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

Claim 19:
20. A method of a system for establishing a sterile environment over a patient for a medical procedure, comprising:
placing an enclosure over an appendage of the patient or a main body of the patient such that a fenestration of a patient-interfacing portion of a barrier of the enclosure is directly over an area of interest of the patient;
expanding an expandable portion of the barrier separating a sterile environment inside of the enclosure from a non-sterile environment outside of the enclosure from an unexpanded state to an expanded state; and
working in the sterile environment to perform the medical procedure,
wherein the enclosure includes 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 the appendage of the patient or the main body of the patient, and
the patient is positioned on the surface in any one of a number of anatomical positions.