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US 12,414,891 B2Granted
Inflatable support
AssigneeD.T. Davis Enterprises, Ltd.
InventorsDavid T. Davis, Jason K. Werkheiser, John F. Englebert, III
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Abstract
An inflatable patient support includes a top panel defining a first perimeter and a bottom panel defining a second perimeter. The second perimeter of the bottom panel is coupled to the first perimeter of the top panel. An internal wall is coupled between the top panel and the bottom panel to define a first chamber and a second chamber. The internal wall defines at least one passage therethrough that allows fluid communication between the first chamber and the second chamber. The first chamber and the second chamber are inflatable.
Claims20
An inflatable patient support, comprising:
- a top panel defining a first perimeter;
- a bottom panel defining a second perimeter, wherein the second perimeter of the bottom panel is coupled to the first perimeter of the top panel to define at least one inflatable internal chamber therebetween, wherein the top panel and the bottom panel define a substantially flat profile in a deflated state, wherein the top panel and the bottom panel define a rounded profile configured to provide lateral stability in an inflated state, and wherein a patient seating area is defined by a shape and perimeter of a portion of the top panel and the bottom panel only in the inflated state;
- arm sections defining the patient seating area and being thicker than the patient seating area in the inflated state and configured to provide stability to a patient and maintain the patient in a center of the patient seating area while the patient is raised from a laying position to a seated position during inflation;
- an inflation valve coupled to the top panel at a first location, wherein the inflation valve is configured to couple the at least one inflatable internal chamber to an air inflow;
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- a deflation valve coupled to the top panel at a second location.
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A method of positioning a patient, comprising:
- positioning a patient on an inflatable patient support, wherein the inflatable patient support comprises a top panel defining a first perimeter, a bottom panel defining a second perimeter, an inflation valve coupled to the top panel at a first location, and a deflation valve coupled to the top panel at a second location, wherein the second perimeter of the bottom panel is coupled to the first perimeter of the top panel to define at least one inflatable internal chamber therebetween, wherein the top panel and the bottom panel define a substantially flat profile in a deflated state, wherein the top panel and the bottom panel define a rounded profile configured to provide lateral stability in an inflated state, wherein a patient seating area is defined by a shape and perimeter of arm sections of the top panel and the bottom panel only in the inflated state and that are thicker than the patient seating area in the inflated state, and wherein the inflation valve is configured to couple the at least one inflatable internal chamber to an air inflow;
- coupling an inflation device to the inflation valve;
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- providing an air flow from the inflation device to the at least one inflatable internal chamber of the inflatable patient support to inflate the inflatable patient support while providing stability to the patient and maintaining the patient in a center of the patient seating area while the patient is raised from a laying position to a seated position during inflation.
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An inflatable patient support, comprising:
- a top panel defining a first perimeter;
- a bottom panel defining a second perimeter, wherein the second perimeter of the bottom panel is at least partially coupled to the first perimeter of the top panel to define at least one inflatable internal chamber therebetween, wherein the top panel and the bottom panel define a substantially flat profile in a deflated state, wherein the top panel and the bottom panel define a rounded profile configured to provide lateral stability in an inflated state, wherein a patient seating area is defined by a shape and perimeter of arm sections of the top panel and the bottom panel only in the inflated state and that are thicker than the patient seating area in the inflated state, and wherein the patient seating area is adjacent to a tongue extending from the top panel;
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- an inflation valve coupled to the top panel at a first location, wherein the inflation valve is configured to couple the at least one inflatable internal chamber to an air inflow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.