US 10,786,652 B2Granted

Support devices and methods of making and using them

AssigneeLightSide MD, LLC

InventorsRajiv Doshi, Kenneth Chou, Arthur G. Sandoval, Robert Charles Lane, Gabriel Philip Howles-Banerji, Michael Lawrence Favet, Daejin Ahn

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Abstract

Described herein are support devices, which may include medical support devices. In particular, three-dimensional medical (and non-medical) devices from a single layer of material, typically by stamping or pressing (including cold pressing) a sheet of the material to form rigid and complex 3D shapes capable of use for a variety of medical and non-medical purposes. These support devices typically also include an adhesive material allowing the device to be attached to a subject's skin and/or mounted on a surface (e.g., wall, etc.). In particular, described herein are methods of manufacturing, assembling, and using adhesive support devices.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A medical device support apparatus having a three-dimensional shape, the apparatus comprising:

a body portion comprising a sheet of material, the sheet of material having an elastic modulus of greater than 0.4 GPa, wherein the sheet of material is configured to be deformed from a flat plane to form:
a base region extending in the flat plane, the base region having a first thickness;
and a cavity region having one or more walls each having a thickness that is less than the first thickness, the cavity region at least partially surrounded by the base region, wherein the one or more walls of the cavity region extends out of the flat plane at an angle that is greater than 900 relative to an adjacent base region;
and a plurality of ridges or a lattice pattern stamped into the sheet of material to enhance the stiffness of the apparatus wherein the body portion, base region, cavity region, and plurality of ridges or lattice pattern are part of a single monolithic portion of the sheet of material.

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Facts

Application: 15/029,018Filed 17 Oct 2014 · us provisional application
Priority: IN 2191/DEL/20141 Aug 2014
Published: US 2016/0256665 A18 Sep 2016
Granted: 29 Sep 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification32 codes

A61M 25/02
Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters: holding devices, e.g. on the body
A61B 5/6833
Using adhesives: adhesive patches
A61B 90/50
Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00,…
A61F 5/08
Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or…

Family

Application61/893,095Us provisional application · filed 18 Oct 2013
Application61/927,943Us provisional application · filed 15 Jan 2014
Application62/026,453Us provisional application · filed 18 Jul 2014
US 2016/0256665 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Sep 2016
US 10,786,652 B2This patent

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