US 12,138,204 B2
Support device in form of a pad, mainly for use onto a medical bed
Carlambrogio Bianchi, Milan (IT); Diego Casati, Milan (IT); and Cristiano Bettinelli, Milan (IT)
Assigned to AB MEDICA S.P.A., Milano Mi (IT)
Appl. No. 17/906,041
Filed by AB MEDICA S.P.A., Milan (IT)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/059511
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/084815, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000024568 (IT), filed on Oct. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0026351 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 13/12 (2006.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/126 (2013.01) [A61G 13/0009 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support device for supporting a body on a medical bed, the support device comprising:
a mattress element, configured to receive a body of a subject in a lying position, the mattress element having a longitudinal dimension and a transversal dimension;
a first adjustment element connected to a first portion of the mattress element proximate a first edge of the mattress element, wherein the first adjustment element comprises one of a strip, a longitudinal band, a slide element, a rail, or a longitudinal guide;
a second adjustment element connected to a second portion of the mattress element proximate a second edge of the mattress element, wherein the second adjustment element comprises one of a strip, a longitudinal band, a slide element, a rail, or a longitudinal guide;
one or more first fixing elements, each first fixing element having a respective first connecting element configured to connect the respective first fixing element to the first adjustment element at a respective first continuously adjustable location on the first adjustment element, and a respective first coupling element configured to connect the respective first fixing element to a support structure associated with a medical bed; and
one or more second fixing elements, each second fixing element having a respective second connecting element configured to connect the respective second fixing element to the second adjustment element at a respective second continuously adjustable location on the second adjustment element, and a respective second coupling element configured to connect the respective second fixing element to the support structure associated with the medical bed.