US 11,981,099 B2
Methods for controlling and monitoring inflatable perfusion enhancement apparatuses and associated systems
Rafael Paolo Squitieri, Wilton, CT (US); Robert Charles Deutsch, Oakridge, CA (US); Steven Bruce Frazier, Sloatsburg, NY (US); Robert Loiacono, Young Harris, GA (US); Linda Seaman, Bridgeport, CT (US); and Erica Kelly, Bridgeport, CT (US)
Assigned to TurnCare, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by TurnCare, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/583,944.
Application 17/583,944 is a division of application No. 16/584,704, filed on Sep. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,504,927.
Application 16/584,704 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/363,094, filed on Mar. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/736,758, filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/690,206, filed on Jun. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/647,551, filed on Mar. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142840 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B29D 22/02 (2006.01); A61F 5/32 (2006.01); A61F 5/34 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01)
CPC B29D 22/02 (2013.01) [A61F 5/32 (2013.01); A61F 5/34 (2013.01); A61G 7/05776 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); A61G 2203/34 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a pressure-mitigation apparatus that is disposed between a human body and a surface, the method comprising:
determining, by a controller, that the pressure-mitigation apparatus is fluidically coupled to an egress interface of the controller based on an analysis of an output produced by a sensor that is proximate to the egress interface;
identifying, by the controller from among a plurality of programmable patterns, a programmable pattern that is associated with the pressure-mitigation apparatus to which the controller is fluidically coupled; and
inflating, by the controller, each chamber of a plurality of chambers of the pressure-mitigation apparatus to varying degrees in accordance with the programmable pattern through controlled operation of a plurality of valves, each of which regulates fluid flow into a different one of the plurality of chambers, thereby shifting a point of contact pressure applied by the surface to the human body over time.