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American Health American Health Inc. is a company that manufactures health supplements. It is located in Holbrook, New York. One of its products is labeled the "Chewable Original Papaya Enzyme" with the attached registered trademark, "The 'After Meal Supplement'".  Systems' three UltraForm mattress systems--UltraForm Elite, Select and Pre-Vent--meet the needs of all healthcare environments. The UltraForm IST[TM] (Interface Surface Technology) surface design addresses both pressure relief and shear shear: see strength of materials.
Shear

A straining action wherein applied forces produce a sliding or skewing type of deformation.
 reduction. All three systems are available with the Defined Perimeter option to meet the safety needs of the dementia dementia (dĭmĕn`shə) [Lat.,=being out of the mind], progressive deterioration of intellectual faculties resulting in apathy, confusion, and stupor. In the 17th cent.  resident.

The SenTex cover is another option available for the UltraForm mattresses. It incorporates two sensing elements in the torso torso /tor·so/ (tor´so) trunk (1).

tor·so
n. pl. tor·sos or tor·si
The human body excluding the head and limbs; trunk.
 area of the mattress that are connected to the existing monitor system. When the resident's body is on top of both elements, the monitoring circuit is closed. If the resident moves off the elements, the circuit is broken and the alarm is activated. The SenTex cover eliminates disposable sensing mats; simplifies bed monitor set-up; reduces improper placement; will not interfere with pressure reduction; and connects to all brands of bed-exit alarms (converter (1) A device that changes one set of codes, modes, sequences or frequencies to a different set. See A/D converter.

(2) A device that changes current from 60Hz to 50Hz and vice versa.
 available for some brands).
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Title Annotation:American Health Systems Inc.
Publication:Nursing Homes
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2001
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