EP 1009263 A1 20000621 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AN ELEMENT TO BE SUPPORTED, IN PARTICULAR A PATIENT'S BODY FOR MAINTAINING IT AT A PREDETERMINED WATER LINE
Title (en)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AN ELEMENT TO BE SUPPORTED, IN PARTICULAR A PATIENT'S BODY FOR MAINTAINING IT AT A PREDETERMINED WATER LINE
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM STÜTZEN EINES KÖRPERS, INSBESONDERE EINES PATIENTEN MIT EINER VORGEWÄHLTEN EINSINKTIEFE
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET APPAREIL DE SUPPORT D'UN ELEMENT A SUPPORTER, EN PARTICULIER LE CORPS D'UN PATIENT PERMETTANT UN SUPPORT A UNE LIGNE DE FLOTTAISON PREDETERMINEE
Publication
Application
Priority
- FR 9702376 W 19971222
- FR 9615848 A 19961223
Abstract (en)
[origin: US6009580A] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for supporting a body element. The apparatus includes at least one support device with at least one closed or controlled-release chamber, a filling device and an emptying means device for filling said chamber with a filling fluid and emptying the fluid from the chamber, and a distance-measurement device for measuring the distance between a top face and a bottom face of the chamber. The apparatus further includes a reaction-measurement device for measuring the reaction of the support device relative to the morphological data of the body element to be supported, and a control system including a combination device for combining the measurement of the penetration distance d provided by the distance-measurement device and the measurement of the reaction provided by the reaction-measurement device. This combination is advantageously constituted by summing the two obtained measurements. The invention makes it possible to support the element to be supported substantially in a position of equilibrium corresponding substantially to a predetermined float line.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A47C 27/10 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A61G 7/05769 (2013.01 - EP US); A61G 2203/34 (2013.01 - EP US); A61G 2203/40 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 6009580 A 20000104; AT E243966 T1 20030715; AU 5667698 A 19980717; BR 9714052 A 20000509; CA 2274951 A1 19980702; CA 2274951 C 20060815; DE 69723319 D1 20030807; DE 69723319 T2 20040422; EP 1009263 A1 20000621; EP 1009263 B1 20030702; EP 1009263 B9 20040804; FR 2757377 A1 19980626; FR 2757377 B1 19990312; JP 2001506892 A 20010529; JP 2007307393 A 20071129; WO 9827849 A1 19980702
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 99518397 A 19971222; AT 97952969 T 19971222; AU 5667698 A 19971222; BR 9714052 A 19971222; CA 2274951 A 19971222; DE 69723319 T 19971222; EP 97952969 A 19971222; FR 9615848 A 19961223; FR 9702376 W 19971222; JP 2007163205 A 20070620; JP 52847098 A 19971222