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Anti-decubitus mattress pad

  • US 5,255,404 A
  • Filed: 01/13/1993
  • Issued: 10/26/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A multi-layered pad primarily intended for use to reduce the development of decubitus ulcers in a patient using the pad, said pad including means for providing upward supporting pressure on the patient sufficiently low to avoid occluding capillary blood flow to areas of the patient supported on the pad, said means including:

  • first and second layers,said first layer including bladder means containing a fluid, said first layer including a boundary bounding a first area,said second layer being positioned beneath said first layer and including resilient means made of non-rigid, soft foam, said second layer of resilient means made of non-rigid, soft foam having a boundary bounding a second area, said second area being substantially smaller than said first area of said first layer, andmeans for securing said first and second layers to each other substantially about and adjacent said boundaries of said first and second layers wherein said first area of said first layer is oversized relative to said second area of said second layer.

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