Abstract: A pressure safety device is used with a bag valve mask (BVM) for preventing over-pressurization. The BVM includes a bag assembly having a bag connector for detachably mating to a mask connector on a patient mask. The pressure safety device has a housing with a bag port, a mask fitting, and a flow path from the bag port to the mask fitting. The bag port detachably connects to the bag connector on the BVM, and the mask fitting detachably connects to the mask connector on the BVM. The pressure safety device includes an automatic flow reduction valve located on the flow path in the housing and impedes flow when pressure on a bag connector side of the valve exceeds a maximum threshold value.

Abstract: This invention relates to treatment of Herpes Symplex Virus infection. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of a newly discovered miRNA in the silencing of HSV-LAT gene, which is responsible for the prevention of apoptosis of infected neuronal cells and the maintenance of latency.