System and method for patient turning and repositioning with simultaneous off-loading of the bony prominences
AssigneeMölnlycke Health Care AB
InventorsWilliam PURDY, Robert PURDY
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for sacral and trochanteric support and off-loading. The system provides a ultra low pressure plenum and a positioner. The patient body size and size and corresponding surface area of the positioner control the amount of gas which is displaced evenly against the walls of the ultra low pressure plenum to allow the combination of the ultra low pressure plenum and the positioner to slightly lift a patient from a bed surface, thereby offloading the sacrum and trochanter. The positioner can be an ultra low pressure bladder.
Claims31
A support system for a body part comprising:
- an ultra low pressure plenum including a gas therein, said ultra low pressure plenum configured to a shape to fit underneath a patient and support the lower back and hips of the patient, and
- a positioner, said positioner being an ultra low pressure bladder, said positioner adapted to be received on said ultra low pressure plenum wherein said positioner displaces said gas within said ultra low pressure plenum.
A method of supporting a body part comprising the steps of:
- providing an ultra low pressure plenum including a gas therein, said ultra low pressure plenum configured to a shape to fit underneath a user and support the lower back and hips of the user, and
- positioning a first positioner, said positioner being an ultra low pressure bladder, on the ultra low pressure plenum, said first positioner adapted to be received on said outer support wherein said first positioner displaces said gas within said plenum;
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- receiving said body part on said first positioner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.