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A method and device in particular a therapeutic device for abstracting moisture and fluid from one or more bodies such as bedridden patients, whereby use is made of a bed of moisture and fluid absorbing beads, wherein said beads in the bed are being fluidized by an air supply and conditioning system

A method and device in particular a therapeutic device for abstracting moisture and fluid from one or more bodies such as bedridden patients, whereby use is made of a bed of moisture and fluid absorbing beads, wherein said beads in the bed are being fluidized by an air supply and conditioning system; air supplied in the fluidization bed having a low relative degree of humidity and suitable temperature which increases the regenerative action of the fluidization bed, necessary for abstracting moisture and fluid from said beads and said body.

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A device for supporting a moisture-containing body and for accepting moisture emanating from said body, said device comprising: bed means defining an air-permeable upper surface on which a moisture-emitting body can be placed and a porous floor, said bed means providing a chamber between said upper

A device for supporting a moisture-containing body and for accepting moisture emanating from said body, said device comprising: bed means defining an air-permeable upper surface on which a moisture-emitting body can be placed and a porous floor, said bed means providing a chamber between said upper surface and said porous floor, a bed of beads contained in said chamber, said bed of beads being capable of absorbing moisture flowing into said chamber from said body through said air-permeable upper surface, plenum means below said bed means for supplying a uniform flow of air upwardly through said porous floor of said bed means and into said chamber to uniformly fluidize said bed of beads and for accepting moisture flowing downwardly from said bed of beads through said porous floor, said plenum means defining a floor, and an air-supply system connected to said floor of said plenum means for supplying treatment air to said plenum means at a controlled temperature and relative humidity and for draining moisture out of said plenum means, said air-supply system including an air treatment chamber in which air from the environment around said device is cooled and water vapor therein removed as moisture, thereby providing said treatment air, and a first heating means for evaporating said moisture into water vapor for return to said environment.