CA2535560A1 - Modular long term patient care mattress - Google Patents

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CA2535560A1
CA2535560A1 CA002535560A CA2535560A CA2535560A1 CA 2535560 A1 CA2535560 A1 CA 2535560A1 CA 002535560 A CA002535560 A CA 002535560A CA 2535560 A CA2535560 A CA 2535560A CA 2535560 A1 CA2535560 A1 CA 2535560A1
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
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    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
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    • A61G7/05784Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor with ventilating means, e.g. mattress or cushion with ventilating holes or ventilators
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    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F7/00Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
    • A61F2007/0059Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body with an open fluid circuit
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Abstract

A modular long-term patient care mattress designed to assist health care workers in effectively treating patients with bedsores or severe burns. The mattress system is made up of identical interlocking sections, which are designed to allow conditioned air to be blown through their internal structure to contact the patient's body. The modular sections, when fitted together, are designed to be placed on top of any standard hospital bed and flex in consort with the bed adjustment system. The entire apparatus is designed to be dismantled and cleaned in existing hospital washing facilities. The airflow supply is provided by its own heating and cooling system, which also includes a germicidal UV light to sanitize the airflow prior to being blown towards the mattress and patient.

Description

MODULAR LONG-TERM PATIENT CARE MATTRESS

This invention provides an improved long-term patient care mattress to aid in the prevention and cure of bedsores, and assist in the care of burn victims.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

There have been many attempts at producing a bed or mattress designed to alleviate or prevent the occurrence of bedsores in long-term care patients. The main problem with bedsores has been through the lack of circulation of blood vessels at the skin surface where there are pressure points. Coupled with the hot moist clammy conditions that allow a bacterial growth to take place.
This develops into a zone of ever increasing dead tissue which progresses to deeper and deeper tissue layers and eventually to the bone itself.
Some of the previous attempts at producing a viable invention to deal with this problem are:
Cited documents: CA2188811 YAMADA

There are common difficulties attributed to all of these inventions that have kept them from going into full production and benefiting long-term care patients. These difficulties are solved by this current application.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention is of a modular long-term patient care mattress designed to assist health care workers in the prevention and cure of bedsores as well as to assist in the comfort and treatments of burn victims. The modular system is designed to be placed on top of any standard hospital patient care bed. The mattress is constructed with a built in hinge on every sectional pad that allows the assembled mattress to flex as needed to accommodate the contour adjustments of an automatic or semi-automatic hospital bed. All the internal and external components within each sectional pad can be easily disassembled and placed in any current hospital washing machine facilities for sanitization. Additionally, should one or more sections become soiled, they can easily be replaced without lifting the patient off of the bed by replacing only one section at a time. The silicon gel surface pad, which is perforated through with at least 3/8" diameter holes has extreme flexibility to reduce skin abrasion of the patient who is lying on the mattress. The airflow can be controlled in many ways for the comfort of the patient. It can be heated or cooled with its own dedicated air conditioning unit. The air can also be filtered and sanitized with the addition of the germicidal unit attached to the air intake side of the air conditioning unit.
Additionally, since each pad has its own air control valve, each section can deliver a controlled amount of conditioned air with the addition of another single airflow line.
Both the heating unit and the refrigeration unit on the air conditioning apparatus can be used at the same time. As an example, the top %2 of the bed may require cool air to deal with bedsores, where as the bottom %2 of the bed could be kept warm so the patient does not become chilled. Also built into each section airflow line, just below elbow B-3, is a threaded male end with its own dedicated control SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION (continued) valve. This attachment is designed to facilitate the addition of medicated vapor or mist to the sectional pad. This would be useful in concentrating the medical treatment to a specific portion of the patient's body, while the other pad sections simply supply a warm dry air.
The uses of this modular long-term patient care mattress are not restricted to only long-term care patients. The need to slowly raise the body temperature or hypothermic patients can be readily accomplished by placing them on a modular mattress and warming the entire body by slowly increasing the warm air applied to the patient. Additionally patients who are suffering from dangerously high body temperature could be treated by supplying very cold air to sections of the body without the need to immerse them in ice water or surround them with ice packs or additional oral medication. By submersing the remote heat dissipating coil rack in cold water, it dramatically increases the efficiency of the refrigeration unit. By blowing temperature controlled cold air on all or some parts of the body it is less traumatic for the patient than either ice packs or cold-water immersion and is less stressful on the patient's heart.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The modular long-term patient care mattress is described in three primary sections. The parts of the interlocking pads that form the mattress are indicated with an "A". The parts of the airflow apparatus are indicated with a "B". The heating and cooling air conditioning unit is indicated with a "C".

A-1 indicates the top cushioned pad from each section, comprised of extremely flexible silicon gel. Each pad is encased in a flexible nylon fabric to aid in maintaining the original shape. The pad is perforated through with at least 3/g" diameter holes spaced 3/g" apart to allow airflow to pass up through the pad to contact the patient. The wall surface of the perforations is also lined with a non-absorbent nylon fabric to keep silicon gel from squeezing into the cavity while under pressure from body weight.
A-2 indicates the lower, shell-like, hollow section made from high-density polymers, which has a closed bottom and three closed sides and one open side. The top surface of this lower section is perforated with Y2" holes spaced '/" apart to allow the air to flow through the shell to the cushioned pad (A-1) above. A-2 is open on one end to allow the insertion of a series of airflow sleeves.
A-2a indicates the indentation designed to receive the tab A-3a located on the upper edge of the cover A-3.
A-2b indicates the indentation designed to receive the tab A-3b located on the bottom edge of the cover A-3.
A-3 indicates the snap on cover, which attaches on to the open side of A-2, enclosing A-2 and forcing airflow upward into A-1.
A-4 indicates the bulbous rail attached to A-2, which slides into item A-5 on the adjacent pad locking them together into a flexible cohesive unit. A-4 also is a hinge which allows the connecting joint to flex up and down.
A-5 indicates the indentation located along one connecting edge of the pad, which will allow another pad to be attached by sliding item A-4 into A-5.
A-6 indicates the snap fitting, which is used to attach the silicon gel pad (A-1) to the lower section (A-2). Snaps are placed every 8" along the top edge of item A-2, parallel to items A-4 and A-5.
A-7 indicates the two part airflow sleeve sections, which allow the air to flow evenly throughout the pad. It also provides structural support to the perforated upper surface (A-2) to withstand body weight.

A-7a indicates upper'/2 of section A-7.
A-7b indicates lower %2 section of A-7.
A-8 indicates the air tube, which is used to feed airflow to each airflow sleeve section. The tube has circular openings spaced regularly to allow attachment to each airflow sleeve section. It is closed at the opposite end from the air entry opening.
A-9 indicates the front opening on each airflow sleeve section to allow air to enter the sleeve.
A-10 indicates the short connecting tube attached to item A-8 and designed to fit into the opening A-9 to allow airflow into item A-7.
A-I 1 indicates the indentation of the lower edge of item A-7b, which is designed to receive a tab located on an adjacent item A-7b in order to connect the airflow sleeves together.
A-12 indicates the tab located on the airflow sleeve on the opposite side from item A-I1. Item A- 12 is designed to fit into the indentation A-11 on an adjacent airflow sleeve to attach them together. This allows all of the airflow sleeves to be removed at once from section A-2 by pulling on the first one closest to the open side of A-2.
A- 13 indicates the airflow channel, which is designed to direct the air movement through item A-7 in a downward direction before moving up through item A-2. The airflow sleeve is shaped in its current fashion to prohibit any foreign materials or liquids from entering the air flow channel of item A-7.
A-14 indicates the air space remaining inside of the lower section (A-2) of the mattress pad, once the series of airflow sleeves are in place.
A-15 indicates the direction of airflow within the airflow sleeves (A-7).

B-1 indicates the opening through the cover A-3, which item A-8 fits into to facilitate airflow into casing A-2.
B-2 indicates the airflow control valve, which allows each pad to be adjusted independently from any other pad.
B-3 indicates the connecting elbow used to direct airflow through the valve B-2.
B-4 indicates the fitting between sections B-3 and B-7, which contains a valve attachment (B-6).
B-5 indicates the valve handle on fitting B-4.
B-6 indicates the threaded end for attaching another air feed line to section B-3.
B-7 indicates the threaded male end from which the airflow supply can be detached to allow removal of airflow sleeve sections for cleaning.
B-8 indicates the threaded female end of the air supply hose, which connects to B-7.

B-9 indicates the flexible corrugated hose designed to feed air into all B-8 fittings. There are two items B-9 each supplying air to three pads (A-1).
B-10 indicates the opening on item B-9 through which airflow enters B-9.
B-11 indicates the yoke fitting designed to connect onto item B-10 on both sections of B-9 providing airflow to all sections of the modular mattress pad.
B-12 indicates the airflow line from the air conditioning unit, which attaches to the lower connection port of the yoke B-11.

C-1 indicates the exterior casing of the air conditioning unit designed to provide conditioned air to the modular long-term patient care mattress pads.
C-2 indicates the exterior casing of the germicidal unit attached to the air conditioning unit C-1.
C-3 indicates the control panels on unit C-1 for both the heating and cooling unit.
C-3a indicates the control panel for the heating unit.
C-3b indicates the control panel for the cooling unit.
C-4 indicates the spring loaded hinged cover for the airflow outlet of the heating unit designed to receive airflow line B- 12 to move air up to the mattress pads.
C-5 indicates the electrical power outlet cord for the unit (C-1).
C-6 indicates the opening on unit C-2, which receives the air filter unit (C-10) and allows air to enter the unit (C-2).
C-7 indicates the male electrical connection on the germicidal unit (C-2) designed to connect to the air conditioning unit (C-1).
C-8 indicates the germicidal UV light tube designed to kill all bacteriological agents in the air prior to it entering into the air conditioning unit (C-1).
C-9 indicates the opening on unit C-2, which allows the sanitized air from unit C-2 to enter the airflow chamber of unit C-1.
C-10 indicates the air filter fitted into the opening C-6 of the germicidal unit (C-2).
C-11 indicates the notch on the bottom of unit C-2 designed to fit on top of item C-12 of unit C-1 as a support.
C-12 indicates the tab on the bottom edge of unit C-1, designed to provide a support to unit C-2, once item C-11 is placed on top of item C-12.
C-13 indicates the connecting sleeve, which fits into item C-9 to provide an airtight flow of air from unit C-2 to unit C-1.
C-14 indicates the air chamber of C-1 to which air enters prior to being moved through the unit's heating or cooling units.
C-15 indicates the air chamber on unit C-2, within which the germicidal UV
light (C-8) is located and sterilizes air prior to it flowing into the unit C-1.
C-16 indicates the female electrical connection on unit C-1, designed to receive the male electrical connection C-7 from unit C-2.
C-17a indicates the fan blades, which move air through the heating unit.
C-17b indicates the fan blades, which move air through the cooling unit.
C-18a indicates the pulley wheel attached to the shaft, which drives fan blades C-17a.
C-18b indicates the pulley wheel attached to the shaft, which drives fan blades C-17b.
C-19a indicates the pulley wheel attached to the electrical drive motor C-20a.
C-19b indicates the pulley wheel attached to the electrical drive motor C-20b.
C-20a indicates the electrical drive motor, which supplies power to turn the fan C-17a to move air through the heating unit.
C-20b indicates the electrical drive motor, which supplies power to turn the fan C-17b to move air through the cooling unit.
C-21 indicates the heating coils, which heat the air moving past them through the heating unit.
C-22 indicates the air chamber through which the air is heated and flows through the heating unit.
C-23 indicates the insulated wall between the heating unit (C-21) and the cooling unit (C-24).
C-24 indicates the aluminum cooling coils, which allows expanded refrigerant gas to pass through thereby cooling the air as it passes through the cooling unit.
C-25 indicates the electrical junction box within the air conditioning unit through which power is directed to the control panels.
C-26 indicates the section of the aluminum refrigeration tubing, which transports compressed refrigerant liquid from the compressor to the heat dispensing coils on the exterior of the air conditioning unit.
C-27 indicates the section of the aluminum refrigeration tubing, which transports expanded.
Refrigerant gas from the evaporation unit to the cooling coils (c-24) within the air-cooling chamber (C-32).
C-28 indicates the refrigerant liquid expansion unit, which turns cooled down refrigerant liquid into a gas prior to it moving through to the air-cooling chamber (C-32).
C-29 indicates the section of aluminum refrigerant tube, which transports cooled down refrigerant liquid from the heat dissipating coils to the gas expansion unit.
C-30 indicates the section of aluminum refrigerant tube, which transports cold refrigerant gas from the cooling chamber to the gas compressor unit.
C-31 indicates the compressor unit, which turns the refrigerant gas into a liquid prior to it moving into the heat dissipating coils.
C-32 indicates the air cooling chamber, which contains the refrigerant cooling coils through which the air passes and is cooled prior to entering the transport tubes on its way to the modular mattress pads.
C-33 indicates the ballast unit for the germicidal UV light tube.
C-34a indicates the V-belt, which connects to the pulley from the electrical drive motor (C-19a) to the pulley (C-18a) for the heating chamber fan.
C-34b indicates the V-belt, which connects to the pulley from the electrical drive motor (C-19b) to the pulley (C-18b) for the cooling chamber fan.
C-35a indicates the upper support bracket, which holds the top edge of the heat dissipating coil rack.
C-35b indicates the lower support bracket, which holds the bottom edge of the heat dissipating coil rack.
C-36a indicates the suspension brackets designed to support the flexible extension coils on the exterior of unit C-1 through which refrigerant liquid passes on its way to the heat dissipating coils.
C-36b indicates the suspension brackets designed to support the flexible extension coils on the exterior of unit C-1 through which refrigerant liquid passes on its way from the heat dissipating coils to the expansion unit.
C-37a indicates the connection where the exterior flexible refrigerant coils attach to the interior aluminum refrigerant coils as the refrigerant liquid leaves unit C-1.
C-37b indicates to connection where the exterior flexible refrigerant coils attach to the interior aluminum refrigerant coils as the refrigerant liquid re-enters unit C-1.
C-38 indicates the handle attached to the top of the heat dissipating coil rack to allow it to be picked up and moved from the support brackets.
C-39a indicates the clamps used to attach the aluminum coils to the upper edge of the dissipating coil rack.

C-40 indicates the rigid aluminum heat dissipating coils, which form the remote section of the heat dissipating rack.
C-41 indicates the rack used to support the aluminum heat dissipating coils for the remote unit.
C-42 indicates the flexible heat dissipating coils, which transport the compressed refrigerant liquid from the compressor unit to the remote heat dissipating rack.
C-43 indicates the flexible heat dissipating coils, which transport the compressed refrigerant liquid from the remote heat-dissipating unit to the expansion unit.
C-44a indicates the clamps used to hold the section of the remote aluminum heat dissipating coils where it attaches to the flexible coils (C-43).
C-44b indicates the clamps used to hold the section of the remote aluminum heat dissipating coils where it attaches to the flexible coils (C-42).
C-45 indicates the fitting used to connect the remote heat dissipating coil rack and the flexible heat dissipating coils as the refrigerant travels from the remote unit back into unit C-1.
C-46 indicates the connecting fitting between the remote heat dissipating coils and the flexible heat dissipating coils as the refrigerant travels from the unit C-1 to the remote heat dissipating coil rack.
C-47 indicates the pin attached on the bottom portion of the electric receptacle used to activate the circuit in the germicidal unit.
C-48 indicates the opening on the germicidal unit, which is designed to receive the pin (C-47) from the electric receptacle and push on the lever within C-7 to activate the light.
C-49 indicates the lever and hinge mechanism, which is designed as a safety feature to keep the UV light from being activated without being attached to the air conditioning unit.
C-50 indicates the tension spring used to ensure that the activation safety lever disconnects once the unit (C-2) is removed from the air conditioning unit (C-1).
C-51 indicates the spring loaded hinged cover for the airflow outlet of the refrigeration unit.
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Figure 1. A side view of 6 modules assembled to form a complete mattress showing the individual sections connected, the snap on covers that contain the air flow sleeves within the shell (A-3), their control valves (B-2), the flexible corrugated tubing (B-9) that provides the conditioned airflow to the mattress pads, and also the yoke connection leading from the air conditioning unit.

Figure 2. A top view of 6 modules assembled to form a complete mattress showing the individual sections connected, their control valves and the flexible corrugated tubing that provides the conditioned airflow to the mattress pads. Additionally a cut away portion in the upper left corner indicating: the top and largest section (A-1) of pad being the perforated silicon gel encased in flexible nylon fabric, the second largest section (A-2) being the top surface of the perforated polymer shell containing the airflow apparatus, the third and smallest cut away (A-8 and A-10) showing the partial strips of airflow sleeves and the airflow feed tube supplying air to each sleeve.
Figure 3. Shows a frontal view of the air conditioning unit, with individual control panels for the heating and cooling unit as well as the germicidal (low wavelength UV) unit (C-2) attached to the right-hand side.
Figure 4. Shows a side view of a modular section, looking in from the open edge where the snap on cover has been removed.
Figure 5. Shows a cut away portion of the end view of a modular section, looking at the end of the airflow sleeves without the airflow feed tube in place.
Figure 6. Shows the end view of one airflow sleeve indicating directional airflow channels (A-13) within the sleeve.
Figure 7. Shows the side view of one open end of an airflow sleeve with the airflow feed tube (A-8) attached.
Figure 8. Shows a representation of a cut away of a silicon gel pad (similar material in elasticity to the ergonomic injury prevention gel pads for wrists of people while using a computer keyboard).
Figure 9. Shows a representation of a cutaway of the polymer shell with the 1/h" perforations on the top surface, which contains the airflow sleeves.
Figure 10. Shows a series of airflow sleeves, joined together and the airflow feed tube (A-8) ready to attach to the sleeves.
Figure 11. Shows a representation of the valve (B-2) and additional air feed connection (B-4 and B-6) as well as connections used to control airflow into the airflow tube (A-8) in the cut away edge.
Figure 12. Shows the indentations on the open side of the polymer shell designed to receive the snap in fittings from the cover.
Figure 13. Shows a face view of the snap in fittings on the cover as well as the control valve and fittings.

Figure 14. Shows the face of the air conditioning unit (C-1) with the inner workings of the air conditioning unit, as well as the germicidal attachment (C-2) onto the end of the unit.
Figure 15. Shows the end view of the detachable germicidal unit (C-2) and the air filter.
Figure 16. Shows an end view of the air conditioning unit (C-1) exposing the removable heat dissipating coils and rack on the back of the air conditioning unit.
Figure 17. Shows a representation of the rigid heat dissipating coils, assembled into a removable rack.
Figure 18. Shows a side view of the connections from the flexible coils to the rigid coils.

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1. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress for the prevention and cure of bedsores and the improved comfort of burn patients, consisting of identical sections or pads that hook together to provide one continuous treatment surface.
2. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress, which is designed to be placed on the surface of a standard single patient hospital bed and flex with the comfort adjustments of any manual, semi-automatic, or automatic bed.
3. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress, which provides a sterile flow of conditioned air to the patient from its own dedicated heating and refrigeration airflow unit.
4. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress, which has on the surface of each modular section a rectangular comfort pad constructed of a silicon gel-like substance providing extreme flexibility to reduce skin abrasion.
5. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 4, which is perforated through with 3/8" diameter holes, every 3/8 of an inch spacing to allow airflow to come up from the pad and contact the patient, maintaining a dryer environment for the patients skin.
6. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 4, which has a flexible nylon fabric encasing the gel within the pad as well as the walls of the perforations penetrating through the gel pad.
7. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 4, which has a series of female end snap closures fixed to the underside of the pad along the long axis of the rectangular shape providing a secure attachment to the surface below, being the encasement for the airflow sleeves.
8. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 1, which has a rectangular lower casing comprising of a high-density polymer that is enclosed on three sides and open on one of the short lengths of the rectangle.
9. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 1, which has its upper surface perforated through with 1/2" holes spaced 1/4" apart to allow air to flow upwards through the comfort pad section as in claim 5.
10. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 1, which has the male end of the fastening snap closures fixed to the upper surface along the long axis of the rectangular casing spaced approximately 8" apart to secure the upper comfort pad in place.
11. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress, which on its lower casing has an indentation along one long axis designed to accommodate the bulbous rail attached to the opposite edge along the long axis of the adjacent modular mattress section.
12. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress, which has on its lower casing along the bulbous rail and within the casing a hinge attachment, allowing the bulbous rail to flex up and down a total of approximately 60 degrees, thus allowing the modular sections to align to the adjustment of the hospital bed.
13. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 1, which has a hollow interior of sufficient size to contain a series of airflow sleeves and airflow feed tube to evenly distribute conditioned air through the pads.
14. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress, which has a series of airflow sleeves that snap together at one end and are held together by their connection to the air feed tube to provide one continuous section of airflow tubes fitted into the lower casing.
15. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 14, which have airflow sleeves comprised of high-density polymer and created in two sections (upper and lower) to facilitate easier construction and easier disassembly for cleaning.
16. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 14, whose two part airflow sleeves are constructed in such a fashion as to prohibit any foreign material or liquid from entering the sleeve from above, thereby maintaining a more sanitary environment.
17. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 14, whose two part airflow sleeves has an opening at one end of the lower section to facilitate connection to the airflow feed tube located at one end of the lower casing.
18. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 14, whose lower casing has a snap on cover on the open end through which the air flow feed fitting passes to supply conditioned air to the whole pad.
19. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress, which has a control valve attached to the airflow feed fitting on the outside of the snap cover for the open end of the lower casing.
20. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress, which has a flexible corrugated polymer airflow hose with fittings to supply three pads at a time with conditioned air.

The corrugation allows the airflow hose to flex with the modular pads as they conform to the adjustments of the hospital bed.
21. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress, which utilizes a yoke attachment to evenly supply airflow to each three-module section that makes up a complete mattress.
22. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 3, which comprises an upper heating unit utilizing electric high resistance wiring to heat the airflow as it is passed through the units air chamber by the heating units fan.
23. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 3, which has a lower refrigeration unit with its own dedicated blower fan and air chamber insulated from the heating unit chamber.
24. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress as in claim 3, which has a detachable heat dissipating rack with extended flexible coil tubing lines to allow the heat dissipating coils to be placed in a container of water to substantially increase the efficiency of the cooling unit.
25. I claim a detachable unit, which contains an air filter and a low wavelength UV light known as a germicidal light to sanitize the air as it is drawn through the chamber that contains the light.
26. I claim a safety electrical attachment on the germicidal unit, which requires the insertion of a pin, attached below the electrical outlet on the air conditioning unit to be inserted into an opening just below the electrical connection on the germicidal unit to close the circuit and activate the UV light. Therefore no ordinary extension cord attachment will be able to activate the light and potentially damage the eyesight of someone inspecting the light through the air outflow opening.
27. I claim spring loaded snap down covers for the airflow ports on the outlets of the heating and cooling unit of the air conditioning unit. This ensures that only sanitized air can be drawn into the unit through the proper opening in the air conditioning unit.
28. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress, which has a valve and threaded end fitting on the airflow line prior to entering the pad to allow the addition of medicated air or mist to be added to the airflow current into the individual modular section.
29. I claim a modular long-term patient care mattress, which on its lower casing has a bulbous rail along the long axis of the modular section on the opposite edge to the indentation on the same section. This bulbous rail is designed to fit into the indentation on the adjacent modular section.
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