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7556040 Hyperbaric therapy capsule  
A hyperbaric capsule has a base forming a seat that can be enclosed by an elongate oval canopy having a large transparent window formed therein. The bottom of the front of the canopy is pivotally...
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...
6993791 Altitude protection device  
An altitude protection device for an acceleration protection suit having a plurality of liquid-filled veins is comprised of a bladder inserted in a pocket. A spacer fabric that is non-compressible...
6757916 Pressure applying garment  
A pressure-applying garment particularly suited for locating and applying pressure to transmitters is formed by a main inflatable bladder inflated to first pressure to press its inner wall toward a...
6742193 environmental pressure suits and method of manufacture  
A method of fabricating an articulated joint for a pressure vessel, especially a pressure suit, by separately forming a structural fabric and a gas barrier layer into a series of alternating peaks...
6695762 Fluid cooled pressure garment  
An anti-G pressure garment system incorporates an inflatable pressure bladder covering portions of the wearer's body. The bladder is provided with an area made of a first material formed by a...
6450944 Acceleration protective suit  
The suit according to the invention comprises, as well as a textile lining and a skin made of low stretch textile material, a double walled skin lying between them, made of moderately stretchable...
6387704 Method for compensating for the time-dependent change in coolant level during gas sorption analysis  
For use in a sorption analysis system, a method compensating for measuring error due to the time-dependent evaporation of liquid coolant and the resulting change in the level of the coolant and...
6325754 Acceleration protection suit  
The active part of the suit comprises in part one layer (3, 4) facing the body and another one facing away from it, both of a gas-tight, low stretch textile material, which are joined together at...
6290717 Temperature probe and interconnect cable for hypothermia catheter temperature feedback  
A disposable esophageal probe having dual temperature elements is connected to a cooling catheter controller via a reusable interconnect line to provide redundancy in temperature feedback to the...
6245009 Operational readiness and life support systems  
A wearable life support system integrates an antigravity compensation apparatus for providing counter-pressures on the human body in response to antigravity conditions with an environmental defense...
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...
5997465 Device for exerting an external pressure on a human body  
The invention relates to a device (1, 3, 37) for exerting an external pressure on a human body part. The device, which is designed to surround the body part with comfortable fit, comprises...
5961442 Control device for admitting pressure into anti-g pilot  
A control device for admitting compressed air into anti-g pilot pants to reduce the effects of forces of acceleration on the pilot. Flight maneuvers with rapid change from negative to positive...
5961441 Surgical otoscope and method  
The present invention is directed to a surgical otoscope for examining and operating upon the external ear canal and tympanum. The surgical otoscope comprises an optical diagnostic instrument and...
5832919 Portable inflatable enclosure system with filtered positive pressure gas fed therein  
A portable enclosure system and method for providing a suitable breathing atmosphere therein includes a chamber. The chamber may assume a variety of shapes. An electric fan and filter assembly is...
5538001 Oxygen masks  
A pressure breathing mask, particularly an aircrew oxygen mask, includes an exoskeleton (10), a flexible facepiece (11) with an oxygen delivery connection (15), an inflatable bladder (20)...
5431653 Knee joint flexion-gap distraction device  
A knee distraction device is provided for use in knee arthroplasty. A mechanism applies an adjustable distraction force between the tibial surface and a point on the distal femur of the flexed...
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...
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...
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...
5247926 Aircrew breathing gas regulators  
A breathing gas regulator for regulating delivery of breathing gas to an aircrew member wearing a liquid filled G-suit includes a relay valve having a diaphragm mounted valve plate for sensing...
5238008 Inflatable bladder system for monitoring lung pressure  
A flexible bladder is provided which may be positioned over the chest of a subject. The flexible bladder contains fluid having substantially the same density as the breathing gas in the subject's...
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...
5170814 High altitude G-valve  
A high altitude G-valve produces a pressure signal in response to altitude and G-load without a connection to an external altitude sensing device. Bleed path pressure regulation by an aneroid valve...
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...
5127896 Anthropomorphic tank suit  
This invention is an integrated anthropomorphic g-suit, with a breathing regulator and means for protecting the user of the suit from hostile environments. The suit has a flexible, distensible,...
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...
5027437 Suit for the support of a person's body in respect to acceleration forces  
A suite for the support of the body in respect of acceleration forces has ducts running therethrough forming pressure bodies which are distributed among different suit areas and are filled with a...
5007893 Combination anti-g and pressure suit  
A combined anti-G and pressure suit intended for use in a high performance aircraft includes a helmet into which is fed respiratory air and a cooperating body suit comprised of a plurality of...
4959047 Flexible lower body negative pressure trousers for -G.sub.z acceleration protection  
A flexible lower body negative pressure (LBNP) anti-G suit for protecting against the adverse effects of -G z acceleration is disclosed. Conventional anti-G suits protect against the adverse...
4925133 Hydraulic buoyancy force suit  
A method and apparatus for maintaining useful conciousness and reducing the risk of injury for a subject exposed to high levels of acceleration while in a vehicle. A buoyancy force suit is provided...
4906990 Anti-G system failure detection  
A system and method for alerting a crew member if his anti-G system is not at the proper pressure during a flight. Flight condition sensors and an anti-G suit pressure sensor input data to a...
4895320 Anticipatory control system for an anti-G suit  
A control system for an anti-G suit for aircraft pilots anticipates G-forces before they are incurred. The system has an available load circuit which receives the actual airspeed signal and...
4799476 Universal life support system  
A universal life support system adapted for use in an aircraft or spacecraft. The system includes components attached to the aircraft or spacecraft, components attached to the seat, and the...
4787576 Automatic multi-position G-protective ejection seat assembly  
A G-protective ejection seat assembly for an occupant of the cockpit of an aircraft. The assembly includes a cradle having a rigid, non-articulated upper portion and a rigid lower portion pivotally...
4736731 Rapid acting electro-pneumatic anti-G suit control valve  
A novel anti-G suit valve system is disclosed which provides very rapid response to imminent high acceleration. The disclosed embodiments of the new valve system can be retrofitted to existing...
4674479 Anti-G suit  
An improved anti-G suit incorporates stiffening inserts sized and shaped to cover each inflatable air bladder and inserted between the bladders and the anti-G suit fabric. The stiffeners may be...
4583522 Sequentially pressurized flight suit  
A valving system and modified anti-G flight suit are disclosed which operate in either of two modes. In an anti-blackout mode, pneumatic bladders in the flight suit are simultaneously inflated. In...
4546491 Device for protection against accelerations  
The device, which can be used to protect the pilots of high performance aircraft against the effect of accelerations, comprises a garment having at least trousers having pockets and a control...
4438650 Anti-G suit test rig  
A method of testing the effectiveness of Anti-G suits involves the use of a manikin shaped to correspond to the portion of the body over which the suit fits. The manikin is filled with fluid and...
4421109 Method and apparatus for simulating gravitational forces on a living organism  
A method and apparatus for simulating gravitational forces on a living organism wherein a series of negative pressures are externally applied to successive lengthwise sections of a lower limb of...
4346697 Method for treating depression and other maladies by means of patient-created symptom graphs  
The invention relates to a patient symptom chart on which symptom related graphs are created by the patient and a process of using these graphs in the treatment of various maladies including...
4340037 Method to prevent collapse of the anterior chamber utilizing a terminal with eye engaging detents  
An apparatus and method to prevent collapse of the anterior chamber of the eye during ophthalmic surgical procedures. The apparatus has an infusion terminal with external threads or detents which...
4219039 Multivariable anti-G valve  
An anti-G valve and control system for providing a multivariable, multi-profile, pressurization of aircrew anti-G garments are disclosed. The ramp characteristic, the ramp onset level, a step...
4217889 Flap development device and method of progressively increasing skin area  
An expansion device for temporary implantation beneath the skin and subcutaneous layer, there to be enlarged whereby to increase the surface area of tissue which overlays it, to provide a flap for...
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...
4209939 Doll using circulating fluid to simulate body temperature  
A skin structure in a doll providing simulated body temperature by fluid circulation comprised of two layers separated by studs forming passageways between said layers for the circulation of fluid...
4136678 Method of admitting solutions to medical drainage or irrigation conduits  
This invention relates to medical apparatus for such usages as urological irrigation, and in one embodiment comprises twin bags of solution, each of which has a valved orifice that may be removably...
4114601 Medical and surgical implement detection system  
A method by which surgical implements, surgical instruments, surgical sponges, surgical implantable devices and indwelling therapeutic devices and materials may be detected within the human body or...
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