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US 10,292,890 B2Granted
Wearable thorax percussion device
AssigneeHill-Rom Services Pte. Ltd.
InventorsMarten Jan DeVliegar, Mark Sasha Drlik, Ryan David Lee
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Abstract
A wearable thorax percussion device for dislodging mucous buildup in the airways of a human patient, the device comprising frame elements and electromechanical actuators retained by the frame elements to intermittently percuss the thorax, and an electronic controller and power source for generating and modulating an electrical signal to energize the actuator. The frame elements may be interconnected by a garment, or fasteners and elastic or adjustable strapping.
Claims18
A wearable thorax percussion device, the device comprising:
- a fabric;
- at least one frame element comprising a flat, rigid layer coupled to the fabric, the at least one frame element having at least some flexibility to conform to a shape of a user's thorax, the fabric and at least one frame element forming a garment to be worn on the user's body;
- a plurality of electromechanical actuators each having a dimension in a direction configured to be normal to the user's thorax greater than a combined thickness of the fabric and the at least one frame element and each retained by the at least one frame element, each electromechanical actuator comprising a reciprocating member for causing percussive forces against the thorax, either directly or indirectly;
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- an electronic controller and a power source coupled to the garment and operatively connected to the plurality of electromechanical actuators, for generating and modulating an electrical signal to energize the plurality of electromechanical actuators.
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A wearable thorax percussion device, the device comprising:
- a fabric;
- at least one frame element comprising a flat, rigid layer coupled to the fabric, the fabric and at least one frame element forming a garment to be worn on the user's body;
- a plurality of electromechanical actuators each having a dimension in a direction configured to be normal to the user's thorax greater than a combined thickness of the fabric and the at least one frame element, each electromechanical actuator retained by the at least one frame element, each electromechanical actuator comprising a reciprocating member for causing percussive forces against the thorax, either directly or indirectly;
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- an electronic controller and a power source coupled to the garment and operatively connected to the plurality of electromechanical actuators, for generating and modulating an electrical signal to energize each electromechanical actuator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.