ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,595, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Jones Deal LLC (Summerville, S.C.).

"Bedside apparatus and system for airborne pathogen control" was invented by Timothy J. Jones (Summerville, S.C.) and Jeffery Lee Deal (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bedside airborne pathogen control apparatus and system. A bedside airborne pathogen control apparatus and system may include an air treatment unit configured to be selectively coupled to a first surface of a hospital bed (e.g., a headboard, a footboard, or a side rail), an air terminal configured to be selectively coupled to a second surface of the hospital bed (e.g., the head...