Beds – Mattress – Having confined gas
Patent
1995-07-17
1997-03-04
Grosz, Alexander
Beds
Mattress
Having confined gas
5914, 5915, 601 55, 601149, A47C 2710, A61G 7057
Patent
active
056067542
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a vibratory patient support system for providing therapeutic vibrational action or forces to a patient suffering from a respiratory ailment. The vibratory patient support system includes a rigid support frame such as a bed frame, a plurality of inflatable sacs supported upon the support frame with each sac having an upper surface so that the plurality of sacs forms a patient support surface. The inflatable sacs are pressurized and maintained at a predetermined pressure. This predetermined pressure may be a patient height and weight specific pressure profile. A vibrating component is provided separate from the apparatus for pressurizing and maintaining the air sacs at the predetermined pressure. The vibrating component vibrates at least a portion of the patient support surface at a predetermined frequency. In this manner, the plurality of air sacs are maintained at their predetermined pressure and the portion of the patient support surface is simultaneously vibrated at the predetermined frequency. The vibrating means are further variably controllable so that an operator can vary the frequency, magnitude or amplitude, and duration of the vibrating therapy. The vibratory patient support system may include a specialty low air loss bed configuration including vibrating means for vibrating a portion of the patient support surface of the low air loss sacs at the predetermined frequency.
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Chambers Kenith W.
Hand Barry D.
Novack Robert C.
Stolpmann James R.
Williamson Donald E.
Grosz Alexander
SSI Medical Services, Inc.
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