US Patent Issued to Safer Medical Products on Jan. 13 for "Vacuum shield assembly for attachment to medical masks" (Florida, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,504, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Safer Medical Products LLC (Fircrest, Wash.).

"Vacuum shield assembly for attachment to medical masks" was invented by Rob Brady (Sarasota, Fla.), Matt Vergin (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Barry Jennings (Largo, Fla.), Mike Winterhalter (Nokomis, Fla.), Richard Blubaugh (Branson West, Mo.), Craig Randall (Branson, Mo.), Misty Denevan (Branson, Mo.) and Todd Baker (Walnut Shade, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum shield assembly intended for attachment to an existing medical mask for air suction, nebulization, BIPAP, and/or CPAP. The vacuum shield assembly generally comprises a shield body an...