DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AIR MAT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air mat device which avoids complication of nursing care work of a caretaker and is intended for the safety of a person in need of nursing care. SOLUTION: The air mat device includes an air mat 12 in which a plurality of elongated bag-shaped air cells 18 are provi...

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Main Author TAMAKI MASAKI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.12.2010
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air mat device which avoids complication of nursing care work of a caretaker and is intended for the safety of a person in need of nursing care. SOLUTION: The air mat device includes an air mat 12 in which a plurality of elongated bag-shaped air cells 18 are provided in parallel with a longitudinal direction of a bed in a manner that they are laid in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the bed, inclination sensing means 22 provided on the air mat 12 and for sensing an inclination of the air mat 12, and internal pressure control means 26 which is connected to the inclination sensing means 22 and controls to increase the internal pressure of the air cell 18 at a prescribed value when the inclination sensing means 22 senses that the inclination angle of the air mat 12 reaches a prescribed angle determined in advance. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20090120771