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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2021
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Shiv Patel, Bellflower, CA (US);
Philip Weissbrod, Encinitas, CA (US);
Andrew Vahabzadeh-Hagh, La Jolla, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are a medical mask apparatus for use in medical procedures and methods of endoscopy. In one aspect, a medical mask apparatus includes a mask material conforming to a patients face along a sealing surface. The medical mask further includes a nose cone with a conically shaped first end and a cylindrically shaped second end, a cap that engages the second end of the nose cone through the mask material, wherein a portion of the mask material is captured at an interface between the nose cone and the cap. There is a valve in the cap, wherein the valve is flexible to expand and allow a medical instrument to pass through the valve. The medical mask also includes one or more attachment straps to hold the medical mask apparatus on the patients face.
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