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US 8,407,818 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing a hood for use with a personal protection system
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsBrian J. VanDerWoude, Christopher M. Tague
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a hood for use with a personal protection system. The hood includes a shell formed from at least partially out of a filter medium. At least one transparent layer is initially attached to a transparent face shield. The transparent layer-face shield assembly is sterilized with gamma radiation and attached to the shell to form the hood. The hood is then sterilized with ethylene oxide.
Claims11
A method of manufacturing a hood that is placed over a helmet of a personal protection system, said method of hood manufacture including the steps of:
- providing a transparent face shield;
- applying at least one transparent removable layer over the face shield using a method that allows the removable layer to be removed from the face shield during use of the hood, wherein said face shield and at least one transparent removable layer form a face shield-removable layer assembly;
- sterilizing the face shield-removable layer assembly using gamma radiation;
- after said sterilization of the face shield-removable layer assembly, attaching the sterilized face shield-removable layer assembly to a shell that includes at least a portion formed from a filter medium so as to construct the hood, wherein the at least one transparent removable layer is located on an outwardly facing surface of the face shield;
- packaging said hood, including both the shell and face shield-removable layer assembly, in a package;
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- sterilizing the package and contents using ethylene oxide.
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