Armature-Based Suction Device

Abstract

An armature-based suction device comprising: a convex surface on one side of the armature-based suction device when the armature-based suction device is not in use; a concave surface located on an opposite side of the armature-based suction device when the armature-based suction device is not in use, the concave surface having a matte finish, the concave surface comprising: a perimeter located on an outer edge of the concave surface where the perimeter is non-occlusive when the armature-based suction device is sealed onto a native surface; an annular recess located adjacent to the perimeter, the annular square-shouldered recess having a main flat surface that is at an acute angle to the concave surface, where the recess is non-occlusive when the vacuum seal is sealed onto a native surface; at least one annular band of soft, resilient, sticky, solid, and non-flowable material located on the annular recess, where the annular band has a tackiness that produces a 90° Peel strength of about 0.1 lb./in. to about 40 lbs./in, and where the annular band has a semi-circular cross-sectional shape, and the flat side of the semi-circular cross-sectional shape abuts the concave surface, and the circular side of the semi-circular cross-sectional shape faces away from the concave surface; and where the armature-based suction device is reusable. An armature-based suction device system comprising: a native surface; an armature-based suction device removably sealed onto the native surface; a convex surface on one side of the armature-based suction device when the armature-based suction device is not in use; a concave surface located on an opposite side of the armature-based suction device when the armature-based suction device is not in use, the concave surface having a matte finish, the concave surface comprising: a perimeter located on an outer edge of the concave surface, where the perimeter is non-occlusive; an annular square-shouldered recess located adjacent to the perimeter, the annular recess having a main flat surface that is at an acute angle to the concave surface, where the recess is non-occlusive; at least one annular band of soft, resilient, sticky, solid, and non-flowable material located on the annular recess, where the annular band has a tackiness that produces a 90° Peel strength of about 0.1 lb./in. to about 40 lbs./in, and where the annular band has a semi-circular cross-sectional shape, and the flat side of the semi-circular cross-sectional shape abuts the concave surface, and the circular side of the semi-circular cross-sectional shape faces away from the concave surface when not in use, and the annular band flattens, widens and conforms to the native surface features when in use; where the armature-based suction device is reusable.

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