US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Oct. 21 for "Medical body shield" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,990, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Medical body shield" was invented by Garry E. Shields (Ashburn, Va.), Michael Wade (Ijamsville, Md.) and James G. Mattern (Gainesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical body shield is provided, which includes a center panel formed from a visually-transparent material. The medical body shield protects a user from infectious diseases, while providing the physical access and manual dexterity needed to interact with one or more individuals who are infected (or suspected of being infected). The medic...