Patent ID: 6135109
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
An inhalation mask assembly for administering a respirable gas to an individual, which individual includes a facial area having a respiratory organ for receiving respirable gas and for expelling exhaust gas, the exhaust gas having a moisture content, the inhalation mask assembly comprising:a generally cup-shaped first body receivable against the facial area for substantially enclosing the respiratory organ and having a frontal midpoint for directly opposing the respiratory organ;means for communicating respirable gas to the first body;an exhalation valve assembly carried at the frontal midpoint of the first body for conducting exhaust gas from the first body;a generally cup-shaped second body carried by the first body for receiving exhaust gas from the exhalation valve assembly;a substantially transparent region carried by a frontal midpoint of the second body, the substantially transparent region having a surface adjacent to and directly opposing the exhalation valve assembly for accumulating moisture from the exhaust gas; andmeans for conducting exhaust gas from the second body.