Care unit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9907688
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13946038

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A care unit can include a base member and a plurality of petal members. Each petal member can extend from a first end, engaged with the base member, to a second end, spaced from the base member. Inward-facing surfaces of at least two petal members and the base member can collectively define a cavity for receiving at least a portion of the patient. The care unit can further include one or both of a therapy component, configured to provide a treatment to the patient, or a sensor component, configured to monitor a condition of the patient. The therapy component can be coupled to, or integrated with, one or both of the base member or a petal member and can include an optical light source, a thermal energy source, an oxygen or air source, a sound wave source, a sound wave-cancelling source, or a pulsating source, for example.

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REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA600 MCNAMARA ALUMNI CENTER 200 OAK STREET SE MINNEAPOLIS MN 55455-2020

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  • 2013 Application Filing Year
  • A61F Class
  • 4951 Applications Filed
  • 4388 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 88.63 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Amor, David Glenview, US 2 77
Ferguson, John E Minneapolis, US 4 34
Krocak, James Minneapolis, US 2 6
Pardo, Lamos Nicole Eugenia Humble, US 2 21
Paul, Saurav Minneapolis, US 121 8199
Pino, Felicity Kansas City, US 1 6
Roberts, Kari St. Paul, US 4 9
Ruth, Greg Chanhassen, US 1 6
Schneider, Blaine St. Paul, US 6 33
Singal, Ashish Blaine, US 14 686

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