EP 0364249 A3 19900926 - SUPPORT SYSTEM
Title (en)
SUPPORT SYSTEM
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 8824174 A 19881014
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0364249A2] A support system such as a clinical mattress comprises two sheets of flexible material bonded together to provide a plurality of separate cells (1) that are capable of being alternately and repeatedly inflated and deflated by means of a fluid contained in the cells (1). The flexible material is impermeable to the fluid. The cells (1) are of a size and shape and with an intercellular spacing such that in the width or length, or both, of the system, the distance between centres of adjacent inflated cells (1) is less than the human two-point discrimination threshold and the clinical support system is capable of supporting a human body with bottoming out either of or between the inflated cells (1).
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR)
A61G 7/047 (2013.01 - KR); A61G 7/05776 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
- [A] GB 2149655 A 19850619 - SEIKEN CO, et al
- [A] US 3394415 A 19680730 - PARKER BUSTER A
- [A] US 3674019 A 19720704 - GRANT BENTON H
- [AP] EP 0292218 A1 19881123 - HILLENBRAND IND INC [US]
- [XP] EP 0290398 A1 19881109 - ZAROTTI CLAUDIO
- [XP] DE 3716263 A1 19881124 - ZAHORANSKY EDGAR DIPL ING [DE], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0364249 A2 19900418; EP 0364249 A3 19900926; EP 0364249 B1 19931229; AT E99157 T1 19940115; AU 4282789 A 19900426; AU 618847 B2 19920109; DE 68911840 D1 19940210; DE 68911840 T2 19940526; ES 2049825 T3 19940501; FI 894857 A0 19891013; FI 89868 B 19930831; FI 89868 C 19931210; GB 8824174 D0 19881123; HK 1006409 A1 19990226; JP 2806992 B2 19980930; JP H02198553 A 19900807; KR 0145083 B1 19980701; KR 900005946 A 19900507; MX 172570 B 19940103; NO 174872 B 19940418; NO 174872 C 19940817; NO 894087 D0 19891012; NO 894087 L 19900417; NZ 230995 A 19920129
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 89310417 A 19891011; AT 89310417 T 19891011; AU 4282789 A 19891013; DE 68911840 T 19891011; ES 89310417 T 19891011; FI 894857 A 19891013; GB 8824174 A 19881014; HK 98105733 A 19980619; JP 26532189 A 19891013; KR 890014797 A 19891013; MX 1794889 A 19891013; NO 894087 A 19891012; NZ 23099589 A 19891012