Beds – Mattress – Having confined gas
Patent
1997-05-08
1999-11-16
Trettel, Michael F.
Beds
Mattress
Having confined gas
5714, 5710, A61G 7057
Patent
active
059834285
ABSTRACT:
In operation of a support for a patient's body, used in medical or veterinary treatment, which applies alternating-pressure to the body in order to reduce or minimize the risk of pressure sores caused by prolonged pressure on the skin, inflatable cells of the support are inflated and deflated cyclically in a predetermined sequence. To provide improved effect in relieving or preventing pressure sores, the cells are deflated in the sequence in such a manner that the interior pressure falls from 10 mmHg (135 Pa) to 0 mmHg in a time period of not more than 15 s. Preferably the interior pressure falls to below 0 mmHg (ambient atmospheric pressure). A vacuum pump or pumps may be employed to achieve this result.
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Pegasus Airwave Limited
Trettel Michael F.
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