Air percolating pad
OwnerRandall W. Alleninventor
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Abstract
A simplified device to provide air circulation under bed-ridden patients which comprises a small thin flexible plastic pad having a plurality of flexible plastic tubes embedded or encased therein, said tubes comprising a distributer tubing and a plurality of closed end discharge tubes feeding off therefrom. The discharge tubes all contain a plurality of upwardly extending openings therein, while the distributer tubing is connected to a source of low pressure air. In use, the pad, covered with a replaceable, sterile mesh fabric cover is placed under a patient and air is forced out of said openings to circulate under the patient minimizing the formation of bed sores on such patients.
Claims1
A new and improved air percolating pad which is readily portable and adjustable for positioning under a bed-ridden patient which comprises:
- a small, thin, flexible plastic pad, the pad being formed in a generally rectangular configuration with long side edges and short side edges;
- a plurality of flexible, plastic tubes embedded within said pad;
- and means to conduct air through said tubes and to release it from said pad under a patient lying thereon, said pad being enclosed within a removable, sterile mesh fabric cover;
- said cover including a side slit and an open end which facilitates its quick and efficient placement and removal of the pad in an operative orientation;
- said plurality of flexible plastic tubes including a main air distributor tube and a plurality of closed end air discharge tubes connected to and extending laterally from said distributor tube within said pad;
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- said means to conduct air through said tubes and to release it from said pad comprising a plurality of air vent openings extending upwardly from said plastic tubes and penetrating through the surface of said plastic pad;
- and a source of air pressure connected to said plastic tubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.