Patent ID: 11890236
Assignee: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An enclosure for establishing a sterile environment over a patient for a medical procedure, comprising:
an expandable portion of a barrier separating the sterile environment inside of the enclosure from a non-sterile environment outside of the enclosure, the expandable portion of the barrier configured to expand from an unexpanded state to an expanded state for working within the sterile environment;
a patient-interfacing portion of the barrier including a fenestration configured for placement directly over an area of interest of the patient, the fenestration having a sealed state and an unsealed state for access to the area of interest from within the sterile environment; and
a support system coupled to the patient-interfacing portion of the barrier flanking the fenestration, the support system configured to support the enclosure on a surface when the patient-interfacing portion is placed over an appendage of the patient or a main body of the patient, the patient positioned on the surface in any one of a number of anatomical positions.