# US 11,998,979 B2 · Methods of additive manufacturing and hyperbaric chambers manufactured by additive manufacturing

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- Number: US 11,998,979 B2
- Document ID: US11998979B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/316,872
- Filed: 2023-05-12
- Published: 2023-11-16
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2022-05-16
- Assignees: Rx Air Enterprises LLC
- Applicants: Rx Air Enterprises LLC
- Inventors: Stanley Thaw
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11998979B2

## CPC

- B22F 10/00: Additive manufacturing of workpieces or articles from metallic powder (apparatus or devices therefor B22F12/00)
- B22F 10/22: Direct deposition of molten metal
- B29C 64/00: Additive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3D] objects by additive deposition, additive agglomeration or additive layering, e.g. by 3D printing, stereolithography or selective laser sintering
- B33Y 10/00: Processes of additive manufacturing
- B33Y 70/10: Composites of different types of material, e.g. mixtures of ceramics and polymers or mixtures of metals and biomaterials
- B33Y 80/00: Products made by additive manufacturing
- A61G 10/026: {for hyperbaric oxygen therapy}
- B22F: WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER (making alloys by powder metallurgy C22C); APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
- B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00)
- B33Y: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
- A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00)

## Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for providing a site for the hyperbaric chamber, installing a deposition system at the site, wherein the deposition system is configured to deposit building materials for constructing the hyperbaric chamber, loading a layout of the hyperbaric chamber into the deposition system, and depositing the building materials according to the layout onto the site.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of manufacturing a hyperbaric chamber, comprising:
providing a site for the hyperbaric chamber;
installing a deposition system for additive manufacturing at the site, wherein the deposition system is configured to deposit building materials for constructing the hyperbaric chamber using additive manufacturing;
loading a layout of the hyperbaric chamber into the deposition system; and
depositing the building materials according to the layout onto the site.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising building a medical facility around the hyperbaric chamber using additive manufacturing.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the building materials include one or more of a solid, a liquid, or a gas.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the building materials include one or more of carbon fiber, Kevlar and stainless steel.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the hyperbaric chamber is configured to operate between an internal pressure of 1 atmosphere and 6 atmospheres.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the hyperbaric chamber includes one or more floors.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the one or more floors include:
a first floor for one or more gurneys or one or more wheelchairs; and
a second floor including seats for patients.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the hyperbaric chamber includes one or more chambers.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, further comprising installing one or more anamorphic displays to one or more sides of the medical facility.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more anamorphic displays include a three-dimensional billboard.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, further comprising:
displaying medical information, advertisements, or administrative information Via the one or more anamorphic displays.

### Claim 12 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the hyperbaric chamber includes at least one antechamber.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the hyperbaric chamber includes one or more of internal or external lamps, an entertainment device, a speaker, or a display.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the hyperbaric chamber includes one or more of a pressure sensor, an oxygen sensor, a smoke detector, a carbon monoxide detector, a temperature sensor, or a humidity sensor.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the hyperbaric chamber includes one or more cameras.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, further comprising monitoring one or more patients inside the hyperbaric chamber via the one or more cameras.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
controlling or monitoring, via a control panel, one or more of:
an internal pressure of the hyperbaric chamber;
an oxygen concentration of the hyperbaric chamber;
a temperature of the hyperbaric chamber; or
a humidity of the hyperbaric chamber.
