Patents Assigned to Center for Disability Services
  • Publication number: 20240058188
    Abstract: A wheelchair is provided. First supports for supporting a user of the wheelchair are unevenly disposed to form a perimeter, and second supports for supporting the user of the wheelchair are unevenly disposed at least partially within the perimeter of the first supports. The first supports support the user when the first supports are in a raised position and the second supports are in a lowered position. The second supports support the user when the second supports are in a raised position and the first supports are in a lowered position. A alternation of supporting the user with the first supports or the second supports facilitates reduction of pressure sores of the user. In various embodiments, multiple groups of supports are used, the supports contour to a user's anatomy and/or the supports are pneumatic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Center for Disability Services
    Inventors: Eric H. Ledet, Colleen P. Healey, Joshua M. Peterson
  • Patent number: 11744750
    Abstract: A wheelchair is provided. First supports for supporting a user of the wheelchair are unevenly disposed to form a perimeter, and second supports for supporting the user of the wheelchair are unevenly disposed at least partially within the perimeter of the first supports. The first supports support the user when the first supports are in a raised position and the second supports are in a lowered position. The second supports support the user when the second supports are in a raised position and the first supports are in a lowered position. A alternation of supporting the user with the first supports or the second supports facilitates reduction of pressure sores of the user. In various embodiments, multiple groups of supports are used, the supports contour to a user's anatomy and/or the supports are pneumatic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Center for Disability Services
    Inventors: Eric H. Ledet, Colleen P. Healey, Joshua M. Peterson
  • Patent number: 11458051
    Abstract: A wheelchair is provided. First supports for supporting a user of the wheelchair are unevenly disposed to form a perimeter, and second supports for supporting the user of the wheelchair are unevenly disposed at least partially within the perimeter of the first supports. The first supports support the user when the first supports are in a raised position and the second supports are in a lowered position. The second supports support the user when the second supports are in a raised position and the first supports are in a lowered position. A alternation of supporting the user with the first supports or the second supports facilitates reduction of pressure sores of the user. In various embodiments, multiple groups of supports are used, the supports contour to a user's anatomy and/or the supports are pneumatic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Center for Disability Services
    Inventors: Eric H. Ledet, Colleen P. Healey, Joshua M. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20210235856
    Abstract: A toothbrush head and a method for brushing teeth. The toothbrush head includes a first brushing portion, and a second brushing portion. A first orientation of the toothbrush head includes the first brushing portion contacting an inside of at least one upper tooth and the second brushing portion contacting an outside of at least one lower tooth. A second orientation of the toothbrush head includes the first brushing portion contacting an inside of at least one lower tooth and the second brushing portion contacting an outside of at least one upper tooth. The method includes steps as follows: a) contacting, with a toothbrush head, an inside of at least one upper tooth concurrently with an outside of at least one lower tooth; and b) contacting, with the toothbrush head, an inside of at least one lower tooth concurrently an outside of at least one upper tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: CENTER FOR DISABILITY SERVICES
    Inventors: Eric Howard Ledet, Elizabeth Ann Capogna, Nicole Zimmer, Alexandria M. Brooks, Brianna D. Callahan, Alexander A. Diaz, Laura M. Gay, John W. Neill, Brett P. Rooney
  • Patent number: 10932966
    Abstract: A wheelchair is provided. The wheelchair includes supports for supporting a user. The supports are configured to reduce or prevent ischemia or pressure sores of the user. In another aspect, a system of supports for supporting a user is presented. A group of the supports is arranged along the perimeter of the shape. At least some of the group of the supports have different vertical positions. In another aspect, the supports are arranged as a repeating pattern of shapes, the individual supports being peripherally disposed along perimeters of the shapes. The repeating pattern of shapes includes a first shape overlapping with a second shape, and some of the individual supports are disposed along perimeters of both the first and second shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Center for Disability Services
    Inventors: Eric H. Ledet, Colleen P. Healey, Joshua M. Peterson