Finding better surface: a potent combination of clinical know-how and...

Rehab Management;  November 1, 2007 ;   Norton, Linda;   787 words ......therapeutic support surfaces perform better...development. Support surfaces have been defined...therapeutic support surfaces. (2) Rather...follows: Reactive Support Surface: a powered or nonpowered support surface with the capability...2) Active ...

Cost-Driven U.S. Specialty Bed and Support Surface Markets Challenge...

PR Newswire;  November 19, 2002 ;     537 words ......specialty bed and support markets in the United...Specialty Bed and Support Surface Markets, is a detailed...specialty bed and support surface markets in the United...specialty beds and support surfaces for pressure management...Specialty Bed and Support Surface ...

Italian Inventor Develops Tubular Fold-Away Legs

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 5, 2008 ;     261 words ......Serenza, Italy, has developed a support surface tubular fold-away legs. According...relates to "tubular fold-away legs for support surfaces which includes a joint, which is...and an attachment element to said support surface, the legs being mobile between a...by an angle with respect ...

Indiana Inventor Develops Heat Transfer Support Surface

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 6, 2007 ;     236 words ......Wayne, Ind., has developed a support surface for heating or cooling food...Trademark Office: "A heat transfer support surface for heating or cooling food articles placed adjacent the support surface by circulating a heat transfer...

Development of a Decision Tree For Support Surfaces: A Tool for Nursing.

MedSurg Nursing;  August 1, 1999 ;   Warren, Joseph B. Yoder, Linda H. Young-McCaughan, Stacey;   787 words ...The use of specialty support surfaces can be clinically beneficial...selecting the most appropriate support surface based on the patient's...decision tree for specialty support surfaces selection is described...between the patient and support surface over a larger area, ...

An ultrasound device for distortion measurement and biomechanical analysis...

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development;  June 1, 1996 ;   Brienza, David M; Brubaker, Clifford E; Wang, Jue;   687 words ......distributions between buttocks and seat support surfaces are used clinically to evaluate...ability to precisely control seat support surface shape while measuring externally...heads of the controllable seat support surface of the CASS allows the determination...external pressure and ...

Cochrane reviews -- pressure sore prevention and treatment

British Journal of Perioperative Nursing;  June 1, 2002 ;   Tammer, Judith;   626 words ......use of a conforming support surface to distribute the body...use of an alternating support surface where inflatable cells...area of skin. Special support surfaces, aimed at pressure redistribution...mattresses and cushions (support surfaces) in the prevention ...

Pressure-sensing mat.(Products on the Market)

Physical Therapy Products;  March 1, 2007 ;     119 words ......location and magnitude of peak pressures without altering the support surface, the CONFORMat provides objective data to optimize seating...and positioning solutions through a better selection of support surfaces. The CONFORMat sensor does not create or display pressure...

Indiana, Tennessee Inventors Develop Grain Bin Flooring System

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 2, 2008 ;     297 words ......flange by a first support surface and the second flange by a second support surface. To insure that the first and second support surfaces do not become separated...the first and second support surfaces are preferably corrugated...

Dutch Inventor Develops Magnetic Material Particles Transporting System

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 9, 2008 ;     298 words ......particles in a selected direction has a support surface extending in the selected direction...for retaining the particles on the support surface such that the magnetic field on the support surface has high- and low-field bands and...

French Inventors Develop Multidirectional Fibrous Reinforcement...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 3, 2006 ;     274 words ......deposited in successive layers on a support surface. A binder is provided in association...adhere the reinforcing thread to the support surface and the successive layers of thread...reinforcing thread is pressed against the support surface in a manner that exerts a pressure...

German Inventors Develop Active Surface Structures Tool Production Method

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 12, 2008 ;     319 words ......the sub-.mu.m range, having a support surface onto which relief surface structures are applied over the support surface by means of material deposition...invention is distinguished by the support surface being directly contacted with...

Idaho Inventors Develop Imaging Apparatus

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 10, 2007 ;     265 words ......methods include providing an input support surface to support input imaging media and an output support surface to support output imaging media...Patent Office, said: "The input support surface is configured to move relative...

German Inventor Develops Combustion Chamber Fuel Injector

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 14, 2006 ;     278 words ......indentation is formed by a peripheral support surface for the actuator housing." An abstract...actuator housing is oriented towards the support surface and has a peripheral recess. This...projection, which is oriented towards the support surface and is adjacent to the support ...

Colorado Inventor Develops Ergonomic Support Surface

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 1, 2007 ;     240 words ......has developed an ergonomic support surface. According to the U.S. Patent...Trademark Office: "An ergonomic support surface is disclosed that supports...contact with the ergonomic support surface to control a hand activated...