Beds – Attachment or accessory – Self-help support – grip or handhold
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-13
2008-03-11
Grosz, Alexander (Department: 3673)
Beds
Attachment or accessory
Self-help support, grip or handhold
C005S922000, C005S923000, C016S444000, C016SDIG028
Reexamination Certificate
active
07340787
ABSTRACT:
A personal assistive device that can be installed onto a mattress, preferably a standard hospital bed mattress, to provide handles on the opposing sides of the mattress that may be grasped by a person getting into or out of the bed to ease the transition in or out, or by a person lying in the bed to reposition his or her body while remaining in the bed. The assistive device is a fabric construction that is adapted to be easily and removably installed onto directly over the sheet and other mattress coverings such as a mattress pad on a standard hospital bed mattress.
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ErgoSlide® and Ergo product line at www.ergosafe-products.com.
Various mats and sheets for repositioning at www.techforitc.org (“MiniSlide,” “MoveMaster,” the Phil-E-Slide® “Roller Sheet” amd Sure Hands® “One Way Sheet.”
Moveez slider sheet for providing lower friction surface to aid with patient repositioning at http://slidersheets.com.
Bed Rope Ladder and Patient Hand Blocks at www.medesign.co.uk.
Willard Emmet Elziver
Willard Jane Leigh
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