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Span-America Medical Systems, Inc., introduces the PressureGuard[R] [APM (Advanced Power Management) A programming interface (API) from Intel and Microsoft for battery-powered computers that lets programs communicate power requirements to slow down and speed up components. See ACPI.

APM - Advanced Power Management
.sup.2] "Safety Supreme" that was designed to address fall and entrapment entrapment, in law, the instigation of a crime in the attempt to obtain cause for a criminal prosecution. Situations in which a government operative merely provides the occasion for the commission of a criminal act (e.g.  prevention, fire safety, and skin integrity.

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The "Safety Supreme" features air support cylinders inside an engineered foam shell. It offers the options of alternating pressure or lateral rotation lateral rotation External rotation, see there  via a builtin toggle switch A device that opens and closes an electric circuit. It uses a lever that is moved back and forth; a light switch on the wall being a common example. Old computers often had rows of toggle switches on their consoles, making them look very formidable. .

To help prevent falls and entrapment, the mattress incorporates the patented, raised perimeter found in the Geo-Mattress with Wings[R]. The system is also outfitted with an inner fire barrier for maximum flammability protection.

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Title Annotation:focus on PRESSURE RELIEF & WOUND CARE
Publication:Nursing Homes
Date:Sep 1, 2005
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