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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2022
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Barbara Wadsworth, Blue Bell, PA (US);
George C. Prendergast, Narberth, PA (US);
Barbara Merle Gilmore, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Aidan Hyde, Collingswood, NJ (US);
Andrew Mazzotta, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Dylan Paproski, Littleton, CO (US);
Christopher Scholl, West Chester, PA (US);
LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Abstract
A personal injury mitigation device for sensing a fall condition and responsively deploying a protective device in bathrooms or other elevated-risk spatial environments. A fall sensing system of the device includes a sensor and an analysis module that processes a signal from the sensor to determine whether a fall condition exists, and if so, transmits a trigger signal to a deployment system. The deployment system includes a stored energy system and an actuation system operable to release stored energy in response to receipt of the trigger signal. An impact mitigation device receives the released energy from the deployment system, which causes deployment of a protective device (such as an airbag) from a housing in which the protective device is stored in a compact state. In the deployed state, the protective device is operable to protect a person against injury due to impact resulting from a fall.