Air bed having independent air chambers

Abstract

An air bed having independent air chambers is disclosed for the patients suffering with bedsores. The air bed has multiple air chambers and a pneumatic device, and the multiple air chambers are arranged in matrix on the bed. The pneumatic device includes at least one air pipe. The air chambers of odd numbers and even numbers rows are connected to different air pipes. The rows of odd number and even number chambers can be filled with air in turn, which is favorable to turn the patient, and promote blood circulation. The air chambers corresponding to the bedsore can be bound into an hour glass configuration, so that the bedsore part will not contact the air chambers, while healthy other parts supported by the air chambers will not endure much pressure, which is favorable to the patient.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an air bed, and particularly relates to an air bed having independent air chambers that can be selectively controlled in a matrix to match a particular pattern of a patient's body. [0003] 2. Description of Related Art [0004] Some bedridden patients experience bedsores, even anaemia, contagion and decline of the immunity function. The best way to prevent the bedsores is to turn the patient frequently such that different parts of the body contact the bed. This has traditionally been done by nurses but is troublesome as leaning over to lift a patient is ironically hazardous to health of the people doing the lifting. Thus, an air bed has been devised to have the same effect of exposing different parts of the patient's body to contact with the bed. With reference to FIG. 6, multiple barrel shaped chambers (80) are mounted on a bed frame (81) and arranged in parallel with each other. The e...

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Benefits of technology

[0007] The main objective of the present invention is to provide an air bed having multiple independent air chambers, which is more comfortable than the air bed in prior art. The air bed of this invention consists of multiple air chambers and a pneumatic device. The air chambers are configured as vertical cylinders and arranged in a matrix on bed. The air chambers separated into rows of odd numbers and even numbers are respectively connected to two air pipes, whereby the air chambers in rows of odd numbers and even numbers can be charged with air in turn, which facilitates turning the patients, and promotes blood circulation

Problems solved by technology

This has traditionally been done by nurses but is troublesome as leaning over to lift a patient is ironically hazardous to health of the people doing the lifting.

However, as each chamber (80) is barrel shaped, when the air is released, the respective chambers (80) collapse and a large part of the patient will not be in contact with the air bed, which results in more pressure being applied to other parts of the body.

This causes patient discomfort.

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