DE202005004810U1 - Heated gel bed for personal use, e.g. for treatment of back pain, rheumatism or for other orthopedic applications, has a heating mat with a circulating heating medium to heat the gel sack of the bed - Google Patents

Abstract

Gel bed has a heating mat (1) for controlling the temperature of the gel sack (2) of the bed. A heating gas or liquid medium circulates within the heating mat. The medium is heated using suitable heating means (5). Optimally the heating medium circulates in sinusoidally shaped capillary structures.

Description

The The invention relates to a gel bed.

Known Gel beds are not yet with electric heaters or difficult to heat. The material of the gel core (similar to the water core in water beds) withstand the temperature emitted by the electric heaters up to 85 ° Celsius not and would to damage lead the gelsackes.

It is also it is known that it is due to defective heaters regularly to a formation from local smoldering fires and even apartment fires comes.

A warming of the bed is desirable for various reasons: medical establish for example, in patients with rheumatism, people at risk of decubitus ulcers, chronic Back pain sufferers in orthopedic Applications for Muskelentkrampfung, in other applications of medical health care or assistive care treatment or just for reasons of well-being (wellness).

at greater Heat is also a cooling the gel bed desirable.

task The invention thus is to provide a gel bed that can be tempered is, being a damage of the gelsack is to be avoided.

These Task is inventively characterized solved, that one Temperiermattel are arranged for controlling the temperature of the gel bag under the gel bag. So it is a tempering mat in a section of the mattress laid and over the gel bag is positioned.

The Heat or Cold is to the surface of the Mattress cover made. Due to its low weight (compared to waterbeds) the device is easy to transport.

in this connection is provided that in the tempering mat a liquid or gaseous Medium is circulatory and that means for tempering the liquid or gaseous Medium are provided.

This is solved by that over an integrated flow and return a heat or cold transporting Medium the tempering mat with heat or cold provided.

It it is appropriate that the funds for tempering the liquid or gaseous Medium, a tempering device, a control unit and a pump exhibit.

It is appropriate that the liquid or gaseous media in a capillary system in the form of a multi-stranded hose spiral or in a meandering capillary structure is circulatable.

meaningful is also that the Temperature control mat is integrated in a mattress system.

For example can the tempering mat by means of loops or bands or double-sided tape be fastened.

Farther is provided that the Temperiermatte in the places without Kapillarführung to avoid a punctiform pressure load is pierced. This can be done in a dot matrix at many, not heat-conducting Points and outside of the capillary system. As a result, a punctiform pressure load on the thermal mat when getting in and out of bed and a better reduced Elongation of the material achieved.

Out because of health The temperature control mat may only be so long that the head area is not heated becomes. The length and width of the tempering mat can be in different dimensions, but designed so that they are heated according to the zones of the body is dimensioned.

at People with varicose veins are recommended for medical reasons shortened Tempering mat to choose so that feet and calves do not lie in the temperature range It makes sense that the temperature control mat consists of a stretch-elastic plastic.

A Plastic tempering mat has a long life and can unlike electric heating systems, which are called ceramic or Electronic waste must be disposed of recycled become.

meaningful It may also be a timer for switch-off and switch-on to use.

following becomes an embodiment of a tempering mat according to the invention described in an air bed based on a drawing.

It demonstrate

1 a schematic representation of a gel bed with integrated tempering mat in plan view
and

2 in side view.

The tempering mat ( 1 ) is under the gel bag ( 2 ), but not in the header area ( 3 ). It is via a flow and return ( 4 ) to a means ( 5 ) for tempering the liquid or gaseous medium, which in the tempering mat ( 1 ) is circulated, connected, in which the liquid or gaseous media is heated or cooled to a temperature to be set.

The tempering mat ( 1 ) is in the mattress material ( 6 ) and by gluing or mechanical type such as: loops and straps ( 7 ) locked on the mattress base. The gelsack can lie in a security foil. In the circuit, a timer ( 8th ) to get integrated.

Claims (7)

Gel bed, characterized in that a tempering mat ( 1 ) for tempering the gel sack ( 2 ) under the gel bag ( 2 ) is arranged. Gel bed according to claim 1, characterized in that in the tempering mat ( 1 ) a liquid or gaseous medium is circulatable and that means ( 5 ) are provided for tempering the liquid or gaseous medium. Gel bed according to claim 2, characterized in that the means ( 5 ) for tempering the liquid or gaseous medium have a tempering device, a control unit and a pump. Gel bed according to claim 2, characterized in that the liquid or gaseous Medium in a capillary system in the form of a multi-core hose spiral or in a meandering capillary structure is circulatable. Gel bed according to claim 1, characterized in that the tempering mat ( 1 ) is integrable in a mattress system. Gel bed according to claim 5, characterized in that the tempering mat ( 1 ) can be fastened by means of loops or bands or double-sided adhesive tape. Gel bed according to claim 1, characterized in that the tempering mat ( 1 ) is pierced in the places without Kapillarführung to avoid a punctual pressure load.