Powered air-purifying respirator management system
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Sep 14, 1999
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Dec 12, 1997
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Mar 23, 1995
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The present invention relates to a particular type of fan-forced positive pressure breathing apparatus, commonly known as Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PAPRs). In particular the invention concerns monitoring the operation of such equipment. In a first aspect, the invention provides a powered air-purifying respirator which includes data collection means to enable the volume of air drawn through the filter to be determined. In another aspect, the invention comprises a management system for monitoring and analyzing operational data from at least one powered air-purifying respirator. The management system includes data collection means associated with each respirator to enable the volume of air drawn through that respirator's filter to be determined, and electronic data processing apparatus into which the data collected by the data collection means is uploaded for analysis. The data processing apparatus may be partly situated on-board each respirator in order to enable alarms to be given to the wearers at appropriate times. However, a remote computer system having data processing facilities will be able to store and subsequently display the data collected, as well as enabling more sophisticated analysis.
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