RESPIRATION MASK INTERFACE SEAL

摘要

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.

主权项

1. 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; and 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.