Personal support device that provides uniform distribution of pressure on a body portion

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20110239372A1
SERIAL NO

13065877

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Embodiments of the technology provide a personal support device for provision of therapeutic support to a portion of a body resting thereon and methods associated with the device. Device embodiments include a substrate having an array of pressure-distributing element host sites, and a population of volumetrically-incompressible pressure-distributing elements at the host sites to form an array of pressure-distributing elements. A therapeutic surface overlays the pressure-distributing elements, and provides an interface between the array of pressure-distributing elements and an aspect of the body portion in contact with the therapeutic surface. The device is configured to form a supportive site within the therapeutic surface that is conformative to the aspect of the body portion in contact with the therapeutic surface when the body part is lying thereon. The supportive site is further configured to apply a substantially uniform distribution of pressure against the aspect of the body part in contact with the supportive site.

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PRS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC191 MEADOWOOD DRIVE PORTOLA VALLEY CA 94028

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bhat, Nikhil Fremont, US 40 524
Choi, George Yoseung Menlo Park, US 17 855

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