Patent · US Expired

Device for preventing leakage from the mouth

US7814914B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

2References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Map Medizin-Technologie GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Christoph Lang · Bogen, DE
Achim Biener · Erding, DE
Martin Bechtel · Winsen (Luhe), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 30, 2005
Grant date	Oct 19, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M16/0493
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for avoiding leakage from the mouth when nasally supplying a respiratory gas on a pressure level lying above ambient pressure. The device comprises a base body made from an elastomeric material and comprises an inner edge portion and an outer ring edge portion, wherein the two ring edge portions are coupled with each other via a web portion, and wherein furthermore the base body, in combination with the two ring edge portions and the web portion, is configured in such a manner that in the application position of the base body the latter defines a lip receiving area for receiving the lips of the user.

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