Patent ID: 11957839
Assignee: SAFER MEDICAL PRODUCTS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 21:
22. A method of using an intubation assembly to at least partially reduce displacement particles from a patient, the method comprising:
providing an intubation shield assembly comprising:
an intubation apparatus assembly comprising a sleeve, the sleeve configured and dimensioned to receive an intubation apparatus on an inside thereof, the sleeve further structured and dimensioned for insertion into the mouth of the patient,
a shield body comprising a top surface and a bottom surface,
the shield body having a length adapted to extend at least from the patient's chin to the patient's eyes,
a top portion disposed on a distal end of the shield body,
a first side segment and a second side segment, each one of the first side segment and the second side segment disposed on a proximal end of the shield body,
the first side segment and the second side segment being disposed in spaced apart relation to one another collectively defining an aperture, the aperture being configured and dimensioned to allow access to a hand and arm of a user to an enclosure area,
the top portion and the bottom surface of the shield body collectively defining the enclosure area,
the shield body comprising an opening for insertion of the sleeve,
at least one vacuum opening disposed on the shield body and structured for attachment to a vacuum tube, and
the shield body and the sleeve collectively disposable into and out of an operative position and an inoperative position,
the operative position comprising the intubation apparatus being disposed on the shield opening and extending into the mouth of the patient; an interior of the shield body oriented to face a front side of the patient,
the aperture being further configured and dimensioned to allow the hand of the user to make manual positional adjustments of the shield body with respect to the front side of the patient and of the sleeve with respect to the mouth of the patient, when the shield body and the sleeve are disposed in the operative position, and
the shield body not configured to extend along the patient's ears in the operative position,

placing an intubation apparatus into the sleeve,
inserting the sleeve through the opening of the shield body,
inserting a hand of a user into the enclosure area and grabbing the sleeve,
positioning the sleeve into the mouth of the patient,
disposing the shield assembly and the intubation apparatus assembly into the operative position.