# US 5,349,967 A · Shield for use by health care personnel during skin injections > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,349,967 A - Document ID: US5349967A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/033,837 - Filed: 1993-03-19 - Granted: 1994-09-27 - Earliest claimed: 1993-03-19 - Inventors: John M. Tennis; Adriane H. Able; Marilyn C. Coleman; Mark Hough; Kaye M. Mahon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5349967A ## CPC - A61M 5/00: Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests (tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units, specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/00) - A61B 90/05: {Splash shields for protection of the surgeon, e.g. splash guards connected to the apparatus} - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A protective device having two transparent, spaced-apart shields held at an angle to one another. The device is symmetric so that either shield can serve as a base for the other and either can serve as a shield. When one of the shields is horizontal, the other shield is positioned at a suitable angle with respect to the practitioner's face to shield against contact with the patient's body fluids during medical procedures. The shields are held in cantilevered relation by a single support so that access to the space therebetween is maximized and so that the device can be oriented as dictated by the handedness of the user. The device is preferably formed from a single sheet of clear plastic folded twice to form the angled shields on either side of the support. The device may be used with minor surgical procedures and any medical procedure that involves venipuncture or arterial puncture. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for use by a user in performing a medical procedure on a body, said device comprising: a first shield; a second shield; and means for holding said first and said second shields so as to define a space therebetween dimensioned for the body to be positioned in said space and to allow the user access to said space so that the medical procedure can be performed on the body, said device being orientable so that either said first shield or said second shield can be positioned between the user and the body so that the user is shielded from fluids from the body said first shield and said second shield held by said holding means so that said first ends of said first and second shields are closer to one another than said second ends of said first and second shields. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, wherein said holding means holds said first shield at an angle greater than 0 degrees with respect to said second shield. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, wherein said holding means holds said first shield at an angle in the approximate range of 15 degrees to 75 degrees with respect to said second shield. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, wherein said holding means holds said first shield and said second shield in cantilevered relation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, wherein said holding means holds said first shield at an angle greater than 0 degrees and in cantilevered relation with respect to said second shield. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, wherein said device is made of a transparent material. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, wherein said device is made of a sterilizable material. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, wherein said device is made of a transparent, sterilizable material. ### Claim 9 A device for use by a user in performing a medical procedure on a body, said device comprising: a first shield having a first end and an opposing second end, and a first side and an opposing second side and an opposing second side; a second shield having a first end and an opposing second end, and a first side and an opposing second side; and means for holding said first sides of said first and said second so as to define a space between said shields dimensioned for the body to be positioned said holding means allowing user access to said space so that the medical procedure can be performed on the body, said first shield and said second shield held so that said first ends of said first and second shields are spaced closer to one another than said second ends of said first and second shields. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The device as recited in claim 9, wherein said holding means holds said first shield at an angle to said second shield, said angle being greater than 0 degrees. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The device as recited in claim 9, wherein said holding means holds said first shield at an angle in the approximate range of 15 degrees to 75 degrees with respect to said second shield. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The device as recited in claim 9, wherein said holding means further comprises a support having a first side and an opposing second side, said first side of said support attached to said first side of said first shield and said second side of said support attached to said first side of said second shield. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The device as recited in claim 9, wherein said device is made of a transparent material. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The device as recited in claim 9, wherein said device is made of a sterilizable material. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The device as recited in claim 9, wherein said device is made of a transparent, sterilizable material. ### Claim 16 A device for use by a user in performing a medical procedure on a body, said device comprising: a transparent first shield having a first end and an opposing second end, and a first side and an opposing second side; a transparent second shield having a first end and an opposing second end, and a first side and an opposing second side; and a support having a first side and a second side, said first side of said support attached to said first side of said first shield and said second side of said support attached to said first side of said second shield so as to define a space between said first and said second shields, said space dimensioned for receiving the body for positioning therein, the user having access to said space from said second sides of said first and said second shields and from said first and second ends of said first and said second shields so that the medical procedure can be performed on the body, said support holding said first shield and said second shield so that said first ends of said first and second shields are closer to one another than said second ends of said first and second shields. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The device as recited in claim 16, wherein said support and said first and second shields are integrally attached to each other. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The device as recited in claim 16, wherein said first shield and said second shield are held at an angle with respect to each other, said angle being in the range of 15 degrees to 75 degrees. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The device as recited in claim 16, wherein said support has a middle between said first and said second sides, said middle being narrower than said first and said second sides. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The device as recited in claim 16, wherein said device is made of a transparent material.