Support device for lifting and supporting patients
OwnerRobert A. Collinsinventor
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Abstract
A support device having a flexible, non-elastic base sheet which can be positioned upon the flat surface of a bed and a plurality of separate inflatable cushions each secured along one edge to the base sheet so that said cushions provide support for the buttock and hip area of the patient as well as the legs of the patient, the cushions being individually inflatable in order to normally provide an air cushion for the patient and to raise the patient into position for use of a bedpan or into other desirable orientations. Two of the support devices can be attached together to provide support for the patient's back and shoulders in addition to the patient's buttock, hip and leg area.
Claims14
A support device located on the bed of a patient for elevating patient for use of a bedpan comprising:
- a flat flexible non-elastic base sheet resting on the bed;
- tie means extending from opposite sides of said base sheet and connected with said bed for securing said base sheet;
- at least a pair of cushions extending longitudinally of said base sheet, lengthwise of said bed;
- means for securing each cushion to said base sheet at a longitudinal edge of each cushion;
- the spacing between adjacent inside longitudinal edges of said two cushions when inflated being great enough to receive a bedpan therebetween;
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- means for individually inflating and deflating said pair of cushions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.