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Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2020
Applicant:

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael G. Fanton, Los Altos, CA (US);

August G. Domel, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Hossein Vahid Alizadeh, Mountain View, CA (US);

David B. Camarillo, Stanford, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/10 (2006.01); A42B 3/12 (2006.01); F16F 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/106 (2013.01); A42B 3/121 (2013.01); F16F 9/08 (2013.01); F16F 2222/12 (2013.01); F16F 2228/001 (2013.01); F16F 2230/36 (2013.01); F16F 2236/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices, systems, and methods for shock absorption are provided herein. Collapsible shock absorption devices have an inner wall having at least one orifice, an outer wall, and a fluid sealed within the outer wall can mitigate sharp increases in force during loading and can better distribute loading forces. In some cases, collapsible shock absorption devices disclosed herein are used for prevention of injury to a biological tissue of a subject or damage to an inanimate object.


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