US 2020/0078241 A1 · TURNING AIR MATTRESS, TURNING AIR CELL, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AIR MATTRESS

Abstract

The present invention discloses a turning air mattress, a turning air cell, and a control method for a turning air mattress. With structural arrangements of an upper portion and a lower portion of the turning air cell as well as inflation and deflation control, the turning air cell having an upper portion that is wider and a lower portion that is narrower can further assist a patient in body turning, enabling the patient to easily achieve a sufficient body turning angle, further reducing the risk of likeliness to pressure sores caused by the structure of the air mattress pressing against the body of the patient.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A turning air mattress, comprising at least one turning air cell, the turning air cell comprising:

an upper portion;
and
a lower portion, located on a side opposite to the upper portion, a width of the lower portion being smaller than a width of the upper portion;
wherein, the turning air cell has a left air chamber and a right air chamber.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/537,898Filed 12 Aug 2019

Priority

TW 10713183711 Sep 2018

Published

12 Mar 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

A61G 7/05776
With inflatable chambers: with at least two groups of alternately inflated chambers
A47C 27/082
Of pneumatic type: with non-manual inflation, e.g. with electric pumps
A47C 27/10
Fluid mattresses: with two or more independently-fillable chambers
A61G 7/001
Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons: with means for turning-over the patient

Turning air mattress, turning air cell, and control method for air mattress

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Turning air mattress, turning air cell, and control method for air mattress

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Abstract

Claims10