Patent ID: 7152375

Claim:
A watertight door seal integrity verification assembly comprising: a watertight door in a door frame; a gasket disposed in a channel formed around a periphery of the door; a closure edge of the door frame positioned to compress the gasket upon latching the door shut; a transmission line embedded in the gasket, the transmission line operatively coupled to a time domain reflectometry device; and a display associated with the time domain reflectometry device to indicate a gasket compression status, wherein the gasket compression status includes a presence of an improper gasket compression, wherein the display comprises a visual representation of the watertight door and a visual representation of the gasket compression status along the periphery the watertight door, and wherein the visual representation of the gasket compression status includes visually distinguishing at least one portion of said gasket having said improper gasket compression from another portion of said gasket not having said improper gasket compression.