Vacuum mattress, especially for rescue vehicles

US4234982A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Bez · Gerlingen, DE
• Wolfgang Buhren · Rutesheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 9, 1979
• Grant date: Nov 25, 1980
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G7/0525
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A vacuum mattress having a casing which is loosely filled with a multitude of synthetic resin components so as to enable the mattress to adapt in shape to the body contour of a person thereon, and provided on said casing with a valve for evacuating the mattress so as to retain it in said body contour adapted shape.