METHOD OF CHANGING BODY POSITION AND DEVICE FOR ITS REALISATION Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC A61G7/00 A61H1/00 A61G5/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to medicine, in particular, to methods of changing body position and devices for its realisation used in reanimation and for treatment of complications in patients who remain in immobile or nearly immobile state for a long time; as well as for therapy of wide range of diseases, and can be applied both in specialised medical establishments and in home conditions. For this purpose patient is laid on supporting horizontal surface. After that, regulated pressure on cervical spine, legs, right and left parts of body and additional various parts of body is redistributed in accordance with specified programme, which takes into account time interval and ensures desired trajectories of movement. Device for changing body position includes set of parallel to each other identical inflatable bags, lateral inflatable bags, located on means for head and leg raising and body turning, means of pumping in and out, connected with bags and control device.

EFFECT: group of inventions ensures wide range of movement in space of patient's body position, prevents injuring soft tissues by friction and displacement, and is simple in application.

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