Controllers for managing pressure-mitigation devices and approaches to accomplishing the same using information obtained or derived from electronic health records

A method performed by a controller that is fluidically connected to a pressure-mitigation device that alleviates force on an anatomical region of a human body, the method comprising:

• receiving input indicative of a request to treat the human body by inflating chambers of the pressure-mitigation device so as to alleviate the force on the anatomical region;
• transmitting, in response to said receiving, a request for information related to the human body to a storage medium that is accessible via a network;
• receiving, from the storage medium, the information that is extracted from an electronic health record associated with the human body;
• determining whether any adjustment of a programmed pattern for inflating the chambers is necessary based on an analysis of the information;
• and
• causing fluid to flow into each of the chambers in accordance with the programmed pattern, thereby shifting the force on the anatomical region over time.

A non-transitory medium with instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving input that indicates that a given individual is to be treated using a pressure-mitigation device that includes a plurality of chambers that are independently inflatable;
• initiating, via a network, a communication channel with a storage medium on which electronic health records associated with different individuals are stored;
• accessing, via the communication channel, a given electronic health record that is associated with the given individual, so as to obtain information related to the health of the given individual;
• adjusting a programmed pattern that indicates how fluid should flow into the plurality of chambers over time based on the information;
• and
• causing the plurality of chambers to be inflated in accordance with the adjusted programmed pattern, such that force applied to the given individual by an underlying surface is shifted to different locations over time.