Class 600/19 - ANTIGRAVATIONAL SYSTEMS

Subclass of Class 600 - Surgery
Definition: Subject matter including means adapted to protect air craft
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 01/04/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
7862501	System for preventing diastolic heart failure A pumping system for assisting the circulatory system of a patient, wherein the system includes a rotary flow blood pump by a first cannula connected to a portion of the left side of the heart and a second cannula connected to the aorta; and characterised in that th...	01/04/2011
7310999	Body volume measurement apparatus and method of measuring the body volume of a person An apparatus and method for measuring a volume of a person's body. The apparatus comprises a body suit having an inner layer and an outer layer which forms a body portion and a head portion. The body suit further has a cavity defined within the inner layer, the cavi...	12/25/2007
7270125	Combined aircrew systems tester (CAST) The invention enables testing of nearly all aircrew equipment including COMBAT EDGE system components which include a mask, a G-suit, communication systems, and a goggle. A gas system includes an input filter, a first compressor comprising at least one blower, prefe...	09/18/2007
7238151	Permanent heart assist system A heart assist system includes an axial-flow blood pump capable of being implanted in the descending thoracic aorta; a pressure-feedback controller connected to the pump, for controlling the pump, the controller capable of being implanted in the body; and a recharge...	07/03/2007
7144365	Implantable heart assist system and method of applying same An extracardiac pumping for supplementing the circulation of blood, including the cardiac output, in a patient without any component thereof being connected to the patient's heart, and method of using same. One embodiment of the extracardiac system comprises a pump ...	12/05/2006
7134489	System for controlling the discharge of drilling fluid A drilling system is provided for drilling a borehole into an earth formation, the drilling system comprising pump means for pumping drilling fluid into the borehole and discharge means for discharging drilling fluid from the borehole. The discharge means comprises ...	11/14/2006
7125376	Implantable heart assist system and method of applying same An extracardiac pumping for supplementing the circulation of blood, including the cardiac output, in a patient without any component thereof being connected to the patient's heart, and methods of using same. One embodiment of the intravascular extracardiac system co...	10/24/2006
6976666	Electromagnetic valve assembly for controlling airbag An electromagnetic valve assembly for controlling airbags, includes a single valve assembly joined by main valve bodies of two electromagnetic valves each having respective electromagnetic control coils. A ventilation opening of the joined single valve assembly is p...	12/20/2005
6811749	Self-contained pack assembly for an extracorporeal blood circuit A self-contained pack assembly includes all of the disposable components of an extracorporeal support circuit for cardiac bypass surgery. The pack assembly comprises a blood reservoir, a blood oxygenator, and a carrier for vertically mounting the blood reservoir and...	11/02/2004
6450943	Apparatus for and method of combating the gravity push-pull effect experienced by an airman wearing a flight suit An anti-G system is used to combat the push-pull effect experienced by airmen during and after a transition from a period of low or negative G force levels to high G force levels. The anti-G system includes an anti-G controller configured to receive signa...	09/17/2002
6228019	Valve assembly A valve assembly including an actuator and a valve, the valve including a valve body having first and second ports and a valve seat between the first and second ports, a valve member carried on a valve stem and the valve stem being moveable to move the va...	05/08/2001
6224538	Multi-function health device A multi-function health device is provided that includes a gas inflatable short clothes, a gas inflatable short trousers, and at least one pair of gas inflatable tubes connected to gas transmission tubes. The user may selectably wear gas inflation tubes o...	05/01/2001
6217506	Method of controlling a fluid A method of controlling a fluid in a life support system including at least one of a G-suit and a counterpressure garment including utilizing a control system comprising a control valve having a moveable part which is moved by an actuator in response to a...	04/17/2001
6043273	Compositions, apparatus and methods for facilitating surgical procedures Methods are provided for conducting surgical procedures in a patient wherein, during the surgical procedure, autonomous ventricular electrical conductivity and escape beats are reversibly and transiently suppressed to facilitate the surgical procedure. Al...	03/28/2000
6021519	Device for protecting against accelerations An apparatus for protecting a wearer against positive acceleration comprises: a trouser having inflatable pockets and a control unit having an outlet communicating with the pockets, an inlet communicating with a source of pressurized gas and an inertia bo...	02/08/2000
5958338	Mounting apparatus for blood handling systems A blood handling system has a first blood handling apparatus mounted on a second blood handling apparatus with a mounting apparatus. The mounting apparatus has two primary components: a retention sleeve attached to a stem that protrudes from the lower por...	09/28/1999
5649532	Breathing equipment for aircrew A facemask incorporating breathing equipment for use with a flying helmet (2) comprises a rigid outer shell (4) in which a flexible face-piece (3) is housed whose periphery makes an airtight seal with the pilot's face (1). The face-piece (3) includes an i...	07/22/1997
5536232	Anti-G suit with pressure regulator Inflating a fighter-pilot's anti-G suit to the correct pressure is facilitated by the pressure regulator design. Using Preview Control, the movement of the control stick is used to predict what the G-force on the aircraft will be in the time ahead. A comp...	07/16/1996
5421326	Heat resistant suit with active cooling system A heat resistant suit includes an inner garment designed to circulate cooling air against the wearer's body. The inner garment is connected to the cool air output of a vortex carried in a pocket in an outer, heat reflective coverall. A safety bottle is ca...	06/06/1995
5342583	Patient's stool and urine disposing apparatus An automatic stool and urine disposing apparatus provides disposal even if a patient is unconscious or is disabled, without requiring the help of a care taker. This apparatus is composed of a wearing section, a disposal device installed in an aperture in ...	08/30/1994
5318018	Advanced aircrew protection system An advanced aircrew protection system comprising a helmet assembly adapted to sustain a full pneumatic pressure within the helmet adjacent to the head of the wearer; a suit assembly adapted to sustain a pressure adjacent to selected parts of the body of t...	06/07/1994
5314402	Aircraft aircrew life support systems Inflation pressure of an aircrew G-suit is set by a servo-pressure which controls movement of inflation gas supply and vent valves 126 and 127, respectively. Servo-pressure is regulated by a torque motor controlled valve 124, 125 which receives a servo-de...	05/24/1994
5277693	Flight activated anti-G valve (FAAGV) A conventional mass-spring inertially controlled anti-G suit valve is modified by adding a first electrically actuated solenoid over the mass and valve spindle and a second electrically actuated solenoid over an anti-G suit exhaust port added to the modif...	01/11/1994
5275132	Timed primate roto-positioning method for preventing trauma and for simulating weightlessness A method, and apparatus, for rotating immobilized subhuman primate animal test subjects about one or more axes according to a preselected sequence to simulate weightlessness and to minimize trauma during simulated zero or micro-gravity studies is disclose...	01/04/1994
5226410	Physiological safety device for aircraft pilots A device providing physiological protection of aircraft pilots against the effects of altitude and accelerations includes a source of oxygen; a chest jacket fitted with at least one inflation bladder connected to a pressure reducing valve installed on a s...	07/13/1993
5133339	Exercise method and apparatus utilizing differential air pressure A method and exercise device using air pressure to apply a high force to the body is provided. The force, although not gravity, resembles gravity in its influence on the musculoskeletal mechanics of locomotion because of the method of application (air pre...	07/28/1992
5121744	Physiological G-suit modulator A physiological antigravitational system for use in modern avionics to prevent a pilot from becoming unconscious, or developing related conditions, and includes a crew member G-suit for use for pressurization of the crew during flight, the suit incorporat...	06/16/1992
4959047	Flexible lower body negative pressure trousers for -G_z acceleration protection A flexible lower body negative pressure (LBNP) anti-G suit for protecting against the adverse effects of -Gz acceleration is disclosed. Conventional anti-G suits protect against the adverse effects of +Gz acceleration. Accelerations ...	09/25/1990
4638791	Apparatus and methods for providing rapid protection from accelerative forces experienced by aircraft crew members Apparatus and methods for increasing the tolerance level of an aircraft aircrew member to G forces by providing a rapid response to the onset of the normal accelerative forces to inflate an anti-G suit worn by the aircrew member. An electronic controller ...	01/27/1987
4611578	Redundant piston pump for the operation of single or multiple chambered pneumatic blood pumps A redundant, pneumatic driver for a blood pump in which a pair of pistons are contained in a common cylinder and their stroke rates and lengths are selectively controlled by a controller which non-invasively senses the circulatory system requirements of t...	09/16/1986
4534338	Servo operated anti-G suit pressurization system A servo operated system for controlling pressurization of an aircraft pils anti-G suit during high energy maneuvers has a servo operated control valve and a feedback loop controller for minimizing pressure lag in the suit. The controller has dual modes o...	08/13/1985
4243024	G-Protection system sensing a change in acceleration and tilt angle A gravity protective system for pilots including a pressurized suit and a control system therefor for regulating the pressure in the suit in response to variations in acceleration along the thoracic axis of the pilot. Signals indicative of acceleration al...	01/06/1981
4230097	Breathing and acceleration protection apparatus for aircraft crew members A breathing and acceleration protection apparatus for the pilot of a fighter aircraft includes a source of pressurized respiratory gas (typically a liquid oxygen converter) and an anti-g regulator valve means fed by the source and connected to inflatable ...	10/28/1980
4215712	Ready pressure attachment for existing anti-G valves An attachment for use with an anti-G valve to substantially decrease the inflation time of an anti-G garment. A spring loaded, adjustable tension lever arm provides a downward force on a pressure valve causing the anti-G garment to partially inflate. The ...	08/05/1980
3956772	Control system for pre-inflation of pilot's G-suit In an electronic version of the present invention, the potentiometer is cected to an aircraft control stick for sensing the position thereof. The output is coupled to logic circuits that detect the position of the control stick, associated with a severe ...	05/18/1976

PatentStorm

Quotables

PatentStorm News

Class 600/19 - ANTIGRAVATIONAL SYSTEMS