Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC

Katherine Anne Barrick

Eric A Shaner

Thomas John Rogers

Todd Andrew Barrick

Zachary Medaris Wilson

Edward G Winrow

Lorenzo Jiron

Devyani Lal

Mark B Wehde

Victor H Chavez

John M Angeli

A reusable, protective face mask has two detachable filter trays that attach on each side of the mask, a soft elastomeric face seal, and straps to go around the user's head. Exhalations and inhalations can pass through the same filter material. The filter trays can accept arbitrary filter media. A forward-facing port can be used to increase speech intelligibility by transmitting sound through a diaphragm without a prohibitive amount of distortion. Manufacture of the mask is facilitated because the mask body and the other mask components can be produced by injection molding. Decontamination and sterilization are facilitated because the mask can be fully disassembled.

Reusable filtering face mask

Growing community of inventors

Bosque Farms, NM, United States of America

Katherine Anne Barrick