Turn Medical partners with U.S. Med-Equip to widen access to innovative hospital bed
The San Antonio medical device company Turn Medical has partnered with the national provider of rented medical equipment US Med-Equip (USME) to widen access to the startup's first product for critically ill patients with severe respiratory issues. The partnership accelerates hospitals’ access to Turn Medical’s Pronova-O2 Automated Prone Therapy System, an automated hospital bed that rotates patients to a prone position onto their abdomen.
The bed provides an effective and efficient way for clinicians to move patients into the prone position safely and easily.
Prone positioning is recommended for critically ill patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which accounts for about 10% of all admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide. Prone therapy is now consi...
