Patents by Inventor Kevin Patmore
Kevin Patmore has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11642266Abstract: A patient support apparatus is provided with selective stiffening features. The patient support apparatus may include a support substrate defining a patient support surface. The support substrate may include a magnetorheological material providing selective reinforcement support of at least a portion of the patient support surface to redistribute pressure about a surface of a patient. The magnetorheological material may include a distribution of ferromagnetic particles disposed within a polymeric material and exhibits a shape conforming, variable stiffness in response to exposure to a magnetic field. A controller may be provided and configured to create a correlation of patient specific data with an optimal stiffness or inflection force deflection (IFD) of the patient support surface, and generate a strength of the magnetic field based on the correlation.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Justin Raymond, Patrick Lafleche, Kevin Patmore
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Publication number: 20210059881Abstract: A patient support apparatus is provided with selective stiffening features. The patient support apparatus may include a support substrate defining a patient support surface. The support substrate may include a magnetorheological material providing selective reinforcement support of at least a portion of the patient support surface to redistribute pressure about a surface of a patient. The magnetorheological material may include a distribution of ferromagnetic particles disposed within a polymeric material and exhibits a shape conforming, variable stiffness in response to exposure to a magnetic field. A controller may be provided and configured to create a correlation of patient specific data with an optimal stiffness or inflection force deflection (IFD) of the patient support surface, and generate a strength of the magnetic field based on the correlation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Justin Raymond, Patrick Lafleche, Kevin Patmore
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Patent number: 8234727Abstract: A patient transfer device includes a mat, with an upper side and a gas permeable lower side. The mat includes a chamber between its upper and lower sides, which is operable to be in fluid communication with an air source such that when air flows into the mat, the air will flow into the chamber and through the gas permeable lower side to form an air film between the mat and a surface on which the mat is supported at its lower side. In addition, the lower side of the mat is substantially planar when the mat is inflated. A system for controlling the inflation of the mat may be used that automatically adjusts for the inflation of the mat during patient transfer.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Austin Schreiber, Kevin Patmore
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Publication number: 20110056017Abstract: A patient transfer device includes a mat, with an upper side and a gas permeable lower side. The mat includes a chamber between its upper and lower sides, which is operable to be in fluid communication with an air source such that when air flows into the mat, the air will flow into the chamber and through the gas permeable lower side to form an air film between the mat and a surface on which the mat is supported at its lower side. In addition, the lower side of the mat is substantially planar when the mat is inflated. A system for controlling the inflation of the mat may be used that automatically adjusts for the inflation of the mat during patient transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: STRYKER CORPORATIONInventors: Austin Schreiber, Kevin Patmore
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Patent number: 7412735Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a base, a litter frame, and an elevation mechanism interconnecting the base to the litter frame and being configured to effect changes in elevation of the litter frame relative to the base. The elevation mechanism includes a pair of hydraulic actuators, each actuator covered by a telescoping shroud. The telescoping shroud is connected to the base and to the litter frame by a number of biased catches. The litter frame includes a pair of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending support rails and a plurality of laterally extending support rails interconnecting the longitudinally extending support rails so that the litter frame has a rectangular configuration. The litter frame includes a thigh section configured to be raised and lowered by use of one of a manually pumped hydraulic actuator or a gas-spring assisted lever actuator.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2005Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Richard L. McDaniel, Jeffrey C. Shiery, Kevin Patmore, William D. Childs, Michael J. Petrowski
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Publication number: 20070266494Abstract: The present invention provides an air bearing pallet comprising a network of tethers oriented and connected between the upper and bottom sheets of a plenum chamber, which cause a system of indentations to become formed in the bottom sheet when the plenum chamber is inflated. Perforations in the bottom sheet enable air to escape thereby generating an air film below the chamber within the predefined system of indentations. The size, shape, depth, bottom surface tension/stiffness, airflow through, quantity and location of the indentations can be varied in order to optimize lifting performance and efficiency and reduce system level losses over irregularities and gaps in the support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2007Publication date: November 22, 2007Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: Richard DeLuca, Kevin Patmore
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Publication number: 20060031991Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a base, a litter frame, and an elevation mechanism interconnecting the base to the litter frame and being configured to effect changes in elevation of the litter frame relative to the base. The elevation mechanism includes a pair of hydraulic actuators, each actuator covered by a telescoping shroud. The telescoping shroud is connected to the base and to the litter frame by a number of biased catches. The litter frame includes a pair of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending support rails and a plurality of laterally extending support rails interconnecting the longitudinally extending support rails so that the litter frame has a rectangular configuration. The litter frame includes a thigh section configured to be raised and lowered by use of one of a manually pumped hydraulic actuator or a gas-spring assisted lever actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2005Publication date: February 16, 2006Inventors: Richard McDaniel, Jeffrey Shiery, Kevin Patmore, William Childs, Michael Petrowski
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Patent number: D804039Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin Patmore, Sarah Mynhier, Adam Dudycha, Bryce Porter, Donald S. Strum, Yuka Midorikawa-Haelters, Matthew Schmitt, William Robert Parcells