Beds – Invalid bed or surgical support – Tiltable along a longitudinal axis
Patent
1995-02-17
1997-02-18
Trettel, Michael F.
Beds
Invalid bed or surgical support
Tiltable along a longitudinal axis
5914, A61C 700
Patent
active
056031335
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for preventing bed sores in a bedridden patient including a frame and first and second sets of substantially rectangular air bags for supporting a patient thereon mounted transversely on the frame, all of the air bags being connected to a gas source to maintain low interface pressures between a patient and the air bags to inhibit the formation and permit healing of bed sores caused by prolonged contact with hard surfaces. The conformation of the air bags is such that when the adjacent air bags are alternately inflated and deflated, the patient is rotated from side to side on the bed to therapeutically inhibit pulmonary problems and maintain low interface pressures between the patient and the air bags. The conformation of the air bags retains the patient thereon when rolled in each direction.
The method of the present invention comprises inflating a plurality of adjacent air bags to a selected pressure for supporting a patient thereon to maintain low interface pressures between the patient and the air bags and alternately inflating and deflating adjacent air bags to cause the patient to be rotated from side to side to therapeutically inhibit pulmonary problems and maintain low interface pressures. The pressure in certain air bags can be maintained at a selected pressure, thereby substantially immobilizing a portion of the patient's body.
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Trettel Michael F.
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