Pliable and resilient sealing pad
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1. A sealing pad forming a substantially airtight seal between a skin covering material and at least a portion of the user'"'"'s skin comprising:
- a compliant and resiliently deformable annular gelatinous elastomer suitable to conform under pressure to form a substantially airtight seal between the skin covering material and at least a portion of the user'"'"'s skin.
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Abstract
A sealing pad (14) made of a compliant and resiliently deformable gelatinous elastomer suitable to conform under pressure to form a substantially airtight seal with at least a portion of the user'"'"'s skin adjacent to the sealing pad (14). The gelatinous elastomer may be attached to a second material by incorporating the gelatinous elastomer into a large plurality of interstitium in the second material. In addition, the second material can be configured to form an endoskeleton or exoskeleton that modifies the physical properties of the gelatinous elastomer.
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1. A sealing pad forming a substantially airtight seal between a skin covering material and at least a portion of the user'"'"'s skin comprising:
a compliant and resiliently deformable annular gelatinous elastomer suitable to conform under pressure to form a substantially airtight seal between the skin covering material and at least a portion of the user'"'"'s skin. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A sealing pad forming a substantially airtight seal between a skin covering material and at least a portion of the user'"'"'s skin comprising:
a compliant and resiliently deformable gelatinous elastomer which form a non-annular barrier suitable to conform under pressure to form a substantially airtight seal between the skin covering material and at least a portion of the user'"'"'s skin. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A device for delivery of a compound to a portion of the user'"'"'s skin;
- and a means for utilizing an energy source to aid in the delivery of the compound to the user'"'"'s skin comprising;
a gelatinous elastomer configured to isolate the portion of the user'"'"'s skin and maintain the compound against such portion of the skin. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
- and a means for utilizing an energy source to aid in the delivery of the compound to the user'"'"'s skin comprising;
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35. A method for attaching a gelatinous elastomer to a second material comprising:
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forming a large plurality of interstitium at the location on the second material where the gelatinous elastomer will be attached; and integrating the gelatinous elastomer into such interstitium. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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- 42. A method for modifying the physical properties of a gelatinous elastomer comprising the integration of a second material into the gelatinous elastomer near the surface of the gelatinous elastomer to form an exoskeleton for the gelatinous elastomer that alters the physical properties of the gelatinous elastomer.
- 46. A method for modifying the physical properties of a gelatinous elastomer comprising the integration of a second material into the gelatinous elastomer, wherein the second material is integrated into a substantial portion of the interior of the gelatinous elastomer to form an endoskeleton for the gelatinous elastomer that alters the physical properties of the gelatinous elastomer.
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