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AssigneePneuma Pure I.P. Limited
InventorsDavid Woolfson, William Navan, Duncan Bain
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The present invention relates to microbial detection valves and particularly, unidirectional valves which include means for detecting the presence of microbes. The present invention also relates to infection control cushioning and/or bedding including said microbial detection valves. In another aspect, the present invention concerns improvements in and relating to hygienic bedding and particularly in and relating to hygienic bedding covers. The present invention has the advantage that it provides a one-way valve incorporated into the pillow cover as well as a microbial filter membrane, to allow air to exhaust quickly from the pillow through the valve, bypassing the membrane. Air re-entering the pillow may only pass through the microbial filter membrane. Thus, air re-entering the pillow does so at slower speed, but has the advantage that forcing the re-entering air to pass through the micorbial filter allows only sterile air to enter the pillow. The present invention also provides a means for sealing hygienic bedding such as a mattress in a waterproof covering while enabling visual inspection.
A valve for attachment to a cover of an infection control cushioning and/or bedding device, the valve including
A hermetically sealed infection control cushioning and/or bedding device having a sealed cover and a resiliently deformable filing material, the hermetically sealed infection control cushioning and/or bedding device comprising
A hermetically sealed infection control cushioning and/or bedding device having a sealed cover and a resiliently deformable filling material, the hermetically sealed infection control cushioning and/or bedding device comprising
A hermetically sealed infection control cushioning and/or bedding device having a sealed cover and a resiliently deformable filling material, the hermetically sealed infection control cushioning and/or bedding device comprising
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