US 11,737,905 B2
Inflatable perfusion enhancement apparatuses and associated devices, systems and methods
Rafael Paolo Squitieri, Wilton, CT (US); Robert Charles Deutsch, Oakridge, NJ (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 Oct. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/495,072.
Application 17/495,072 is a division 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 2022/0023087 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 5/34 (2006.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61F 5/32 (2006.01); B29D 22/02 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/34 (2013.01) [A61F 5/32 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); B29D 22/02 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing an attachment apparatus designed to secure, to a support surface, a pressure-mitigation apparatus, that includes a plurality of chambers that individually are controlled to vary pressure therein, the method comprising:
acquire a roll of pliable material that provides tackiness to naturally limit movement of the pressure-mitigation apparatus in relation to the support surface;
cutting the pliable material into a first segment and a second segment;
creating a cavity by forming an interconnection along a periphery of the first and second segments; and
inserting a pliable core into the cavity.