Respiration mask interface seal
AssigneeGemguardian, LLC
InventorsYakira Leevan, Rachel Goldman
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Abstract
A seal device or gasket assembly usable with respiration or ventilation mask systems and that is preferably at least one of adhesive or deformable. The gasket is disposed between the mask and the wearer and reduces the escape of respiration gases between the perimeter edge interface of the mask with the anatomy of the wearer and limits exposure of the epidermis located within the perimeter of the mask and between the mask and the wearer to the respiration gas flows. The mask system is particularly useful for improving communication of the respiration gases for those wearers having facial hair, abnormal dontia, and/or other abnormal facial features.
Claims22
A method of forming a device for improving wearer ventilation, the method comprising:
- providing a generally planar flexible body defined by a first lateral side and a second lateral side that extend on opposite sides of the seal body between a perimeter edge of the body and includes a removable backer material that is engaged with an adhesive disposed along the first lateral side of the generally planar flexible body, wherein the adhesive is removably securable to an epidermis of a wearer;
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- shaping the generally planar flexible body to cooperate with the epidermis of the wearer proximate a respiration flow passage so that the generally planar flexible body is disposed between the wearer and a perimeter edge of a mask.
A method of ventilating a patient, the method comprising:
- adhering a first side of a seal device to a face of a wearer so that the first side of the seal device adheres to the epidermis of the wearer in a manner wherein the seal device substantially surrounds a respiration flow passage of the wearer;
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- engaging a mask with a second side of the seal device that is opposite the first side so that the seal device isolates a majority of the mask from contact with the epidermis of the wearer.
A device for improving a seals interface between a respiration mask and a face of a wearer, the device comprising:
- a seal body having a first side that faces toward facial anatomy of a wearer and that includes an adhesive layer that adheres to an epidermis of a user and a second side that is opposite the first side and configured to engage a perimeter edge of a mask;
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- a backer attached to the first side of the seal body and that removably cooperates with the adhesive layer such that removal of the backer exposes the adhesive for securing the adhesive layer to the epidermis of the user proximate a respiration path opening of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.