Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, ...
A team of engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles, working with a colleague from K Medical LLC, has developed a pressurized mattress that reduces the likelihood of developing bed sores ...
PITTSBURGH, July 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- "Our mother was bedbound and needed to be moved every two hours," said one of two inventors, from Hollywood, Fla. "We thought there could be a better way to ...
NASHVILLE, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) — A medical device company in Brown County is developing technology to help in the fight against bed sores. Wave Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Bussert Medical ...
“Different systems have been developed to prevent bed sores from occurring such as the application of pressure on different areas of the body over time to stimulate blood movement or maintain blood ...
Hospital beds for home care and patient care that have air mattress systems are used to treat bed sores. The Hill Rom Progressa bed is a popular bed model. Hospital bed models with built in air ...
Precision Fabrics was testing a synthetic silk sheet to determine if a new fabric engineered at its Vinton plant would wick away the moisture and heat of hot flashes and allow women going through ...
Here’s a mindblowing statistic: according to the Royal College of Nursing, the United Kingdom’s National Health Service spends on the order of £2-billion a year on the treatment of bed sores (skin and ...