Patent ID: 8429774
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A lateral tilting device for tilting a patient, the lateral tilting device comprising first and second inflatable cells, pneumatically independent, and positioned at least partly symmetrically to one another in relation to a median axis of said tilting device, wherein each of the first and second inflatable cells are U-shaped and fitted into one another such that a portion of each of the first and second inflatable cells is nested within the U-shape of the other of the first and second cells without the first and second inflatable cells overlapping, wherein a first lateral incline of the mattress is created when the first cell is inflated more than the second cell and a second lateral incline with a slope in an opposite direction to that of the first lateral incline when said second cell is inflated more than said first cell, and wherein the median axis intersects each of the first and second inflatable cells.