Protective Surgical Garment Including A Transparent Face Shield

A personal protection system, the system including:

• a helmet configured to be worn on a head of an individual, the helmet comprising:
• an electrically powered assembly mounted to the helmet;
• at least one control member connected to the electrically powered assembly for manipulating an aspect of the operation of the electrically powered assembly;
• a controller that is electrically connected to the electrically powered assembly;
• an electrically conductive contact;
• and
• a memory interface that is electrically connected to the electrically conductive contact and the controller;
• a garment, the garment at least including a transparent face shield that is removably attached to the helmet that is positioned so that when the garment is attached to the helmet, the face shield is located in front of the face of the individual,
• an electrically conductive contact mounted to the transparent face shield;
• and
• a memory mounted to the garment and connected to the electrically conductive contact of the transparent face shield, the memory configured to store data useful for regulating an operational characteristic of the electrically powered assembly mounted to the helmet;
• wherein, when the garment is disposed over the helmet, the memory interface is configured to read data from or write data to the memory mounted to the garment via an electrical connection defined by the electrically conductive contact of the helmet and the electrically conductive contact of the face shield.

A garment for use as part of a personal protection system including a helmet and a fan assembly mounted to the helmet, the garment comprising:

• a shell adapted for being disposed over the helmet, the shell including a filter portion;
• a transparent face shield secured to the shell, the transparent face shield configured to be removably attached to the helmet such that the transparent face shield is located in front of the face of the individual when attached to the helmet;
• a fastening feature for releasably securing the garment to the helmet;
• and
• a memory mounted to the garment, the memory storing data for regulating an operational characteristic of the fan assembly mounted to the helmet;
• wherein the data stored on the memory indicates a minimum fan speed for the fan assembly corresponding to the filter portion of the garment.