Breathing mask with an adhesive seal
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1. A breathing mask, comprising:
- a mask body;
a seal at an edge of said mask body, said seal being in contact with the user'"'"'s face during use, at least part of a surface of the seal that is in contact with the user'"'"'s face having an adhesive coating consisting of an electrode bonding gel to form an adhesive surface.
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Abstract
A breathing mask with a mask body (3), has a seal (1) at its edge. The seal is placed in contact with the user'"'"'s face. At least part of the surface of the seal that is in contact with the user'"'"'s face has an adhesive surface.
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1. A breathing mask, comprising:
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a mask body;
a seal at an edge of said mask body, said seal being in contact with the user'"'"'s face during use, at least part of a surface of the seal that is in contact with the user'"'"'s face having an adhesive coating consisting of an electrode bonding gel to form an adhesive surface. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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11. A breathing mask, comprising:
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a nasal mask body with a nose frame for fully enclosing a nose of a user;
a nose periphery seal at an edge of said mask body, said seal having a user contact surface in contact with the user'"'"'s face extending fully around the nose of the user in a region directly adjacent to the nose of the user during use, said contact surface having adhesive qualities for adhering said contact surface to the user'"'"'s face during use. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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20. A method of using a breathing mask, comprising:
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providing a mask body with a frame for fully enclosing a nose of a user and a seal at an edge of the frame of the mask body the seal having a user face contact surface of a size to extend fully around a nose of a user and contact a face of the user around the nose;
providing at least part of the contact surface with an adhesive surface;
engaging the contact surface with the face of the user fully around the nose of the user to enclose the nose in the mask frame, such that at least some of the adhesive surface of the seal is in contact with the user'"'"'s face; and
operating the mask as a continuous positive airway pressure nasal mask. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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