Stryker has filed a patent for a mattress cover designed for movement therapy. The cover includes a patient support portion, a bottom portion, and peripheral portions that encase the mattress. An augmenting feature is associated with one of the peripheral portions and can expand in response to the inflation of an adjustable bladder within the mattress. The augmenting feature includes a resilient member to maintain its stored configuration. GlobalData’s report on Stryker gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Mattress cover with augmenting feature for movement therapy
A recently filed patent (Publication Number: US20230310237A1) describes a mattress cover designed to be coupled to a mattress with an inflatable bladder for adjusting the size of the mattress to support a patient. The mattress cover includes a patient support portion that covers the upper surface of the mattress, a bottom portion that covers the lower surface of the mattress, and peripheral portions that encase the mattress. The patent claims an augmenting feature associated with one of the peripheral portions that can move between a stored configuration and a deployed configuration in response to the expansion of the inflatable bladder. The augmenting feature includes a resilient member that biases it towards the stored configuration.
According to the patent, the augmenting feature can increase the width of one of the peripheral portions as it moves from the stored configuration to the deployed configuration, and decrease it as it moves back to the stored configuration. The augmenting feature may also include concertinaed material that expands in the deployed configuration and returns to its natural state in the stored configuration. Additionally, the augmenting feature may have at least one coupler to constrain it in the stored configuration, and a fold of material that extends away from the peripheral portion in the deployed configuration.
The patent also describes the use of the mattress cover in a mattress assembly with an inflatable bladder that provides movement therapy to adjust the size of the mattress. The patient support portion of the mattress cover is designed to support the majority of the patient within its outer periphery during the movement therapy. The augmenting feature of the mattress cover expands in response to the increasing thickness of the mattress during the movement therapy.
Overall, this patent describes a mattress cover with an augmenting feature that can adjust its size in response to the expansion of an inflatable bladder in the mattress. The design allows for increased comfort and support for patients during movement therapy.
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