Patient support

Details Patient support Patient support

1999-05-28

2000-05-09

Trettel, Michael F.

Beds

Mattress

Having confined gas

5715, A61G 706

Patent

active

060585382

ABSTRACT:
A patient support includes an alternating pressure pad having separate sets of alternately inflatable cells and at least one further inflatable cell under the pad, with a support for the head of a patient lying thereon, and a control mechanism arranged to maintain alternate inflation and deflation of the cells of the pad to deflate the cells at the head end of the pad and also to inflate the cells under the pad in order to raise the level of the chest of a patient supported on the pad.

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patent: 4941221 (1990-07-01), Kanzler
patent: 5611096 (1997-03-01), Bartlett et al.

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