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GB1057055A - Apparatus for supporting bodies - Google Patents

Apparatus for supporting bodies

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Publication number
GB1057055A
GB1057055A GB25759/64A GB2575964A GB1057055A GB 1057055 A GB1057055 A GB 1057055A GB 25759/64 A GB25759/64 A GB 25759/64A GB 2575964 A GB2575964 A GB 2575964A GB 1057055 A GB1057055 A GB 1057055A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
aperture
housing
bulkheads
bulkhead
june
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB25759/64A
Inventor
John Tracey Scales
John Kerr
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NAT RES DEV
National Research Development Corp UK
Original Assignee
NAT RES DEV
National Research Development Corp UK
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Publication date
Application filed by NAT RES DEV, National Research Development Corp UK filed Critical NAT RES DEV
Priority to GB25759/64A priority Critical patent/GB1057055A/en
Priority to US464069A priority patent/US3354476A/en
Priority to FR46133A priority patent/FR1439569A/en
Publication of GB1057055A publication Critical patent/GB1057055A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/05—Parts, details or accessories of beds
    • A61G7/057—Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor
    • A61G7/05761—Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor where patient is supported on a free, unbounded, film or cushion of air

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Nursing (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Invalid Beds And Related Equipment (AREA)
  • Mattresses And Other Support Structures For Chairs And Beds (AREA)

Abstract

1,057,055. Air cushions &c. NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. June 9, 1965 [June 22, 1964; April 12, 1965], Nos. 25759/64 and 15536/65. Heading A4M. [Also in Division B8] Apparatus for supporting a human body or part thereof by one or more cushions of pressurised gas has a housing 10 divided by bulkheads 11, 12 to provide three chambers 13, 14, 15 and a main trough member 16 is supported from bulkheads 11, 12, the upper surface of housing 10 being formed by a structure 30 comprising spaced guide rails 31 in which are slidably mounted flexible slats 32, the innermost edges of which define the edge of an aperture in the structure 30, which aperture can be shaped to resemble the human form by arrangement of the slats. A pad on bulkhead 11 supports the neck and a pad on bulkhead 12 supports the knees, and compressed air or other gas fed to the housing escapes through the said aperture to support the remainder of the body.
GB25759/64A 1964-06-22 1964-06-22 Apparatus for supporting bodies Expired GB1057055A (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB25759/64A GB1057055A (en) 1964-06-22 1964-06-22 Apparatus for supporting bodies
US464069A US3354476A (en) 1964-06-22 1965-06-15 Apparatus for supporting bodies
FR46133A FR1439569A (en) 1964-06-22 1965-06-21 Device for body support

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB25759/64A GB1057055A (en) 1964-06-22 1964-06-22 Apparatus for supporting bodies
GB1553665 1965-04-12

Publications (1)

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GB1057055A true GB1057055A (en) 1967-02-01

Family

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Family Applications (1)

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GB25759/64A Expired GB1057055A (en) 1964-06-22 1964-06-22 Apparatus for supporting bodies

Country Status (3)

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US (1) US3354476A (en)
FR (1) FR1439569A (en)
GB (1) GB1057055A (en)

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US3456270A (en) * 1967-08-08 1969-07-22 Scott Paper Co Flotation apparatus
US3667073A (en) * 1970-12-18 1972-06-06 Hiram H Renfroe Patient transporter
GB1334935A (en) * 1971-03-02 1973-10-24 Howorth Air Conditioning Ltd Mattress
US4149285A (en) * 1978-01-03 1979-04-17 Stanton Austin N Air support mattress
US4279044A (en) * 1979-11-16 1981-07-21 Owen Douglas Fluid support system for a medical patient
US4776050A (en) * 1984-01-17 1988-10-11 Support Systems International, Inc. Fluidized patient support system
US4879777A (en) * 1984-01-17 1989-11-14 Support Systems International, Inc. Fluidized patient support system
US4631767A (en) * 1984-11-21 1986-12-30 Kcj Corporation Air flotation mattress
FR2616321A2 (en) * 1987-02-23 1988-12-16 Bailly Jean System for supporting bed-ridden persons on an air cushion
FR2611490A1 (en) * 1987-02-23 1988-09-09 Bailly Jean System for supporting bed-ridden persons on an air cushion
US5606754A (en) 1989-03-09 1997-03-04 Ssi Medical Services, Inc. Vibratory patient support system
DE69412787T2 (en) * 1993-09-30 1999-02-18 Robert H. Belleville Ill. Graebe VENTILATED ACCESS INTERFACE AND SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH PILLOW
EP2902586A1 (en) 2006-05-09 2015-08-05 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Pulmonary mattress
US9833369B2 (en) 2012-06-21 2017-12-05 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Patient support systems and methods of use
US9228885B2 (en) 2012-06-21 2016-01-05 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Patient support systems and methods of use
WO2013192411A2 (en) 2012-06-21 2013-12-27 Meyer Eric R Patient support systems and methods of use

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US662574A (en) * 1900-07-14 1900-11-27 Eugene L Mcgary Air conveyer.
US2882097A (en) * 1956-12-19 1959-04-14 Arvid J Hamren Air-conveyor
US3108293A (en) * 1961-10-04 1963-10-29 Benny I King Relaxing couch
US3148391A (en) * 1961-11-24 1964-09-15 John K Whitney Support device
US3266848A (en) * 1965-04-01 1966-08-16 Alan R Pitkanen Transportation system with conveyor means

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR1439569A (en) 1966-05-20
US3354476A (en) 1967-11-28

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