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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2019
Aydin Kemal Sunol, Tampa, FL (US);
Evan James Ticknor, Kissimmee, FL (US);
Selina Kyle Guardiano, Port Orange, FL (US);
Timothy Warren Jacobson, Jensen Beach, FL (US);
Everett David Rogers, Largo, FL (US);
Kyle Louis Cogswell, Tampa, FL (US);
Robert Dana Frisina, Tampa, FL (US);
Christopher Lawrence Passaglia, Lutz, GA (US);
Aydin Kemal Sunol, Tampa, FL (US);
Evan James Ticknor, Kissimmee, FL (US);
Selina Kyle Guardiano, Port Orange, FL (US);
Timothy Warren Jacobson, Jensen Beach, FL (US);
Everett David Rogers, Largo, FL (US);
Kyle Louis Cogswell, Tampa, FL (US);
Robert Dana Frisina, Tampa, FL (US);
Christopher Lawrence Passaglia, Lutz, GA (US);
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
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.