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Headband device for an oxygen mask

US8132270B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

18Claims

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Assignee

Map Medizin-Technologie GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Christoph Lang · Bogen, DE
Achim Biener · Erding, DE
Martin Bechtel · Winsen (Luhe), DE
Harald Vogele · Gauting, DE
Caspar Graf Stauffenberg · Gauting, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 11, 2004
Grant date	Mar 13, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 1, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29K2077/00
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a headband means (1) used for applying a breathing mask (2) in a user's facial area. Said headband means (1) comprises a flexible band body that is provided with upper and lower band portions (3, 4) and is used for transmitting the mask holding forces required for applying the breathing mask. At least some portions of the band body are made of a foamed plastic material. The invention further relates to an application device (102) for a breathing mask, comprising a headband means which extends around the back of a user's head. The headband means encompasses a supporting structure (S) made of a material that can at least once be temporarily brought into a state in which at least some portions of the headband means can be individually adjusted to the shape of the back of the user's head.

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