James Robert Patrick

US Patent:

7114204, Oct 3, 2006

Filed:

Jan 14, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/036413

Inventors:

James Patrick - Plainfield IL, US

Assignee:

Smart Medical Technology, Inc. - Darien IL

International Classification:

A61G 7/14
A61G 1/044
A47C 27/08

US Classification:

5 811R, 5 811 HS, 5628, 5713

Abstract:

A patient transfer apparatus including an inflatable mattress, alternatively with a rigid top board with a patient restraint system on which a patient can be placed, when patient immobilization is required. A portable cart is included with a chamber for storage of a plurality of mattresses. The cart also has a gas/air blower and power supply system for empowering the blower. The power system includes provision for drawing power from line AC/DC, and has a rechargeable battery and charger for maintaining the battery by connecting the supply to the line AC/DC. The mattress has a perforated bottom surface for exit of air to provide an air cushion, and is constructed with a white top surface and a dark bottom surface for optimum recognition of contamination, and identification of the bottom surface which must be placed downward. The cart is coated with an antimicrobial substance to minimize the risk of contaminants.

US Patent:

7735164, Jun 15, 2010

Filed:

Dec 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/999738

Inventors:

James E. Patrick - Plainfield IL, US

Assignee:

Smart Medical Technology, Inc. - Darien IL

International Classification:

A61G 7/14
A47C 27/10

US Classification:

5 811HS, 5710, 5713, 5715

Abstract:

A disposable patient transfer mattress includes a rectangular top sheet, a rectangular bottom sheet, internal baffles, and a receptacle configured to receive a connector for supplying air to inflate the mattress. The bottom sheet corresponds to the top sheet, and the periphery of the bottom sheet is joined to the periphery of the top sheet. The internal baffles extend between the top sheet and the bottom sheet. Each baffle is a rectangular sheet with first and second parallel edges, and each baffle is joined to the top sheet along the first edge and to the bottom sheet along the second edge. The bottom sheet has a plurality of holes configured to provide a continuous cushion of air under the mattress when the mattress is inflated. The top sheet, bottom sheet, and internal baffles are made of fabric backed with a thermally weldable material, where the thermally weldable material faces the interior of the mattress for facilitating thermal welding of the baffles to the top surface and the bottom surface.

US Patent:

8276222, Oct 2, 2012

Filed:

Oct 3, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/538211

Inventors:

James E. Patrick - Plainfield IL, US

Assignee:

Smart Medical Technology, Inc. - Darien IL

International Classification:

A61G 7/14
A61G 1/044

US Classification:

5 811HS, 5713

Abstract:

A patient transfer kit including an inflatable mattress, alternatively with a rigid top board with a patient restraint system on which a patient can be placed, when patient immobilization is required. A portable cart is included with a chamber for storage of a plurality of mattresses. The cart also has a gas/air blower and power supply system for powering the blower. The power system includes provision for drawing power from line AC/DC, and has a rechargeable battery and charger for maintaining the battery by connecting the supply to the line AC/DC. The mattress has a perforated bottom surface for exit of air to provide an air cushion, and is constructed with a white top surface and a dark bottom surface for optimum recognition of contamination, and identification of the bottom surface which must be placed downward. The cart is coated with an antimicrobial substance to minimize the risk of contaminants.

US Patent:

20030159212, Aug 28, 2003

Filed:

Feb 25, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/080903

Inventors:

James Patrick - Darien IL, US
Jose Cortes - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

A61G007/10
A47C027/08

US Classification:

005/08110R, 005/713000

Abstract:

A pneumatic support and transfer system particularly useful for transferring morbidly obese patients from one location such as a hospital bed to another location such as a stretcher includes a specially constructed air mattress having a soft yet stable cradle formed by a peripheral air chamber which is in continuous communication with open ended passages formed by separate fluid impervious surface panels which maintain the top and bottom surfaces of the mattress out of contact with one another when the mattress is pressurized.

US Patent:

20120124752, May 24, 2012

Filed:

Nov 22, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/302703

Inventors:

James E. Patrick - Plainfield IL, US

Assignee:

SMART MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. - Darien IL

International Classification:

A47C 27/10
A47C 17/00
A47C 27/08

US Classification:

5703, 5706

Abstract:

A body transport apparatus including an inflatable air mattress with a plurality of air exit holes on the bottom to provide an air cushion when the mattress is inflated and a cover portion connected to the mattress adjacent a perimeter to define an enclosed volume. The cover portion may include a selectively closeable passageway. A flap may be defined in the cover portion that is movable between open and closed configurations. A plurality of hollows may be defined in the cover portion when inflated to define a body contact area that is less than a surface area of the top surface.

US Patent:

20130000050, Jan 3, 2013

Filed:

Sep 7, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/607271

Inventors:

James E. Patrick - Plainfield IL, US

International Classification:

A47C 27/08

US Classification:

5715, 5714

Abstract:

A patient transfer kit including an inflatable mattress, alternatively with a rigid top board with a patient restraint system on which a patient can be placed, when patient immobilization is required. A portable cart is included with a chamber for storage of a plurality of mattresses. The cart also has a gas/air blower and power supply system for powering the blower. The power system includes provision for drawing power from line AC/DC, and has a rechargeable battery and charger for maintaining the battery by connecting the supply to the line AC/DC. The mattress has a perforated bottom surface for exit of air to provide an air cushion, and is constructed with a white top surface and a dark bottom surface for optimum recognition of contamination, and identification of the bottom surface which must be placed downward. The cart is coated with an antimicrobial substance to minimize the risk of contaminants.

US Patent:

20150359695, Dec 17, 2015

Filed:

Jul 27, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/810035

Inventors:

James E. Patrick - Plainfield IL, US

Assignee:

Smart Medical Technology, Inc. - Darien IL

International Classification:

A61G 7/10
A61G 13/10

Abstract:

A body transport apparatus including an inflatable air mattress with a plurality of air exit holes on the bottom to provide an air cushion when the mattress is inflated and a cover portion connected to the mattress adjacent a perimeter to define an enclosed volume. The cover portion may include a selectively closeable passageway. A flap may be defined in the cover portion that is movable between open and closed configurations. A plurality of hollows may be defined in the cover portion when inflated to define a body contact area that is less than a surface area of the top surface.

US Patent:

20140082836, Mar 27, 2014

Filed:

Nov 26, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/090952

Inventors:

James E. Patrick - Plainfield IL, US
Geoffrey David Pile - Plainfield IL, US

International Classification:

A47C 27/08
A61G 7/10

US Classification:

5 811HS, 5703

Abstract:

A body transport apparatus may include top and bottom portions that have a perimeter seal and an interior seal offset from the perimeter seal to define a non-inflatable frame portion and an inflatable air mattress portion. The bottom portion includes a plurality of air exit holes configured to provide an air cushion under the mattress portion when the mattress portion is inflated. The frame portion includes a plurality of handle openings and a channel so that the inflatable air mattress portion extends through the frame portion for a remote receptacle disposed outside the perimeter seal. A partial body transport apparatus may include the channel extending into the frame portion so that a remote receptacle is disposed within the perimeter seal and an inflatable air mattress portion having a longitudinal extent that is approximately 75% to 125% of a lateral extent.