Therapeutic seat cushion equipped for pressure monitoring and inflation system for same
AssigneeBussert Medical, Inc.
InventorJessica Bussert
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Abstract
A seat cushion includes a plurality of inflatable cells, a pumping mechanism, and a manifold or valve system fluidly between the pumping mechanism and the inflatable cells. The manifold or the valve system, which may include a clutch and a motor, connect the pumping mechanism with the inflatable cells such that a plurality of zones are created. A valve assembly can include a plurality of valves and is adjustable among at least three valve configurations to vary fluid connections to the inflatable cells to produce rearwardly advancing waves. The pumping action produced by the inflation and deflation of the inflatable cells assists in pumping blood in a user's legs back toward the heart.
Claims6
A therapeutic cushion system comprising:
- a seat cushion including a plurality of cells arranged between a first cushion edge and a second cushion edge;
- one or more sensors;
- a valve assembly adjustable among a plurality of different valve configurations to fluidly connect a different subgroup of the plurality of cells to a fluid supply in each of the plurality of different valve configurations;
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- an electronic control unit structured to adjust the valve assembly among the plurality of different valve configurations;
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- a fleet of cushions including the seat cushion;
- wherein the electronic control unit is configured to collect data from each of the one or more sensors for inclusion as part of a database garnered from the fleet of cushions for optimizing patient treatment by way of an optimized pattern of cushion inflation applied to a plurality of the seat cushions for a population of users of the fleet of cushions.
A therapeutic cushion system comprising:
- a fleet of cushions, each cushion including a plurality of inflatable and deflatable cells, and a valve assembly for inflating and deflating the respective plurality of inflatable and deflatable cells;
- at least one temperature sensor;
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- at least one electronic control unit configured to collect data from the at least one temperature sensors for inclusion as part of a database garnered from the fleet of cushions for optimizing patient treatment by way of an optimized pattern of cushion inflation applied to a plurality of the cushions of the fleet of cushions for a population of users of the fleet of cushions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.