US 12,409,086 B2
Method and device for turning and positioning a patient using fillable chambers
Lawrence G. Ponsi, Wheeling, IL (US); Abhishek R. Patel, North Barrington, IL (US); Brett C. Blabas, Naperville, IL (US); and Jay R. Roberts, Cary, IL (US)
Assigned to Sage Products, LLC, Cary, IL (US)
Filed by Sage Products, LLC, Cary, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/397,666.
Application 18/397,666 is a division of application No. 17/733,422, filed on Apr. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,890,240.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/217,631, filed on Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/182,504, filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0164962 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. A61G 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/001 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient positioning and support system, the patient positioning and support system comprising:
a first sheet comprising a first edge and second edge opposite the first edge, the first sheet configured to contact a patient; and
a second sheet comprising a third edge and a fourth edge opposite the third edge, the second sheet is configured to contact a support surface, the third edge coupled to the first edge, the fourth edge coupled to the second edge, the second sheet coupled to the first sheet along a first stitched region separated from the third edge by a first distance and from the fourth edge by a second distance greater than the first distance, the second sheet cooperating with the first sheet and the first stitched region to define a first opening, the first opening extending between the third edge and the first stitched region to form a first pocket, the first pocket configured to form a first cushion for a head region of the patient while the first sheet and the second sheet support a sacrum region of the patient and a leg region of the patient.