Document Type
Article
Publication Date
May 2021
Patent Number
11001353
CPC
B63C 9/18, B63C 9/1255, A41D 7/00, A61B 5/0488, A61B 5/1094, A61B 5/6804
Abstract
In one embodiment, a personal flotation device that can be worn by a user includes an inflation system including an inflatable bladder, a gas-generating component configured to generate gas using a chemical reaction and inject the generated gas into the bladder to inflate it, and an actuator configured to activate the gas-generating component; a sensor configured to sense one or more physiological parameters of the user; and an inflation control system configured to receive physiological parameter data from the sensor, to determine whether or not the user is experiencing a medical event that places the user at risk of drowning, and, if the user is experiencing such a medical event, to signal the actuator to activate the gas-generating component so as to provide floatation to the user.
Application Number
16/520581
Recommended Citation
Sunol, Aydin Kemal; Ticknor, Evan James; Guardiano, Selina Kyle; Jacobson, Timothy Warren; Rogers, Everett David; Cogswell, Kyle Louis; Frisina, Robert Dana; and Passaglia, Christopher Lawrence, "Gas-inflatable personal flotation devices" (2021). USF Patents. 1250.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/1250
Assignees
University of South Florida
Filing Date
07/24/2019
