Patent ID: 6119292
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A patient torso support and rotating system comprising:a. a base sheet sized to fit under a patient with means to secure to a support surface of a mattress,b. two side by side sets of stacked variable and infinitely adjustable inflatable and deflatable butterfly bladders attached by their respective inner edges proximate the longitudinal centerline of the base sheet and sized of a width and each positioned to fit under one side of the torso of a patient lying thereon, and of a length not extending beyond the patient's buttocks, when inflated, to preclude twisting of a patient's spine and allow the mattress to elevate and bend without interference, and structured, when one butterfly bladder set is fully inflated, to rotate the patient up to 90 degrees to turn on their hip in a first mode, and when the both stacked opposing butterfly bladder sets are inflated to secure the patient therebetween at a desired angle to support and act as a patient support and pressure relieving system in a second mode,c. an inflatable latitudinal heel support bladder is attached to the sheet in a position beginning below the patient's buttocks and extending beneath the legs to elevate the heels of a patient, when inflated, and prevent the patient from sliding if the mattress is elevated to elevate the patient's head and upper torso, andd. inflation means associated with the inflatable and deflatable stacked butterfly and heel support bladders to selectively inflate and deflate them with fluid.