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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Molnlycke Health Care Ab, Gothenburg, SE;
Inventors:
William Purdy, White Plains, NY (US);
Robert Purdy, Bedford, NY (US);
Assignee:
MOLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/10 (2006.01); A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 1/01 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/1026 (2013.01); A61G 7/001 (2013.01); A61G 7/05792 (2016.11); A61G 7/109 (2013.01); A61G 7/1021 (2013.01); A61G 7/1023 (2013.01); A61G 7/1025 (2013.01); A61G 1/01 (2013.01); A61G 7/05753 (2013.01); A61G 7/05776 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for sacral and trochanteric support and off-loading. The system provides a ultra low pressure plenum and a positioner. The patient body size and size and corresponding surface area of the positioner control the amount of gas which is displaced evenly against the walls of the ultra low pressure plenum to allow the combination of the ultra low pressure plenum and the positioner to slightly lift a patient from a bed surface, thereby offloading the sacrum and trochanter. The positioner can be an ultra low pressure bladder.