WO2002045641A1 - Inflatable support - Google Patents
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- WO2002045641A1 WO2002045641A1 PCT/GB2001/005418 GB0105418W WO0245641A1 WO 2002045641 A1 WO2002045641 A1 WO 2002045641A1 GB 0105418 W GB0105418 W GB 0105418W WO 0245641 A1 WO0245641 A1 WO 0245641A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
- A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
- A61G7/05—Parts, details or accessories of beds
- A61G7/057—Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor
- A61G7/05769—Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor with inflatable chambers
- A61G7/05776—Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor with inflatable chambers with at least two groups of alternately inflated chambers
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- the invention relates to an inflatable support for the prevention and treatment of pressure sores .
- Pressure sores are a condition of progressive tissue death caused primarily by the combination of pressure and shear forces on the human body particularly in the regions of the bony prominences' such as ischials, trochanter and heels. These forces act by reducing or stopping the microcirculatory function bringing fresh nutrients (including oxygen) to and removing waste products from the soft tissues underlying the skin. Pressure sores are always debilitating, can often be fatal and even with optimum intervention take from weeks to months to completely heal. The resulting costs for a developed nation (including NATRA, EU, Australasia, Japan) range from £100m to £600m annually.
- Pressure relieving or reducing supports are provided both in mattress form for lying on and seat product form supporting the buttocks and sometimes the " back in operation. All of these support products use different technologies but can be put into two categories by the way they deal with the problem of lowering the pressures imposed on the vulnerable bony prominences (which are at highest risk of pressure sores) by supporting the weight of the human body.
- the pressures imposed by an air mattress on the body are called interface pressures and are a function of the internal or operating pressure of the system. If internal pressure is too low than the parts of body supported touch the base below. But too high a pressure and pressure sores may develop. The majority of people associate lower pressures with more comfort. Patient perception of comfort is important to obtain high compliance and optimum sleep patterns for faster healing.
- operating pressure has to be optimised for an individual patient and is dependent on spatial distribution of patient body density over the area in contact with the mattress or seating product and varies with each patient and their position on the mattress.
- Gap setting adjustment involves setting operating pressure to get clearance of two or three fingers width or palm thickness between the lowest part of the patients body and the mattress or seat base. This is physically intrusive for the patient and difficult or impossible with most mattress designs due to obstructions of parts' of the inflated structure.
- Some alternating systems provide semi-automatic operating pressure setting by means of additional sensors either under the mattress or within the mattress to indicate when the patient is at risk of bottoming and to control the pump to re-inflate the mattress.
- the invention provides an inflatable support for a user comprising one or more inflatable cells inflated with fluid from a source to a set pressure, means for venting at least one cell through a known restrictor and measuring the pressure change over time, control means converting this pressure change time value into a mathematical coefficient and comparing with known experimental data, and selecting the optimum support pressure and adjusting the source output to provide the optimum support pressure. 5
- the advantage of the invention is that it uses existing cell air and pressure sensors without adding any components into the mattress. There are no sensors in the mattress, thereby any inflatable mattress is available for use.
- the cell(s) are vented once every cycle of inflation and deflation in an alternating system for continuous monitoring and resetting of the optimum support pressure.
- the means for venting at least one of the cells is actuated during the deflation cycle.
- the venting means may be actuated during the inflation cycle.
- the cell air is vented through a series of restrictors, or more preferably a variable restrictor.
- control means includes compiled experimental data of pressure decay with time and associated mathematical coefficient for large number of users with different body anatomy, on different mattresses and cushions and with differing initial set pressures. More preferably, the control means adds new patient anatomy types and corresponding mathematical coefficient not present in the known experimental data.
- the inflatable support may have an additional anti-bottoming sensor to allow for lower overall operating pressures, for greater user comfort.
- the anti-bottoming sensor may comprise a sensor mat as described in our European patent No. 560563 and is hereby incorporated by reference .
- the inflatable support may be controlled by remote means connected to the control means .
- Figure 1 is a schematic view of a support surface in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a schematic view of a support surface 10 according to another embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of a remote control device to operate the support according to the invention.
- a support surface 10 includes a series of inflatable cells 30, 40 inflated alternately by a compressor 11 by means of either a rotor stator or a solenoid arrangement 20.
- the cells 30, 40 may be exhausted via exhaust port 50, the exhaust port incorporates a restrictor 60 of known diameter.
- a gauge pressure transducer 70 measures the cell 30, 40 pressure.
- the support surface is inflated to a set pressure, say 35 mmHg.
- the cells 30, 40 are respectively alternatively inflated and deflated by means of a rotor stator or solenoid 20 in a cycle typically lasting 10 minutes. At least some of the cells 30, 40 during their deflating cycle are then exhausted through the exhaust port 50 and the cell pressure decay over a time of say 90 seconds is monitored prior to full deflation of the cells. Thus the impact of loss of pressure in the cells 30, 40 in terms of user comfort is minimal.
- the microprocessor calculates the mathematical function related to the cell pressure decay with time, and compares the value with the compiled experimental mathematical function data and adjusts the output of the compressor accordingly. These values have been collated by experiment by measuring cell pressure decay over time from set operating pressures for different anatomy of 7 users and mattresses .
- the sequence of exhausting via port 50 may be repeated at every inflation/deflation cycle and the pressure decay monitored and compared with the known data. Any changes in coefficient values are automatically translated as adjustments in compressor output to provide a new operating pressure. In this way, any change in the person's position i.e. lying on their back to their side or sitting are accommodated by the cell pressure automatically being adjusted to prevent bottoming or high interface pressures .
- Figure 2 shows a support surface 10 consisting of inflatable cells 100 which are inflated constantly by means of a compressor 130 of known output.
- a gauge pressure transducer 150 measures the cell pressure in the fluid lines 160 leading to the cells 100. Similar to the embodiment as described above, the cells are inflated to a set pressure of say 30mmHG and then the cell pressure decay over time through a known restrictor is monitored. The value is translated to a mathematical coefficient which is compared to similar data compiled within the microprocessor for such a mattress with different anatomy of users and operating pressures and the compressor output adjusted to provide an operating pressure correlating to the coefficient value.
- the invention provides a support surface automatically providing optimum support pressure taking into account user's anatomy without any input from the user.
- This optimum pressure may be made more optimum to provide greater comfort to the user by having an additional anti-bottoming sensor located under the support.
- a typical anti-bottoming sensor as described in our European Patent No. 560563 comprises a mat which ensures that the support is inflated sufficiently to prevent bottoming of the user i.e. touching the base under the support .
- the user may also be able to control the support comfort by means of a remote control for adjusting the support pressure, but which would not compromise the therapy set by the carer.
- the remote control 80 comprises a simple series of switches 81 that can be low voltage, and can be connected in parallel to the membrane control panel and duplicating their operation.
- the switches 81 are connected by a wire to the pump via a connector 82.
- the conventional connector 82 could be a telephone jack or similar device.
- a switch 81 is closed a digital signal is seen at the connector 82 from state 0 (e.g. OV) to state 1
- This signal can be input into the microcontroller or control system in the pump interpreted and the corresponding action taken.
- the remote control 80 is low cost, self powered and physically connected to the pump.
- the connection system 82 further allows connection to a bed frame as the remote control 80 could have switches 81 to adjust bed position as well as the support comfort control .
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AU20910/02A AU777265B2 (en) | 2000-12-09 | 2001-12-07 | Inflatable support |
JP2002547427A JP4685330B2 (en) | 2000-12-09 | 2001-12-07 | Inflatable support |
AT01999339T ATE462393T1 (en) | 2000-12-09 | 2001-12-07 | INFLATABLE PROP |
DK01999339.3T DK1253900T3 (en) | 2000-12-09 | 2001-12-07 | Inflatable support |
US10/311,202 US6789284B2 (en) | 2000-12-09 | 2001-12-07 | Inflatable support |
NZ520599A NZ520599A (en) | 2000-12-09 | 2001-12-07 | Inflatable support |
DE60141682T DE60141682D1 (en) | 2000-12-09 | 2001-12-07 | INFLATABLE POST |
EP01999339A EP1253900B1 (en) | 2000-12-09 | 2001-12-07 | Inflatable support |
ZA2002/05563A ZA200205563B (en) | 2000-12-09 | 2002-07-11 | Inflatable support |
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CN (1) | CN1188096C (en) |
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AU (1) | AU777265B2 (en) |
DE (1) | DE60141682D1 (en) |
DK (1) | DK1253900T3 (en) |
GB (1) | GB2369775B (en) |
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