Patent ID: 7895688

Claim:
A procedure for preventing Decubiti ulcers on patients, comprising the steps of: a. placing the patient on a web adapted to support the patient, the web having a patient contacting portion and a non-patient contacting portion, b. using a web support system, including two tubes, one of each is positioned on each side of the patient, with the web attached to each tube and suspended between the two tubes, and the web support system being adapted to adjust the width of the web that is suspended between the two tubes by rotating the tubes, and the web support system being adapted to tilt the web by raising and lowering the tubes with respect to one another, c. using a rocking device that is pivotally connected to the web support system and acts through pivotal motion within the web support system to selectively raise and lower the two tubes with respect to one another to tilt the web and thereby to tilt the patient on the patient contact portion of the web, so that the pressure between the patient and the web is altered, and d. using the web width adjusting feature of the web support system to reduce the width of the web that is suspended when that patient is positioned on one side and on the other side to maximize the angle by which the patient is turned.