Patent ID: 11918503
Assignee: MEDTEC LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A medical treatment mask, comprising:
a mask frame comprising:
a first shape that fits around or over a patient's body part, wherein the mask frame comprises an outer, lateral edge and an inner, lateral edge, and
a plurality of pivoting clamps mounted to the mask frame and configured to clamp the mask frame to a body part positioning device when the mask frame is docked with the body part positioning device, wherein the plurality of pivoting clamps form constituent components of the mask frame and not the body part positioning device,
wherein each of the plurality of pivoting clamps comprises a clamping arm configured to rotate about a respective rotation axis, disposed within the mask frame, to pivot the clamping arm outwards away from, and inwards towards, an outer, lateral edge of the mask frame to enable the clamping arm to clamp the outer, lateral edge of the mask frame to an outer, lateral edge of an upper flange of the body part positioning device, wherein the clamping arm comprises an upper clamping arm, a lower clamping arm, and a clamping space between the upper clamping arm and the lower clamping arm, and wherein, when the clamping arm is rotated about the rotation axis to pivot the at least one clamping arm inwards towards the mask frame, the outer, lateral edge of the mask frame and the outer, lateral edge of the upper flange of the body part positioning device are clamped within the clamping space between the upper clamping arm and the lower clamping arm, and wherein, when the outer, lateral edge of the mask frame and the outer, lateral edge of the upper flange of the body part positioning device are clamped within the clamping space, the upper clamping arm and the lower clamping arm do not extend inwards from the outer, lateral edge of the mask frame beyond a boundary defined within a region between the outer, lateral edge and the inner, lateral edge of the mask frame, and
wherein the mask frame includes a plurality of pivot holes, that each establishes the respective rotation axis, disposed within the mask frame near the outer, lateral edge of the mask frame, wherein each of the plurality of pivot holes extends through the mask frame from an upper surface to a lower surface of the mask frame, and wherein the plurality of clamps each further comprises a respective pivot pin that, when mounted to the mask frame, inserts into a respective pivot hole of the plurality of pivot holes and pivots within the respective pivot hole about the respective rotation axis; and

a sheet of material attached to the mask frame for fitting to the body part.