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US 2016/0095775 A1Published application
Support apparatus, system and method
AssigneeDabir Surfaces, Inc.
InventorsDavid A. DZIOBA, Kenneth Andrew WOLF
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Abstract
A therapeutic support device includes a bladder having one or more independently inflatable compartments, each including a plurality of inflatable cells. When inflated, each inflatable cell forms a contact node that may support a user or another object disposed thereon. The inflatable compartments can be alternately inflated and deflated such that contact pressure can be applied to and relieved from corresponding portions of the user's body in an alternating manner.
Claims17
A method of supporting a user, comprising the steps of:
- providing a pressure redistribution surface;
- providing a support surface overlay overlying said pressure redistribution surface, said support surface overlay comprising a first selectively inflatable compartment configured to define a plurality of selectively inflatable cells, each of said selectively inflatable cells defining a contact node when said selectively inflatable cell is inflated, said selectively inflatable cells having a nodal contact density of at least two contact node centroids per square decimeter;
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- inflating said first selectively inflatable compartment such that the inflation pressure at each of said selectively inflatable cells of said first inflatable compartment is greater than or equal to 1.9 pounds per square inch.
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A system for supporting a user, comprising:
- a pressure redistribution surface;
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- a support surface overlay overlying said pressure redistribution surface, said support surface overlay comprising a first selectively inflatable compartment configured to define a plurality of selectively inflatable cells, each of said selectively inflatable cells defining a contact node when said selectively inflatable cell is inflated, said selectively inflatable cells having a nodal contact density of at least two contact node centroids per square decimeter;
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- a control unit configured to selectively inflate said first selectively inflatable compartment such that the inflation pressure at each of said selectively inflatable cells of said first inflatable compartment is greater than or equal to 1.9 pounds per square inch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.