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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2018
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Andrew S. Viner, Roseville, MN (US);
Richard C. Webb, St. Paul, MN (US);
Nicholas G. Amell, Burnsville, MN (US);
Jessica L. T. Hauge, St. Paul, MN (US);
David R. Stein, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Andrew P. Bonifas, Edmonton, CA;
Neal A. Rakow, Woodbury, MN (US);
Caroline M. Ylitalo, Stillwater, MN (US);
Joseph P. Kronzer, Shoreview, MN (US);
Claire R. Donoghue, Berkshire, GB;
Christopher P. Henderson, High Shincliffe, GB;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of fit testing includes providing a respirator; providing a sensor having a sensing element removably positioned substantially within an interior gas space of the respirator; providing a reader configured to be in wireless communication with the sensor; positioning the respirator over a mouth and a nose of a user while the sensor is positioned substantially within an interior gas space of the respirator; and observing respirator fit assessment data communicated from the sensor to the reader.