LYING-DOWN SUPPORT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INFLATABLE CUSHIONS AND AN IMPROVED PRESSURE MEASURING AND CONTROL-SYSTEM

摘要

A lying-down support mainly comprising a bottom plate and a plurality of inflatable cushions (5) supported by said plate and connected through a common feed duct (12) with a pressure source, wherein each cushion or a group of cushions is substantially gastight and is connected through a branch duct with said common duct, each branch duct being provided with a controlled valve, in order to maintain the desired pressure in each cushion solely through the controlled valve.