Compliant Mechanism based Alternating Pressure Mattress
Prevents Sores & Ulcers
K Medical is primarily focused on bringing simple and effective healthcare to the elderly. Like millions of families worldwide, our founders have experienced aging family members go through the debilitating experience of bed sores while undergoing chronic illness in the final stages of their lives. Our founders are committed to improving the lives of the elderly and have brought together their engineering and technological excellence to make this happen. K Medical’s revolutionary mattress will solve the age-old problem of bedsores and bring much desired relief to the patient population with limited or no mobility. Utility patents for our mattress products are patent pending in US, EU and Worldwide.
PROBLEM
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2.5 Million Patients Affected Every Year
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60,000 Patients DIE Every Year from Bedsores
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$9-11bn in Healthcare Cost in US alone for Bedsores treatment
SOLUTION
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Comfort for Patients & prevention of bedsores
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Continuous and instantaneous alternation at any desired frequency
PROBLEM
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Nursing homes are most litigated against for bedsores
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87% of lawsuits favor patients and their families $250K - $350M in average settlement
SOLUTION
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Prevents nursing facilities from negligence of care lawsuits
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Wirelessly logs patient’s pressure point alterations
PROBLEM
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Patients Can Develop Bed Sores and Ulcers Within 4-6 hrs.
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Hospital Protocol - Turn the patient every 2 hours
SOLUTION
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Automated optimized instantaneous pressure alternation at any desired frequency
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No need to turn patients every two hours
PROBLEM
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Nurses/caregivers break their backs turning patients around.
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Turning causes macerations of patient’s skin
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Turning often disrupts patients sleep
SOLUTION
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Saves nurses from heavy lifting & prevents back injuries
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Saves nurses time & avoids worker’s compensation claims