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 ...
To learn more about the advantages of the compliant-mechanism mattress, see this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/KfIB_e_6rzY UCLA and K Medical's study can be ...
With more than 1,200 linear actuators, the mattress shifts between peak and pit states, applying and relieving pressure to optimize blood flow. Mechanical engineering researchers at the UCLA Samueli ...