US 11,672,432 B2
Apparatus and methods of sensing a patient condition, such as anatomy position, and of controlling patient applications
Edward Arkans, Carlsbad, CA (US); and Brian Lakin, Escondido, CA (US)
Assigned to GNOTRIX, LLC, San Marcos, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/483,895
Filed by GNOTRIX, LLC, San Marcos, CA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 4, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/016771
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 6, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/144963, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/455,512, filed on Feb. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0093383 A1, Mar. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61H 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/02141 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1116 (2013.01); A61H 9/0078 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5071 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5084 (2013.01); A61H 2205/106 (2013.01); A61H 2209/00 (2013.01); A61H 2230/045 (2013.01); A61H 2230/625 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for applying therapy by pressure to a patient as a function of a patient condition, the assembly comprising:
a pressure therapy apparatus configured to be applied to a surface of the body of a patient;
means for securing the pressure therapy apparatus to the surface of the patient's body;
a patient condition sensor in the form of a position sensor and a pressure sensor wherein the patient position sensor is at least one of an accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, inclination sensor, tilt sensor, goniometer, or flex sensor;
an input element configured to receive information about a condition of the patient from the patient condition sensor; and
a controller configured to operate the pressure therapy apparatus as a function of the information received about the condition of the patient, and as a function of a change in an internal hydrostatic pressure of the patient estimated from the information.