US 12,109,160 B2
Apparatus for turning and positioning a patient with sensor elements and methods of use thereof
Ritika Parikh, Canton, MI (US); Becker Ardahji, Middlebury, IN (US); Abhishek R. Patel, North Barrington, IL (US); and Catherine S. Boulos, Cary, IL (US)
Assigned to Sage Products, LLC, Cary, IL (US)
Filed by Sage Products, LLC, Cary, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/862,054.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/220,847, filed on Jul. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011458 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 7/10 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/1026 (2013.01) [A61G 7/057 (2013.01); A61G 2203/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient positioning system comprising:
a wedge comprising a wedge body, the wedge body having a top wall and a bottom wall, the wedge body being configured to deform in response to a pressure applied to the wedge, the wedge body defining a cavity;
an applicator base having a first side and a second side;
a plurality of sensors, the sensors being configured to sense the pressure applied to the wedge, the sensors being coupled to the first side; and
an applicator sleeve, the applicator base and the sensors being disposed inside of the applicator sleeve such that the applicator sleeve covers the first side of the applicator base, the sensors, and the second side of the applicator base, the applicator sleeve and the applicator base therein being disposed inside the cavity such that the first side of the applicator base faces the top wall and the second side of the applicator base faces the bottom wall.