The support and control appts. includes a frame (16), and an upwardly facing patient support surface (40) with a perimeter carried by the frame. An air generator is mounted on the frame and provides two curtains of air. Each air curtain originates adjacent to the perimeter and converges at a point above the patient support surface. The curtains combine with the support surface to define a patient space. A third curtain of air is provided originating adjacent to the perimeter of the support surface and directed into the patient space. A fourth air curtain opposes the third and is directed into the patient's space.
申请公布号
EP0852484(A4)
申请公布日期
2000.06.07
申请号
EP19960933108
申请日期
1996.09.24
申请人
HILL-ROM, INC.
发明人
GOLDBERG, CHARLES;NEWKIRK, DAVID, C.;OLSON, WILLIAM;DONNELLY, MICHAEL, M.;MOLL, ROBERT, G.;GUTWILLIG, ALAN