Personal air purification mask sterilizing insert

Abstract

An improved invention relating to protective breathing devices in general, and more specifically describes an apparatus to economically and effectively mitigate against airborne viral infection. Used as an insert in conjunction with a variety of other masks, powered air purifying respirators (PAPR), and breathing devices; this device combines an internal air deflection shell and with a miniaturized high-intensity shortwave UV light source to sterilize airborne germs. Can also be used with filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) as a between use disinfecting system for reuse. The personal air purification mask sterilizing insert serves as an air mask infection mitigating insert while donned and a disinfection device while doffed. Facilitating the conservation of precious resources in that the design is more elegantly simple affording lower cost and ease of operation while providing for reuse of N95 FFRs. This way, disposable N95 masks can be recycled and used more than once to protect people against infection, and conserve medical supplies in view of shortages in supplies in outbreak situations.

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