Patent · US Expired

Clinical bed

US5062169A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateMar 9, 1990
Grant dateNov 5, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 9, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2562/168
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A clinical bed system for monitoring and recording movements of a person while reclining or sleeping on a bed of the system. The bed includes an air mattress having multiple isolated air-filled zones. Attached to each of these zones is a pressure-responsive readout device which is operative to read out and record pressure changes resulting from movement of a person reclining on the air mattress.

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