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US 2021/0330525 A1Published application
Method for Using Patient-Turning Assemblies
OwnerSekai Chinakeinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are patient-turning assemblies including a patient-turning assembly for turning a patient, which patient-turning assembly may include: a sling having: a first sling portion having a handle; and a second sling portion extending from the first sling portion; a sleeve fixedly coupled to the second sling portion; a channel disposed between the sleeve and the second sling portion; and a cushion capable of either ingress into or egress from the channel, or both.
Claims20
A method of turning a patient, comprising
- providing a patient-turning assembly, comprising:
- a flexible sling having a sling upper surface, a top edge, a bottom edge, and a side edge;
- and
- either one flexible sleeve or multiple parallel flexible sleeves, each flexible sleeve having:
- (a) an interior surface and an exterior surface;
- (b) a first edge coupled to the sling upper surface;
- (c) a second edge coupled to the sling upper surface, wherein the first edge and the second edge are spaced apart and parallel to one another;
- and
- (d) an opening extending between the first edge and the second edge such that a cushion can be inserted through the opening and into the interior of each flexible sleeve, wherein:
- (i) the first and second edges of the one flexible sleeve are parallel to the side edge of the flexible sling;
- and
- (ii) the first and second edges of each of the multiple flexible sleeves are parallel to the bottom edge or the top edge of the flexible sling and each of the multiple flexible sleeves are separated by a gap.
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