Method for fabricating anatomical cushion and device to capture pressure controlled shape
AssigneeEquipements Sportifs Keku Inc.
InventorJean-Luc LESSARD
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Abstract
A method for fabricating a custom anatomical cushion and a device to capture pressure controlled shape is provided. The device comprises, generally, a flexible membrane enclosing floating beads adapted to be completely immersed and freely moving inside a fluid. The device further comprises a mesh adapted to stop the floating beads from going outside of the flexible membrane as a result of a pressure increase or decrease inside the flexible membrane. The device is being fluidly connected to a pressure control system adapted to increase and/or decrease the internal pressure of the flexible membrane and comprises a vibration/leveling system adapted to adjust the fluid level inside the flexible membrane.
Claims20
An anatomical cushion, the anatomical cushion comprising:
- a flexible membrane forming a sealed enclosure, the enclosure being adapted to receive a fluid;
- floating beads adapted to be immersed and moveable within the fluid;
- a pressure control system fluidly connected to the enclosure, the pressure control system adapted to:
- increase pressure within the enclosure by allowing fluid to flow in the enclosure;
- and
- decrease pressure within the enclosure by allowing fluid to flow out of the enclosure;
- a mesh within the enclosure, the mesh forming a passage between the pressure control system and the enclosure, the mesh being pervious to the liquid and impervious to the floating beads.
A method for scanning an anatomical portion of a user, the method comprises:
- a. increasing pressure inside an anatomical cushion by adding a fluid;
- b. decreasing the pressure inside the anatomical cushion while the anatomical portion of the user is on the anatomical cushion until floating beads are held together;
- c. scanning the anatomical cushion to extract a cloud of points designing a 3D shape of the anatomical portion of the patient.
A system for scanning an anatomical portion of a user, the system comprising:
- a positioning device comprising;
- a base;
- a positioning portion being configured to receive an anatomical cushion;
- the positioning portion being supported by the base;
- and
- at least one structural support serving as a scan reference surface;
- a flexible membrane forming a sealed enclosure, the enclosure being adapted to receive a fluid;
- floating beads adapted to be immersed and moveable within the fluid;
- a pressure control system fluidly connected to the enclosure, the pressure control system adapted to:
- increase pressure within the enclosure by allowing fluid to flow in the enclosure;
- and
- decrease pressure within the enclosure by allowing fluid to flow out of the enclosure;
- a mesh within the enclosure, the mesh forming a passage between the pressure control system and the enclosure, the mesh being pervious to the liquid and impervious to the floating beads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.