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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2007
Applicant:
Peter Chi Fai Ho, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventor:
Peter Chi Fai Ho, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
RIC INVESTMENTS, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/06 (2013.01); A61M 16/0633 (2014.02);
Abstract
A seal that contacts a portion of a patient to provide a comfortable interface between an external device, such as a respiratory mask, and the patient. The seal includes an elastic casing filled with a soft gel substance having a cone penetration of from about 5 to 200 penetrations.