US 11,890,240 B2
Method and device for turning and positioning a patient using fillable chambers
Lawrence G. Ponsi, Wheeling, IL (US); Abhishek R. Patel, North Barrington, IL (US); Brett C. Blabas, Naperville, IL (US); and Jay R. Roberts, Cary, IL (US)
Assigned to Sage Products, LLC, Cary, IL (US)
Filed by Sage Products, LLC, Cary, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/733,422.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/217,631, filed on Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/182,504, filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0347026 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/001 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inflatable device, comprising:
a first layer of material and a second layer of material coupled together around at least a peripheral edge, and wherein at least one cavity is formed between the first layer and the second layer; and
at least one input port for receiving air to inflate the at least one cavity;
wherein the inflatable device is configured such that when the at least one cavity is inflated, a turning wedge and a support bolster are formed; and
a third layer of material coupled to the first layer of material and the second layer of material around at least the peripheral edge, and wherein at least one lower cavity is formed between the second layer and the third layer,
wherein the inflatable device is further configured such that when the at least one lower cavity is inflated, a second turning wedge and a second support bolster are formed.