US 11,998,497 B2
Device for supporting a body part
Spyridon Masouros, London (GB); Grigorios Grigoriadis, London (GB); and Colin Boyle, London (GB)
Assigned to IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/275,852
Filed by Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/052549
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/053586, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1814813 (GB), filed on Sep. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0040017 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 5/00 (2006.01); A47C 27/08 (2006.01); A61G 5/10 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 5/1043 (2013.01) [A47C 27/083 (2013.01); A61G 7/05769 (2013.01); A61G 2203/34 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of supporting a body part, comprising:
providing a device comprising:
a first portion configured to support a body part, wherein, in use, the body part applies a first pressure to the first portion in a first direction;
means for detecting the first pressure; and
a second portion having means for applying a second pressure to the body part in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
detecting the first pressure;
determining the second pressure based on a user parameter; and
applying the second pressure to the body part in the second direction at a pre-determined ratio relative to the first pressure using said means for applying the second pressure to maintain the ratio of the second pressure to the first pressure between 0.5 and 0.9.