PATIENT/INVALID HANDLING SUPPORT

A patient support for supporting a patient includes an inflatable mattress having at least one bladder forming at least part of a patient support surface, a pneumatic system for inflating the inflatable mattress, and a control system. The control system including at least one sensor, which includes...

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Hauptverfasser: DUGUAY, STEPHANE, GIRARD, JEAN-FRANCOIS, MARCOTTE, JEROME, VIGER, SÉBASTIEN, DUCHESNEAU, ALEX, LAFLECHE, PATRICK, BIZOUARD, JEAN, NADEAU, CLEMENT, ELLIOTT, DERICK, LUDKE, STEPHANIE, LACASSE, SYLVIN, BENOIT, MARTEL, PETITPAS, LUC, ROY, PHILIPPE, TREMBLAY, PHILIPPE, ROHRER, CHAD
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A patient support for supporting a patient includes an inflatable mattress having at least one bladder forming at least part of a patient support surface, a pneumatic system for inflating the inflatable mattress, and a control system. The control system including at least one sensor, which includes an emitter and a receiver, with the emitter directing light into the bladder. The receiver receives a reflection from the light directed into the bladder, and the control system detects the immersion of a patient into the mattress based on the reflection received by the receiver.