Method and apparatus for supporting an element to be supported,

Details Method and apparatus for supporting an element to be supported, Method and apparatus for supporting an element to be supported,

1997-12-22

2000-01-04

Grosz, Alexander

Beds

Mattress

Having confined gas

5710, A47C 2710, A47C 3112, A47C 7057

Patent

active

060095806

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for supporting a body element. The apparatus includes at least one support device with at least one closed or controlled-release chamber, a filling device and an emptying means device for filling said chamber with a filling fluid and emptying the fluid from the chamber, and a distance-measurement device for measuring the distance between a top face and a bottom face of the chamber. The apparatus further includes a reaction-measurement device for measuring the reaction of the support device relative to the morphological data of the body element to be supported, and a control system including a combination device for combining the measurement of the penetration distance d provided by the distance-measurement device and the measurement of the reaction provided by the reaction-measurement device. This combination is advantageously constituted by summing the two obtained measurements. The invention makes it possible to support the element to be supported substantially in a position of equilibrium corresponding substantially to a predetermined float line.

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