Therapeutic mattress

A mattress system for a patient, comprising:

• an inflatable mattress having at least one inflatable bladder having an inflation port and a plurality of deflation pinholes on a top surface thereof;
• an air pump in fluid communication with the inflation port of the at least one inflatable bladder and adapted to pressurize the at least one inflatable bladder with air;
• and
• an air treatment apparatus in fluid communication with the air pump and adapted for treating the air pumped into the at least one inflatable bladder;
• wherein the inflatable mattress includes a plurality of the inflatable bladders, and wherein the air pump is adapted to inflate each inflatable bladder in turn, such that upon inflation of a first of the inflatable bladders, the air pump switches to inflate a second of the at least one inflatable bladders, the first of the inflatable bladders thereafter deflating as air escapes through the plurality of deflation pinholes therein;
• and wherein the air pump further includes a controller circuit that is adapted to inflate any of the inflatable bladders with an electronically-actuated valve mechanism in fluid communication with the output of the air pump, the valve adapted to divert the air flowing from the output of the air pump to a plurality of channel outputs, each channel output in fluid communication with one of the inflatable bladders;
• and further including an accessory adapter having a plurality of air inputs, each in fluid communication with one of the channel outputs of the air pump, each of the air inputs in fluid communication with a common output via a check valve, whereby the common output may be fluidly connected to an auxiliary attachment, the auxiliary attachment being inflated regardless of which channel output is supplying air.

A mattress system for a patient, comprising:

• an inflatable mattress having at least one inflatable bladder having an inflation port and a plurality of deflation pinholes on a top surface thereof;
• an air pump in fluid communication with the inflation port of the at least one inflatable bladder and adapted to pressurize the at least one inflatable bladder with air;
• and
• an air treatment apparatus in fluid communication with the air pump and adapted for treating the air pumped into the at least one inflatable bladder;
• wherein the inflatable mattress includes a plurality of the inflatable bladders, and wherein the air pump is adapted to inflate each inflatable bladder in turn, such that upon inflation of a first of the inflatable bladders, the air pump switches to inflate a second of the at least one inflatable bladders, the first of the inflatable bladders thereafter deflating as air escapes through the plurality of deflation pinholes therein;
• and wherein the air pump further includes a controller circuit that is adapted to inflate any of the inflatable bladders with an electronically-actuated valve mechanism in fluid communication with the output of the air pump, the valve adapted to divert the air flowing from the output of the air pump to a plurality of channel outputs, each channel output in fluid communication with one of the inflatable bladders;
• and wherein the air pump, air treatment apparatus, controller circuit, and valve mechanism are all contained in a rigid housing, a filter element of the air pump being accessible therethrough at a removable filter cover of the housing;
• and wherein the controller circuit is adapted to control the speed of the air pump, the duration of the inflation of each of the inflatable bladders by the air pump, the on/off status of the air treatment apparatus, the intensity level of the air treatment apparatus, the type of air treatment provided by the air treatment apparatus, and a schedule for the control of the above.