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US 2013/0092175 A1Published application
Apparatus and methods for adjusting a support to a body
AssigneePRS Medical Technologies, Inc.
InventorsNikhil BHAT, George Y. CHOI
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for adjusting a support to a body are described in which a portable support assembly may be worn by a bed-stricken individual around particular regions of the body where pressure ulcers tend to form. The portable support assembly may generally include adjustable supports which conform the assembly to the patient's body and which also help to distribute one or more fluid pad assemblies relative to the body.
Claims37
An adjustable support assembly, comprising:
- a central support portion;
- a first support adjustably extending from a first side of the central support;
- a second support adjustably extending from a second side of the central support which is opposite to the first side, wherein the first and second supports are angularly adjustable relative to the central support portion;
- a fluid filled bladder assembly positioned upon the central support portion and the first and second supports;
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- a controller in communication with one or more pressure sensors, wherein the controller is programmed to detect a pressure imparted by the support assembly upon a patient body.
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A method of supporting a region of a body via an adjustable support assembly, comprising:
- positioning a central support portion beneath the region of the body to be supported;
- conforming a first support against a first side of the body, where the first support adjustably extends from a first side of the central support portion;
- conforming a second support against a second side of the body, where the second support adjustably extends from a second side of the central support portion opposite to the first side;
- distributing a pressure load, over the region of the body through a fluid filled outer pad positioned along the central support portion and along each of the first and second supports;
- sensing, one or more pressure levels corresponding to one or more regions of the body imparted upon the body;
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- determining one or more adjustments by the support assembly relative to the body if the one or more pressure levels is above a preset level.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.