having a plurality of wall panels joined together at seams, the wall panels comprising transparent PVC, the frame having a plurality of elongated legs, each of the legs having a top end and a bottom end, the top ends of the legs being attached to vertices of the regular polygon top base of the frustum and the bottom ends of the legs being attached to the floor, the legs extending inside the aerosol box along the seams between the wall panels to support the right, regular polygonal enclosure, the top, the floor, and the aerosol box being made of material impermeable to fluid or particulate matter carried in aerosols that may be generated in the aerosol box, the top and the floor being sealed to the wall panels to form a sealed enclosure, the plurality of wall panels including at least:
a first wall panel having a patient entryway defined therein adapted for extending a patient's head and neck into the sealed enclosure;
a second wall panel having a port defined therein adapted for introducing tools into the sealed enclosure; and
third, fourth, and fifth wall panels each having a pair of sleeve-and-glove assemblies extending into the sealed enclosure for permitting a primary health care worker and two assistants to extend their hands into the sealed enclosure to perform procedures on the patient without exposing their hands to aerosols inside the sealed enclosure.
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