Invention Grant
US08757165B2 Patient-orienting alternating pressure support apparatus with lower extremity wedge
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面向患者的交替压力支持装置,具有下肢楔形
- Patent Title: Patient-orienting alternating pressure support apparatus with lower extremity wedge
- Patent Title (中): 面向患者的交替压力支持装置,具有下肢楔形
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Application No.: US14063861Application Date: 2013-10-25
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Publication No.: US08757165B2Publication Date: 2014-06-24
- Inventor: Rafael P. Squitieri
- Applicant: TurnCare, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: TurnCare, Inc.
- Current Assignee: TurnCare, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Perkins Coie, LLP
- Main IPC: A61F13/06
- IPC: A61F13/06 ; A47C27/08

Abstract:
Described herein are systems and apparatuses for enhanced comfort through contact pressure reduction. In particular, the systems and apparatuses disclosed herein prevent or otherwise mitigate pressure by actively orienting a patient over an anatomy-specific pressure-mitigating contact surface on which the patient rests. A pressure-mitigating contact portion of the contact surface includes a plurality of independently pressurized chambers configured in a specific geometric pattern that is designed to mitigate contact pressure between a support surface (e.g., bed or chair) and a specific anatomic region of a patient's body when the specific anatomic region of the patient's body is oriented over an epicenter of the geometric pattern. Additionally, a plurality of elevated side support portions and a wedge interconnected on the base material are configured to actively orient the specific anatomic region of the patient's body over the epicenter of the geometric pattern.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140048082A1 PATIENT-ORIENTING ALTERNATING PRESSURE SUPPORT APPARATUS WITH LOWER EXTREMITY WEDGE Public/Granted day:2014-02-20
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