Vanderwoude
Brian Vanderwoude, Portage, MI US
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20110004979 | MEDICAL/SURGICAL PERSONAL PROTECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING A LIGHT ASSEMBLY ARRANGED SO THAT HEAT GENERATED BY THE ASSEMBLY IS EXHAUSTED AWAY FROM THE ASSEMBLY - A personal protection system for providing a sterile barrier around medical/surgical personnel. The system includes a helmet over which a hood or a toga suspended. Integral with the helmet is a ventilation fan. The helmet also includes a light assembly for illuminating the surgical field. The helmet includes a front nozzle from which air from the ventilation fan is discharged. The light assembly is mounted to the helmet and is located below the front nozzle. Air discharged from the front nozzle blows heat generated by the light assembly away from the light assembly. In some versions of the invention, the light assembly includes a control arm connected to the light assembly for pivoting the light assembly. | 01-13-2011 |
20130247286 | PERSONAL PROTECTION SYSTEM WITH A FAN THAT INCLUDES CURVED BLADES - A personal protection system with a hood and a helmet that is worn under the hood. Internal to the helmet is a fan that draws air into the hood. The fan has blades that are curved along their longitudinal axes. | 09-26-2013 |
20130327325 | MEDICAL/SURGICAL PERSONAL PROTECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING A HELMET, A HOOD AND FASTENING SYSTEM FOR HOLDING THE HOOD TO THE HELMET SO THE RADIUS OF CURVATURE OF THE HOOD FACE SHIELD VARIES ALONG THE FACE SHIELD - A personal protection system for providing a sterile barrier around medical/surgical personnel. The system includes a helmet over which a hood or a toga suspended. The hood/toga has a transparent face shield that is flexible. A fastening assembly holds the face shield to the helmet so that, at the top of the face shield the shield has a relatively wide radius of curvature. Extending downwardly from the top of the face shield the radius of curvature of the shield becomes smaller. Providing the face shield with this geometry reduces the extent to which the person wearing the helmet and hood/toga of this invention is subjected to glare. | 12-12-2013 |
20140323914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING TISSUE SAMPLES FROM A FLUID STREAM GENERATED DURING A MEDICAL/SURGICAL PROCEDURE - A cassette ( | 10-30-2014 |
20140352037 | MEDICAL/SURGICAL PERSONAL PROTECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING A HELMET AND A HOOD, THE HELMET HAVING CHIN BAR-MOUNTED CONTROLS - A personal protection system for providing a sterile barrier around medical/surgical personnel. The system includes a helmet over which a hood or a toga suspended. The helmet has a chin bar that extends forward of the face of the individual wearing the system. At least one manually actuated control for regulating one aspect of operation of the system is mounted to the chin bar. Sometimes the control is a button that is depressed to control the operation of a helmet moutned fan that draws air into the hood or toga. A microphone may also be mounted to the chin bar. | 12-04-2014 |
Brian J. Vanderwoude, Portage, MI US
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20110008204 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HOOD FOR USE WITH A PERSONAL PROTECTION SYSTEM - 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. | 01-13-2011 |
Brian James Vanderwoude, Portage, MI US
Brig W. Vanderwoude, Milan, IL US
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20130221003 | BULK MATERIAL CONTAINER - A bulk material container and method for its use is provided. In one or more embodiments, the bulk material container includes: a lid with a lid reinforcement frame positioned substantially at least around the perimeter of said lid, a vertical stop on the exterior of the walls of said container that contacts a projection from an interior wall of said container when one of said bulk material containers is stacked in another, a modular design in which the walls and base of the bulk material container are detachable and replaceable, a stiffening ring positioned around the perimeter of the container walls near their vertical top, and a lid having a lateral motion restraining a system to restrain the lateral motion of one container stacked on another. | 08-29-2013 |