Clinical support pad

Details Clinical support pad Clinical support pad

2009-07-30

2011-11-08

Trettel, Michael (Department: 3673)

Beds

Mattress

Having confined gas

C005S712000, C005S655300

Reexamination Certificate

active

08051516

ABSTRACT:
The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems associated with clinical support. In one embodiment, a clinical support pad includes a plurality of support cells formed in a first film layer of material sufficiently impermeable to a fluid contained in the cells such that each cell is configured to be alternately and repeatedly inflated and deflated with respect to one or more adjacent cells. Each cell is in fluid communication with at least one of a number of channels formed in the first film layer, is configured such that a surface of each cell has a continuous curvature across a length direction and across a width direction of the cell, and are spaced such that a distance between a center of each cell and a center of at least one adjacent cell is not more than a two-point discrimination threshold distance associated with a patient.

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