Patent ID: 6367106
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A47C,A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
A therapeutic support for supporting a posterior body portion of a person and reducing pressure at a weight-bearing area of the posterior body portion to improve blood flow in the weight-bearing area and thereby aid in the healing of decubitus ulcers and reduce the likelihood of the formation thereof at the weight-bearing area, the therapeutic support comprising:a cushion having an upper surface, the cushion being sized to support at least one weight-bearing area of the nosterior body portion placed in contact with the upper surface and formed with a cell cavity at a location corresponding to a weight-bearing portion of the posterior body portion; and a compressible cell received in the cell cavity and having a configuration complementary thereto, having an upper surface and the cell being compressible from a relaxed state to a compressed state; whereby, when the compressible cell is in the relaxed state, the upper surface of the cushion and the upper surface of the cell support the weight-bearing area of the posterior body portion and the surrounding non-weight-bearing area, and when the cell is in the compressed state, pressure on the weight-bearing area is reduced.