System for Minimizing Multi-Dimensional Displacement of the Body

    公开(公告)号:US20170202276A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-20

    申请号:US15436206

    申请日:2017-02-17

    摘要: A garment incorporates shape memory alloy, either in shape memory or super-elastic states, an accelerometer, a power source, a microprocessor, and an algorithm implemented by the microprocessor to learn and adapt to the displacement pattern of the wearer's body during a physical activity. The shape memory alloy is in the form of SMA or super-elastic wires integrated into portions of the garment, whereby activating the wire(s) shortens the corresponding wire to produce a compressive force on the wearer's body within the garment. The system thereby provides real-time, active suspension to control breast displacement, jiggle or bounce. The system provides real-time feedback to a memory or super-elastic material integrated into the garment to provide adaptive force and displacement to counteract the push-off and landing forces at each footfall of the moving wearer affecting displacement of the body.

    Compression Integument
    12.
    发明申请
    Compression Integument 审中-公开
    压缩文字

    公开(公告)号:US20150065930A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-05

    申请号:US14485690

    申请日:2014-09-13

    IPC分类号: A61H1/00

    摘要: A mobile compression integument for applying controllable scrolling or intermittent sequential forces, such as compression forces, to the body and limbs of a user comprises an elongated fabric body sized to encircle a limb of a user, one or more shape-changing elements carried by the fabric body and configured to apply a compression pressure to the limb through the fabric body upon changing shape in response to a stimulus, and a micro-processor based controller for selectively actuating the one or more shape-changing elements to reduce the effective diameter of the integument encircling the limb, to thereby apply pressure to the limb.

    摘要翻译: 用于将可控制的滚动或间歇顺序的力(例如压缩力)施加到使用者的身体和肢体的移动压缩外皮包括细长织物体,其尺寸设计成环绕使用者的肢体,一个或多个形状变化元件由 织物本体并且被配置为响应于刺激而在形状改变时通过织物本体施加压缩压力;以及基于微处理器的控制器,用于选择性地致动所述一个或多个形状变化元件以减小所述织物本体的有效直径 包围肢体,从而对肢体施加压力。

    Patient Compliance Monitoring System

    公开(公告)号:US20220233378A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17648947

    申请日:2022-01-26

    IPC分类号: A61G7/057 A61G7/075

    摘要: A patient compliance monitoring system is provided for monitoring patient compliance in the use of a plurality of patient care and recovery devices in the hospital room. Sensors are associated with each of the devices to detect a usage history of the associated device and to generate usage data therefore. One device is a patient positioning device including a wedge-shaped body with at least one pressure sensor associated with the bottom surface. The wedge-shaped body is formed of a compressible viscoelastic open-cell foam composition that is adapted to compress under the weight so that the angle of the ramp surface of the wedge decreases from an initial ramp angle to a tilt angle for supporting the patient.

    Compression device especially for preventing deep vein thrombosis

    公开(公告)号:US11173095B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-16

    申请号:US16372602

    申请日:2019-04-02

    IPC分类号: A61H11/00

    摘要: A compression device particularly suited for DVT prophylaxis includes a disposable wrap and a re-usable controller removably mounted on the wrap to apply a tensioning force to the wrap when it is encircling the limb of a patient. The wrap includes an RF chip with a unique identifier and the controller includes an RF sensor and processor to authenticate the wrap before commencing a compression cycle. A kiosk is provided for storing a plurality of wraps for use by patients and a plurality of controllers to be used with any of the wraps. The processor of each controller can control an electric motor in the controller to tighten and loosen the wrap according to a three-stage DVT prophylaxis protocol that produces an optimum blood flow velocity. An accelerometer and software/firmware in the controller can also measure and summarize patient activity while wearing the device.

    Compression Device
    15.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210121356A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-29

    申请号:US17141664

    申请日:2021-01-05

    IPC分类号: A61H7/00 A61H11/00 A61N1/36

    摘要: A wearable massage and/or compression device for applying controllable scrolling or intermittent sequential forces, such as compression forces, to the body and limbs of a user comprises an elongated fabric body sized to encircle a limb of a user, one or more shape-memory wires carried by the fabric body and configured to apply a compression pressure to the limb through the fabric body upon changing shape in response to a stimulus, and a micro-processor based controller for selectively actuating the one or more shape-changing elements to reduce the effective diameter of the device encircling the limb, to thereby apply pressure to the limb.

    Compression Device Especially for Preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis

    公开(公告)号:US20200315905A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US16372602

    申请日:2019-04-02

    IPC分类号: A61H11/00

    摘要: A compression device particularly suited for DVT prophylaxis includes a disposable wrap and a re-usable controller removably mounted on the wrap to apply a tensioning force to the wrap when it is encircling the limb of a patient. The wrap includes an RF chip with a unique identifier and the controller includes an RF sensor and processor to authenticate the wrap before commencing a compression cycle. A kiosk is provided for storing a plurality of wraps for use by patients and a plurality of controllers to be used with any of the wraps. The processor of each controller can control an electric motor in the controller to tighten and loosen the wrap according to a three-stage DVT prophylaxis protocol that produces an optimum blood flow velocity. An accelerometer and software/firmware in the controller can also measure and summarize patient activity while wearing the device.

    Compression device
    17.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10441491B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-15

    申请号:US14823040

    申请日:2015-08-11

    IPC分类号: A61H1/00 A61H7/00

    摘要: A wearable massage and/or compression device for applying controllable scrolling or intermittent sequential forces, such as compression forces, to the body and limbs of a user comprises an elongated fabric body sized to encircle a limb of a user, one or more shape-memory wires carried by the fabric body and configured to apply a compression pressure to the limb through the fabric body upon changing shape in response to a stimulus, and a micro-processor based controller for selectively actuating the one or more shape-changing elements to reduce the effective diameter of the device encircling the limb, to thereby apply pressure to the limb.

    Lace Tightener Incorporating SMA Wire
    18.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190261744A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-29

    申请号:US16411271

    申请日:2019-05-14

    IPC分类号: A43C11/16 A43C11/00 A43B3/00

    摘要: A lace-tightening device for a shoe lace in a shoe comprises a rotating cam within a housing disposed within the shoe. The cam is connected to the opposite ends of the shoe lace and includes an outer surface for receiving the shoe lace as the cam rotates to pull the lace. A ratchet arm is slidably disposed within the housing and includes linear teeth arranged to engage the teeth of a driven gear as the ratchet arm translates in a linear direction. to rotate the gear in the one direction. The driven gear is part of a gear train connected to the cam to rotate the cam. The ratchet arm is pulled by at least one shape memory alloy (SMA) wire attached to a controller that is configured to execute a power cycle to energize and deenergize the SMA wire to thereby sequentially translate the ratchet arm in the linear direction, and ultimately to incrementally pull and tighten the shoe lace.

    System for minimizing multi-dimensional breast displacement

    公开(公告)号:US10188152B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-29

    申请号:US15410551

    申请日:2017-01-19

    摘要: A bra incorporates shape memory alloy, either in shape memory or super-elastic states, an accelerometer, a power source, a microprocessor, and an algorithm implemented by the microprocessor to learn and adapt to the displacement pattern of the wearer's breast during a physical activity. The shape memory alloy is in the form of SMA or super-elastic wires integrated into portions of the bra, whereby activating the wire(s) shortens the corresponding wire to produce a compressive force on the breast within the bra. The system thereby provides real-time, active suspension to control breast displacement or bounce. The system provides real-time feedback to a memory or super-elastic material integrated into the bra to provide adaptive force and displacement to counteract the push-off and landing forces at each footfall of the moving wearer affecting breast displacement.

    Lace Tightener Incorporating SMA Wire
    20.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170318908A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-09

    申请号:US15498948

    申请日:2017-04-27

    IPC分类号: A43C11/16 A43C9/08 A43B3/00

    摘要: A lace-tightening device for a shoe lace in a shoe comprises a rotating cam within a housing disposed within the shoe. The cam is connected to the opposite ends of the shoe lace and includes an outer surface for receiving the shoe lace as the cam rotates to pull the lace. A driven gear disposed is rotatably coupled to the cam through a one-way clutch configured so that rotation of the driven gear in one direction rotates the cam in the one direction, thereby tightening the shoe lace connected to the rotating cam. A ratchet arm is slidably disposed within the housing and includes linear teeth arranged to engage the teeth of the driven gear as the ratchet arm translates in a linear direction. to rotate the gear in the one direction. The ratchet arm is pulled by at least one shape memory alloy (SMA) wire attached at one end to the ratchet arm and at its opposite end to a controller. The controller is configured to execute a power cycle to energize and deenergize the SMA wire so that the wire sequentially shrinks and returns to its original length to thereby sequentially translate the ratchet arm in the linear direction, and ultimately to incrementally pull and tighten the shoe lace. The controller repeats the cycle a number of times until the lace reaches a tightness desired by the user.