Alternating pressure mattress (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles

Alternating pressure mattress

Caption

Illustration of a 220-pound anatomical dummy lying on a UCLA-designed mattress prototype that alternates pressure in a checkerboard pattern to help prevent pressure ulcers

Credit

Flexible Research Group/UCLA

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