Abstract: A method is disclosed for treating/preventing positional plagiocephaly.

Abstract: A sleeping bag pillow for providing a comfortable pillow which easily attachable to a sleeping bag. The sleeping bag pillow includes a padded member having a bottom side, a tapered top side, tapered right and left sides, and a back side, and further includes a cover made essentially of waterproof material and adapted to enclose about the padded member, and also includes either a plurality of strips of hook and loop fasteners attached to the cover on the bottom side of the padded member or a sheet of material fastened about the sleeping bag pillow with zippers.

Abstract: A surface pad apparatus for a surgical table includes a body pad section positioned to lie beneath at least the torso and the thighs of the patient. The body pad section includes an upwardly-facing top surface and spaced-apart, elongated first and second sides. The apparatus also includes longitudinally extending first and second arm pad sections positioned to lie adjacent to the first and second sides of the body pad section and positioned to lie beneath the arms of the patient. Each arm pad section includes a top surface that is generally coplanar with the top surface of the body pad section.

Abstract: A hugging mattress and method of using, and a sheet therefore, the sheet having two walled slots or pockets extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the mattress and preferably nesting within two corresponding holes in the mattress. The mattress holes go all the way through the mattress and are rectangular or oblong and situated near each end of the mattress at the approximate shoulder and thigh positions. The function of the holes is to extend the normal pleasures of a mattress to allow hugging one's bedmate for extended periods of time without the crushing weight one feels on his or her arm. The mattress can come with insertable plugs to make it a conventional mattress when the owner doesn't feel like hugging or when for safety such as when children may jump on a bed. The method of using the mattress including extending an arm of the user in a first hole in the mattress, then rotating the mattress 180° to enable the user to extend an arm into a second hole of the mattress.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus which includes a firm body support portion constructed of foam, with the foam halving a first side for placement on a bed or gurney, and the second side upon which the body of the patient would be laid. The foam apparatus would include a principal upper torso support portion for supporting a patient generally from the top of the patient's head to the lower buttock region of the patient; first and second leg portions which are attachable to a lower edge of the principal body support portion for supporting the legs of the patient, and attachable arm portions secured to the side edges of the upper body support portion for accommodating the arms of the patient.

Abstract: This invention, the hugging mattress, consists of addition of two holes to any of the otherwise conventional mattress designs. Said holes go all the way through the mattress and are rectangular or oblong and situated near each end of the mattress at the approximate shoulder and thigh positions. The function of the holes is to extend the normal pleasures of a mattress to allow hugging ones bedmate for extended periods of time or even all night long without the crushing weight one now feels on his arm. The hugging mattress will come with insertable plugs to make it a conventional mattress when the owner doesn't feel like hugging or when for safety such as when children may jump on a bed. It will also be accompanied by a bottom fitted sheet with pockets to fit the said holes.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel mattress having massage effect for being cushioned by a human back, and comprising an upholstered seat, a number of springs, a plurality of magnetic stones and an upholstery covering said upholstered seat; wherein, said upholstered seat is provided an accommodating space therein, a lying surface on the top surface thereof, a peripheral stretcher protruded and extended upwardly and provided on at least one end on the lying surface, and a supporting plane formed at the bottom surface of said upholstered seat, the central part of said supporting plane being slightly protruded downwardly; and wherein, said springs are installed in said accommodating space, every two of said springs are linked together, and directions of compression and stretching of each spring are always perpendicular to the lying surface and the supporting plane; further, said magnetic stones are disposed on the lying surface of said upholstered seat, and each of them has a kneading part on the top periphery there

Abstract: A massage device disclosed consists of a rigid flat base (30), which when configured with contoured modules (34, 36, 38) and rigid pressure nibs (10, 12, 14) or blades (20, 24, 26, 28) contours the length of an adult human body. The device operates by arranging the massage elements including buttocks, back, shoulder, and neck modules with pressure nibs or blades to match the contoured surface of the backside of person. The person then lies upward facing on the device with massage pressure applied across the entire body for the desired therapeutic effect. The device includes adjustments for body size and shape and therapeutic intensities according to pain relief requirements.

Abstract: A portable orthopedic bed for the correct orthopedic support of a patient has a longitudinally adjacent array of laterally extending air inflatable chambers wherein the array has a first set of chambers and a second set of chambers. A set of chambers has a lower back supporting chamber adjacent a midpoint between the first and second sets of chambers, the lower back chamber also adjacent an upper back supporting chamber on an opposed side of the lower back supporting chamber from the midpoint, an upper foundation chamber adjacent the upper back supporting chamber on an opposed side of the upper back supporting chamber opposed to the lower back supporting chamber, wherein the upper foundation chamber is generally triangular in longitudinal cross section to thereby provide a buttressing foundation for the upper back supporting chamber.

Abstract: A sound sleep system and provides a full body length orthopedic posture pillow that maintains correct spinal posture during supine, side lying, and prone sleep positions.

Abstract: A generally u-shaped first structure comprises a first lateral member and two first legs. A generally u-shaped second structure comprises a second lateral member and two second legs. Two connecting legs are provided, each connecting leg being pivotally attached to one of the first legs and to one of the second legs, such that the first structure remains generally parallel to the second structure as the first structure is pivoted toward and away from the second structure. A generally u-shaped third structure comprises a third lateral member and two third legs. The two third legs of the third structure are pivotally attached to one of the second legs of the second structure. A pair of support members extend between the second legs of the second structure. Each of the support members has a plurality of spaced pins extending there-from. A pair of arms is provided, each of the arms having a first end pivotally attached to one of the third legs of the third structure.

Abstract: A female anatomical mattress including a generally rectangular body supporting structure. The body supporting structure has a pair of side walls with a continuous central section. The central section has an upper panel and a lower panel. The upper panel and lower panel each share a rounded front end and a rounded rear end. The upper panel has a generally rectangular cavity that extends downwardly therefrom and toward the lower panel. Lastly, a generally rectangular head supporting structure is rounded. The head supporting structure is sized for positioning within the cavity of the body supporting structure, when not supporting a person's head. The mattress may be foam filled or inflatable.