One Size Does Not Fit All

The Bedsore Free Device was designed to move patients from their back to their either side with little or no assistance from the caretaker. Taking the principal purpose of the device, physics come into play to accomplish the task. Because people are different in stature, this causes a problem of designing a device to move any and all people with one-size fits all. As some people are taller and some are shorter, so has it, some are wider and some are thinner than others. The wider and thinner principal of stature of the patient is the main focus that must be considered in the design of the Bedsore Free Device to meet the desired results. While the patient is lying down, you should measure the distance between the right shoulder and the left shoulder as though an imaginary line was at the edge of each shoulder going to the ceiling of the room, then write that number down. Then measure the width of the shoulder by starting at the top of the mattress to the edge of one shoulder that is parallel to the chest of the patient. Do not take the roundness of the shoulder into account. Write that number down. Lets say the distance between each shoulder across the chest was 17 inches and the width of one shoulder was 6 ½ inches. You multiply the width of the shoulder by 2 then add the distance between each shoulder across the chest. With the example given, you should come up with 30 inches, showing that this patient should be able to be turned on a 35 inch Bedsore Free Device. If the patient’s dimensions add up to less than 32 inches, then the 35 inch device should work. If the patient’s dimensions add up more than 32 inches up and less than 39 inches then the 42 inch device should work for that patient. If the patient’s dimensions are more than 38 inches and less than 45 inches then the 48 inch device should work. At this point and time, there are three sizes of Bedsore Free Devices available. One for a 35 inch mattress, one for a 42 inch mattress and one for a 48 inch mattress. It is best advised to use the Bedsore Free Device on a bed that has bed rails that can be extended as to keep the patient from being accidentally moved off the bed while being turned.

            The Bedsore Free Device is designed to be used with only a portable low pressure electric air pump designed to pressure up inflatable air mattresses. The options available for the Bedsore Free Device are designed to allow the caregiver different ways to control the operation of the device.

            Selecting Option BFD-A* is for someone that already has an electric air pump or is purchasing an extra Bedsore Free Device to be placed on another bed so that the air pump or other control unit can be moved from one Bedsore Free Device to the other.

            Selecting Option BFD-B* is for someone that may have someone at their home or in a nursing home that needs assistance in moving a patient to change sheets or assure that the patient is moved timely to minimize or prevent bedsores. The pump supplied is loud and is not recommended for a hospital environment.

            Selecting Option BFD-C* is for home use, nursing home use and hospital use where ease of use is needed. The control unit can be moved to other locations to move different patients that have a Bedsore Free Device on that bed as well. This option does not contain an air/vacuum pump , so either the room where the device is used will have air and vacuum available or the purchaser already has an air/vacuum pump that will be used.

            Selecting Option BFD-D* is for home use, nursing home use and hospital use where ease of use is needed. The control unit can be moved to other locations to move different patients that have a Bedsore Free Device on that bed as well. The option comes with a manual 10-valve system with a low noise air/vacuum pump.

            Selecting Option BFD-E* is for home use, nursing home use and hospital use where ease of use is needed as well as the capability to automate the system to move patients on a timed bases as instructed by a doctor to reduce or prevent bedsores. The control unit can be moved to other locations to move different patients that have a Bedsore Free Device on that bed as well. It is necessary that the automatic system be calibrated for each patient. The software is capable of storing different programs for different patients.