Non-invasive apparatuses for mitigating pressure applied to a human body and associated systems and methods
AssigneeTurnCare, Inc.
InventorRafael Paolo Squitieri
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Abstract
Introduced here are apparatuses and systems for mitigating contact pressures applied to a human body by the surface of an object, such as a chair, bed, or table. A pressure-mitigation apparatus can include a series of chambers whose pressure can be individually varied. When placed between a patient and a contact surface, the pressure-mitigation apparatus can vary the contact pressure on a specific anatomical region of the patient by controllably inflating and/or deflating one or more cell. Moreover, a pressure-mitigation system can be readily integrated into a conventional treatment regimen for a variety of different conditions.
Claims22
A system comprising:
- a pressure-mitigation apparatus that includes chambers and on which an anatomical region of a human body is configured to be situated;
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- a control system that, in operation, is configured to regulate airflow into the chambers of the pressure-mitigation apparatus, such that the chambers are inflated to different extents over time to relieve and/or shift pressure that is applied to the anatomical region of the human body by an underlying object.
An apparatus comprising:
- a top layer that comprises a first material;
- a bottom layer that comprises a second material and that is interconnected to the top layer to form an arrangement of chambers;
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- an antenna that is configured to detect radio frequency signals emitted by an emitter that is secured proximate to an anatomical region of a human body that is configured to be positioned with respect to the arrangement of chambers.
A control system that is fluidly connected to a pressure-mitigation apparatus that includes multiple chambers, the control system comprising:
- a memory in which is stored a program that specifies pressures to which each of the multiple chambers are to be inflated over time;
- a network adapter that is configured to communicate, via a wireless network, with an entity that is external to the control system;
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- a processor that is configured to:
- regulate airflow into the multiple chambers of the pressure-mitigation apparatus in accordance with the program, and
- send information regarding utilization of the pressure-mitigation apparatus to the network adapter for transmission to the entity via the wireless network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.