Elevated heel cushion. (Product Focus: Pressure Relief).Intensive Therapeutics, Inc., introduces the HeelZup[TM] Therapeutic Heel Elevating Cushion for the prevention and treatment of heel pressure ulcers. The patent-pending design exceeds AHRQ AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; US HHS) and NPUAP NPUAP - National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel guidelines for the use of foam as a pressure-reduction modality. HeelZup elevates the heels HEELS - Helicopter Emergency Egress Lighting System a minimum of 1" off of the surface, while supporting the lower leg from the Achilles Achilles (əkĭl`ēz), in Greek mythology, foremost Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of Peleus and Thetis. He was a formidable warrior, possessing fierce and uncontrollable anger. Thetis, knowing that Achilles was fated to die at Troy, disguised him as a girl and hid him among the women at the court of King Lycomedes of Skyros. area to the knee, and avoids hyperextension hy  per·ex·tend (- k-st nd of the knee. Raised side holsters prevent legs from falling off of the sides of the cushion. Manufactured of high-density, antimicrobial, hypoallergenic hy·po·al·ler·gen·ic (h p - l, and latex-free foam, HeelZup does not require constant maintenance and adjustment. Reusable and disposable models are available, and the reusable nylon cover is friction- and shear-reducing. CIRCLE 90 ON READER SERVICE CARD |
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