US 12,076,952 B2
Systems and methods for controlling and monitoring inflatable perfusion enhancement apparatus for mitigating contact pressure
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 Oct. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/047,957.
Application 18/047,957 is a continuation 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 2023/0107031 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
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)] 20 Claims
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1. A controller that, in operation, manages inflation of chambers of a pressure-mitigation apparatus disposed between a human body and a surface, the controller comprising:
a structural body that includes an egress interface to which the pressure-mitigation apparatus is fluidically couplable;
a sensor that is arranged proximate to the egress interface;
a memory that includes instructions for regulating a flow of fluid provided by a pump to inflate the chambers of the pressure-mitigation apparatus in a controlled manner; and
a processor that is configured to execute the instructions to:
determine, based on an analysis of an output produced by the sensor, that the pressure-mitigation apparatus is fluidically coupled to the egress interface,
identify a programmed pattern corresponding to the pressure-mitigation apparatus, and
cause the chambers of the pressure-mitigation apparatus to be inflated to varying degrees in accordance with the programmed pattern.