Heel-pressure reliever.Colonial Medical Assisted Devices' Heel Reliever has a one-piece design that incorporates maximum heel-pressure relief with the benefit of foot-drop protection. An antirotation bar aids in correct positioning, while an extended toeplate keeps bedding off the toes, limiting the risk of skin breakdown or contracture contracture /con·trac·ture/ (-cher) abnormal shortening of muscle tissue, rendering the muscle highly resistant to passive stretching. . Extra padding Bits or characters that fill up unused portions of a data structure, such as a field, packet or frame. Typically, padding is done at the end of the structure to fill it up with data, with the padding usually consisting of 1 bits, blank characters or null characters. See null and bit stuffing. makes the Heel Reliever suitable for residents with extremely fragile skin. The one-size-fits-all, left or right heel device's liner liner /lin·er/ (lin´er) material applied to the inside of the walls of a cavity or container for protection or insulation of the surface. liner see teat cup liner. is machine washable machine washable adj → lavable a máquina machine washable machine adj [garment] → lavable en machine machine washable machine . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CIRCLE 88 ON READER SERVICE CARD |
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