- Patent Title: Enhanced patient-orienting alternating pressure support apparatus
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Application No.: US14281625Application Date: 2014-05-19
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Publication No.: US09931238B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- 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 ; A61F5/32 ; A61F5/34 ; A61G7/057 ; A61G7/05

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. In one embodiment, the geometric pattern includes a first independently pressurized relief chamber that intersects the epicenter of the geographic pattern, and second and third independently pressurized relief chambers that collectively encompass the first independently pressurized relief chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140290670A1 ENHANCED PATIENT-ORIENTING ALTERNATING PRESSURE SUPPORT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-10-02
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