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US 10,292,881 B2Granted
Dynamic apnea therapy surface
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsDavid L. Ribble, Michael S. Hood, Charles A. Howell, Eric D. Agdeppa
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Abstract
Dynamic support surface technologies configure a person support surface in various ways, including configurations in which the person support surface at least temporarily assumes an apnea therapy position, such as a progressive lateral tilt or a ramp-like position.
Claims20
A dynamic person support system comprising:
- a person support surface;
- a lateral rotation apparatus coupled to the person support surface, the lateral rotation apparatus comprising a plurality of independently rotatable longitudinally arranged support planes and a lateral rotation actuator operably coupled to one or more of the support planes;
- and
- a control unit comprising a processor and a non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising a dynamic therapy routine, the dynamic therapy routine comprising instructions executable by the processor to cause the control unit to control the operation of the lateral rotation apparatus by:
- determining a maximum supine position duration;
- monitoring the actual supine position duration of a human subject positioned on the person support surface;
- and
- controlling the lateral rotation actuator to maintain the actual supine position duration below the maximum supine position duration.
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