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Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)

Design Team

Caption

The actively deformable slatted bed-frame structure ensures that bedridden patients are spared the development of bedsores (decubitus ulcers), which are extremely painful and difficult to treat.

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Empa

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