Abstract: Pivotably connected upper and lower cushions may be sized and shaped to protect chest and lower abdomen areas of a patient, respectively. The cushion structure may be held against the chest and/or abdomen areas of a patient by a combination of an adjustable and disconnectable neck strap attached to an upper portion of the upper cushion, and an adjustable length and resilient strap, such as an elastic belt binder, which may be positioned around the user's waist and the upper cushion. The lower cushion may pivotably move with the patient's legs, allowing the cushion structure to be comfortably used when moving between standing and seated positions, and providing improved protection from automotive seat belts. Pockets may be provided for positioning ice packs proximate the patient's body and for inconspicuously placing a negative-pressure wound therapy vacuum pump or other items.

Abstract: A surgical patient support includes a foundation frame, a support top, and a brake system. The foundation frame includes a first column and a second column. The support top is coupled to the first column and the second column for rotation about a top axis extending along the length of the support top. A single-handle unlock for the support top is also provided.

Abstract: A pressure reference resetting structure of an inflatable mattress, the inflatable mattress contains a valve connected with an end of the inflatable mattress, an inflatable air pump connected with the valve, and the valve being connected with a pressure detection pipe which is coupled with a pressure sensing element. The valve includes an air orifice communicated with the pressure detection pipe so that the pressure sensing element detects a pressure of an external environment via the pressure detection pipe and the air orifice, and a reference pressure of the inflatable mattress is reset to inflate the inflatable mattress based on the reference pressure.

Abstract: A sensory stress relief aid designed to produce stress relief in a user. The sensory stress relief aid includes a pillow having a length and a width that define an outer layer. The outer layer of the pillow has a plurality of different surfaces disposed thereon, wherein each surface corresponds to a different tactile feel, such as velvet or fur. Additionally, the outer layer encloses a plurality of inner layers disposed within the pillow, wherein each inner layer comprises a different degree of firmness. A motor attached to an inflatable bladder disposed within the plurality of inner layers is configured to alternately inflate and deflate to simulate breathing. At least one speaking is included and adapted to emit soothing sounds such as nature noises and guided meditation instructions. A remote control in wireless communication with the motor and speakers allows a user to selectively operate each.

Abstract: A body state determination device includes a detection unit that is configured to detect a plurality of pressure distributions formed by a body weight of a user, and a determination unit that is configured to determine a state of a body of the user by comparing the plurality of pressure distributions detected by the detection unit with each other.

Abstract: A pillow case for making a pillow assembly usable as an adult body pillow. The pillow case comprises an elongate fabric enclosure sized to receive two king-size pillows or three standard or queen-size pillows of the user's choice. One or more pockets are provided on one or both sides of the pillow case adjacent one or both of the ends of the pillow case. When the pillow assembly is used as a head or back pillow, the pockets can hold books, phones, facial tissues, medications, and the like, within ready reach. Each of the pockets is positioned so that the opening of the pocket extends along one of the long edges of the pillow case. In this way, when the pillow assembly is used as a body pillow, the pockets can also receive the user's hand and or foot.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an air bed including a mattress body formed by a top surface, a bottom surface and a side wall. The mattress body is provided with at least two layers of side walls being an inner side wall and an outer side wall respectively. The inside of the inner side wall forms a bed air chamber of the mattress body. A side wall air chamber of the mattress body is formed between the inner side wall and the outer side wall. The inside of the side wall air chamber between the inner side wall and the outer side wall is connected with a plurality of side wall drawstrings. The side wall drawstrings form a bed edge of the mattress body with the inner side wall, the outer side wall, and the side wall top surface/side wall bottom surface respectively.

Abstract: An ergonomic and orthopedic pillow for avoiding face wrinkles during sleep including a first rest body where the user rests his head; a second rest body of a density greater than that of the first rest body, a filling portion inside the second rest body; the first and second rest bodies are defined in their upper part by a portion of generally rectangular shape, which in the lower part of each of its ends houses a pair of face receiving cavities in which the cavities of face reception have a half-heart shape, more specifically they are provided with a semicircular portion in their upper part from which in a tangential way a flat section with an opening angle of at least 45° with respect to a plane emerges perpendicular to the upper part of the first resting body where the flat section, at its termination, has a rounding on the periphery of the cavity.

Abstract: An electric bed comprises a main bed frame and a movable auxiliary bed frame, wherein the auxiliary bed frame is sequentially provided with a bottom plate, a base plate and a backing plate, the front end of the base plate is rotatably connected to the front end of the auxiliary bed frame, the rear end of the bottom plate is rotatably connected to the front end of the base plate, the front end of the backing plate is rotatably connected to the rear end of the base plate, a first electric telescopic rod and a second electric telescopic rod for driving the bottom plate and the backing plate to be unfolded and stored are provided between the bottom plate and the main bed frame and between the backing plate and the auxiliary bed frame, respectively, and a linkage member is provided between the bottom plate and the main bed frame.

Abstract: A patient-support apparatus includes a first frame and a second frame movable relative to the first frame. The patient-support apparatus further includes an obstacle detection device and related method for detecting an obstacle between the first frame and the second frame of the patient-support apparatus.

Abstract: Automatic patient turning and lifting method, system, and apparatus. An exemplary turning and lifting mattress device discloses herein includes a plurality of left and right inflatable turning bladders, a mattress support structure positioned on the bladders and itself including an outer mattress casing including an inner chamber filled with a plurality of particles, at least one contact surface configured to be in contact with a patient during use, wherein the outer mattress casing is configured to be inflated and evacuated such that the outer mattress casing is capable of being shapeable when inflated, and forms a resilient structure configured to hold its shape when evacuated, and wherein, during use, the at least one contact surface conforms to the shape of a body, the plurality of particles displaced from around the body leaving a depression on the at least one contact surface in the shape of the body.

Abstract: A body weight support system includes a trolley, a powered conductor operatively coupled to a power supply, and a patient attachment mechanism. The trolley can include a drive system, a control system, and a patient support system. The drive system is movably coupled to a support rail. At least a portion of the control system is physically and electrically coupled to the powered conductor. The patient support mechanism is at least temporarily coupled to the patient attachment mechanism. The control system can control at least a portion of the patient support mechanism based at least in part on a force applied to the patient attachment mechanism.

Abstract: A system is provided that comprises a patient support apparatus and a unit being independent from the patient support apparatus. The patient support apparatus comprises a support structure having a base and a patient support surface for a patient. The patient support apparatus also comprises an electrical distribution system, one or more electrical devices, and an energy storage device (ESD) configured to store energy to power the one or more electrical devices through the electrical distribution system. The unit is configured to autonomously interact with the patient support apparatus to remove the ESD from the patient support apparatus and/or to place a replacement ESD on to the patient support apparatus.

Abstract: A head and neck support assembly for supporting a user's head and shoulder when the user is lying face down includes a head cushion that is positionable on a support surface to support a user's head above the support surface. The head cushion has a plurality of air passages is integrated therein to facilitating the user to breathe when the user is lying face down. A shoulder cushion is movably coupled to the head cushion and the shoulder cushion is oriented to extend along a line is oriented perpendicular to a center line of the head cushion. In this way the shoulder cushion supports the user's clavicles above the support surface and the shoulder cushion is foldable into a storage position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bed frame of a canopy style construction typically found in a home setting integrating assistive components therein, exemplary assistive components optionally including one or more of a trapeze device, a balance pole and an assist rail, and also wherein there is an option that the assistive components to be selectably concealed. The frame has four corner posts, two longitudinal rails and two lateral rails. A cross-brace and two longitudinal braces are provided for supporting a trapeze assembly. An integrated night stand having an integrated assist rail that moves from a storage position to a deployed position is provided. An integrated balance pole with a top piece and bottom piece, and a base, is provided. Structures can be provided for concealing the assistive components when they are not in use.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein concern a distraction system for use with a surgical table having a table portion and a base portion. The distraction system includes a pair of arms rotatably connectable to the base portion at a proximal end portion of each arm. A pair of telescopically adjustable support posts extend upwardly from corresponding arms. Each arm rotates about a vertically oriented axis to provide for hip adduction and abduction of a patient's leg. Each support post extends from a linear bearing attacked to the corresponding one of the pair of arms for movement along the arm to facilitate applying traction to a patient's leg. The system can also include a table extension attachable to the table portion and a friction pad mounted on the table extension.

Abstract: Systems and apparatuses having different tactile textures are disclosed. One system includes a pillow. The pillow includes a bottom surface having a first material, and a top surface coupled to the bottom surface. The top surface includes a second material and a third material. The first, second, and third materials have different tactile textures from one another, and the first, second, and third materials are all on an exterior surface of the pillow. The pillow includes a zipper coupling a first portion of the bottom surface to a second portion of the top surface. The pillow includes a pocket formed between the top and bottom surfaces. The pocket is accessible using the zipper, and configured to hold weighted bags. The system includes the weighted bags. Each weighted bag includes weighted pellets, and is configured to be disposed in the pocket to adjust the weight within the pocket.

Abstract: A frame is configured to rest on a support surface and an infant-receiving receptacle is supported above the support surface by the frame. The infant-receiving receptacle includes a bottom/floor panel forming a bed for the child to sleep upon and a peripheral sidewall surrounding the bottom panel and extending between the bottom panel and the frame. The bassinet includes a depth-adjustment mechanism that enables a caregiver to selectively adjust the depth of the infant-receiving receptacle by raising or lowering the bottom panel of the infant-receiving receptacle. Various embodiments can also include wheels, rollers, or other mechanisms for rolling, sliding, or gliding the bassinet across the support surface. Some embodiments include a height-adjustment mechanism, downward-recessed front wall, longitudinal-axis folding canopy, inverted-eggcrate bed pad, and/or base-positioned foot rest.

Abstract: A method and device for carrying out the method of converting waste such as thermally bonded polyester fiber to bed cushioning. Such waste is fed to a fiber lofter which forms lofted fiber. The lofted fiber is pneumatically transferring to a hopper, and from the hopper to an injector, the injector having a lofted fiber input nozzle and output nozzle, the output nozzle being a low friction tube.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pillow for placing between the knees while sleeping. The pillow has a substantially toroid-shaped outer casing with an inner volume containing a fill material. The generally uniform round shape of embodiments of the pillow provides for easy insertion of the pillow between the knees because the pillow does not have to be oriented in any particular radial direction prior to insertion. Some embodiments of the pillow may have a hole through the center. Both the top and bottom surfaces of embodiments of the pillow curve downward and inward toward the center, forming a top and bottom depression for cradling the knee joints while preventing the pillow from unintentionally sliding out from between the knees. A method of using a pillow for placing between the knees is also disclosed.