Medical Air Mattress

A medical air mattress comprising:

• a mattress body comprising multiple body air cells and one or more independent air cells, said multiple body air cells are positioned parallel to each other and arranged in a row to form air cell rows, said multiple body air cells are configured to be inflatable, deflatable, or a combination thereof, said one or more independent air cells configured to be inflatable, deflatable, or a combination thereof, said one or more independent air cells are positioned between at least two of said body air cells along a longitudinal axis of the mattress body;
• and,
• a pumping assembly connected to said mattress body, said pumping assembly comprising a pump, a body cell pipeline and an independent air cell pipeline, said body cell pipeline connected between said pump and said multiple body air cells and configured to enable fluid to flow between said pump and said multiple body air cells, said independent air cell pipeline connected between said pump and said one or more independent air cells and configured to enable fluid to flow between said pump and said one or more independent air cells, said pumping assembly configured to independently control inflation, deflation, or combinations thereof of said one or more independent air cells and a plurality of said body air cells so that at least one of said one or more independent air cell are inflatable, deflatable, or combinations thereof independently from one or more of said body air cells, and wherein deflation of at least one of said one or more independent air cells within a section of said mattress body creates room to receive a container or bedpan for use by a patient lying on or above said mattress body.