Patents by Inventor Arthur A. Ezra

Arthur A. Ezra 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).

  • Pressure-relieving wheelchair seating apparatus
    Patent number: 6676215
    Abstract: A seating apparatus for supporting a lower body region of an immobilized person for avoidance and relief of decubitus ulcers which provides regular intervals of seating pressure reduction below a predetermined seating pressure for a predetermined relief period. The seating apparatus includes a plurality of slats/cushions which may be displaced between a first support position wherein each of the slats/cushions is co-planar with a defined plane and a second displaced position wherein each of the slats/cushions is displaced a distance D from the defined plane for the predetermined relief period whereby capillary blood pressure is reduced below the predetermined seating pressure in the unsupported portion of the lower body region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Mehendra C. Shah, Arthur A. Ezra
  • Pressure-relieving wheelchair seating apparatus
    Patent number: 6557937
    Abstract: A seating apparatus for supporting a lower body region of an immobilized person for avoidance and relief of decubitus ulcers which provides regular intervals of seating pressure reduction below a predetermined seating pressure for a predetermined relief period. The seating apparatus includes a plurality of slats/cushions which may be displaced between a first support position wherein each of the slats/cushions is co-planar with a defined plane and a second displaced position wherein each of the slats/cushions is displaced a distance D from the defined plane for the predetermined relief period whereby capillary blood pressure is reduced below the predetermined seating pressure in the unsupported portion of the lower body region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Mahendra C. Shah, Arthur A. Ezra