Multi-chamber user device
AssigneeGD Stride LTD
InventorsGidon Michael Weinberger, Bruno J. Melki
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Abstract
A user device (100) is provided. The user device is a footwear device (100a), a medical device (100b), a mattress device (100c), or a seat cushion (100d), and is shaped to define a plurality of chambers (28). Apparatus for use with the user device includes circuitry (34, 152) and a pump (38, 130). The circuitry includes at least one device pressure sensor (36) that measures pressure in the chambers. The pump is couplable to the user device by a user 18, and the circuitry actuates the pump to selectively inflate or deflate the plurality of chambers to at least two different respective pressures. The pump is decouplable from the user device without the decoupling affecting the respective pressures in the chambers. Other applications are also described.
Claims7
Apparatus for use with a footwear device shaped to define a plurality of chambers and including one or more valves that control flow to the plurality of chambers, the apparatus comprising:
- circuitry, comprising at least one device pressure sensor that is configured to measure pressure in the plurality of chambers;
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- a pump that is:
- (a) couplable to the footwear device by a user, the circuitry configured to actuate the pump when the pump is coupled to the footwear device and while the user walks to selectively inflate or deflate the plurality of chambers to at least two different respective pressures, and
- (b) decouplable by the user from the footwear device such that the one or more valves remain closed, such that the decoupling does not affect the respective pressures in the plurality of chambers of the footwear device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.