EP3104746A4 - Soiliton traveling wave air mattresses - Google Patents

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EP3104746A4
EP3104746A4 EP15749666.2A EP15749666A EP3104746A4 EP 3104746 A4 EP3104746 A4 EP 3104746A4 EP 15749666 A EP15749666 A EP 15749666A EP 3104746 A4 EP3104746 A4 EP 3104746A4
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soiliton
traveling wave
air mattresses
wave air
mattresses
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William Lawrence Chapin
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/08—Fluid mattresses or cushions
    • A47C27/10—Fluid mattresses or cushions with two or more independently-fillable chambers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/05—Parts, details or accessories of beds
    • A61G7/057—Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor
    • A61G7/05769—Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor with inflatable chambers
    • A61G7/05776—Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor with inflatable chambers with at least two groups of alternately inflated chambers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G2203/00—General characteristics of devices
    • A61G2203/30—General characteristics of devices characterised by sensor means
    • A61G2203/32—General characteristics of devices characterised by sensor means for force
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G2203/00—General characteristics of devices
    • A61G2203/30—General characteristics of devices characterised by sensor means
    • A61G2203/34—General characteristics of devices characterised by sensor means for pressure

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  • Nursing (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
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  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Invalid Beds And Related Equipment (AREA)
EP15749666.2A 2014-02-13 2015-02-10 Soliton traveling wave air mattress Not-in-force EP3104746B8 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US14/179,791 US9015885B2 (en) 2013-02-13 2014-02-13 Traveling wave air mattresses and method and apparatus for generating traveling waves thereon
US201462038946P 2014-08-19 2014-08-19
PCT/US2015/015269 WO2015123221A1 (en) 2014-02-13 2015-02-10 Soiliton traveling wave air mattresses

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EP3104746A1 EP3104746A1 (en) 2016-12-21
EP3104746A4 true EP3104746A4 (en) 2017-10-25
EP3104746B1 EP3104746B1 (en) 2018-12-19
EP3104746B8 EP3104746B8 (en) 2019-02-20

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EP15749666.2A Not-in-force EP3104746B8 (en) 2014-02-13 2015-02-10 Soliton traveling wave air mattress

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US5584085A (en) * 1989-08-24 1996-12-17 Surgical Design Corporation Support structure with motion
US20040261182A1 (en) * 2003-06-25 2004-12-30 Biggie Lydia B. Apparatus and method for exact control of cross over pressures, including high and low pressures, by dynamically varying the compressor pump output in alternating pressure support surfaces

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EP3104746B1 (en) 2018-12-19
CA2939545C (en) 2018-11-27
CA2939545A1 (en) 2015-08-20

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