Emesis containment system
OwnerIsaac Rodriguez, Adam Rodriguezinventors
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Abstract
An emesis containment system is configured to attach to the face of a wearer in order to contain emesis ejected from the wearer's mouth and/or nose without necessitating the wearer, or any other party, to use their hands to hold, guide, or otherwise interact with the system during use. The emesis containment system comprises a rigid or semi-rigid mask configured to attach to the user's face and a flexible bag attached to the mask. The system including the mask and flexible bag move with the wearer's head, and emesis ejected from the wearer's mouth and/or nose is directed into the flexible bag.
Claims17
An emesis containment system, comprising:
- a rigid or semirigid contoured mask having an upstream opening defined by an upstream edge, a downstream opening defined by a downstream edge, and an elongated body extending from the upstream edge to the downstream edge;
- a contact portion of the upstream edge configured to contact a wearer's face when the mask is in place, the contact portion having a bottom-most point of the upstream edge configured to be below the wearer's chin when the wearer's head is in a reference position in which the wearer's line of sight is horizontal;
- a vent portion of the upstream edge configured to be spaced from the wearer's face when the mask is in place, the vent portion having an apex of the upstream edge configured to be even with or higher than a tip of the wearer's nose when the wearer is in the reference position;
- left and right transitions disposed along the upstream edge between the vent portion and the contact portion;
- a securement structure configured to hold the mask in place so that the mask moves with the wearer's head;
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- a flexible bag attached to the mask and extending therefrom so that the downstream opening of the mask communicates with the bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.