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US 12,102,579 B2Granted
Patient support apparatus having patient lift
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsRobert M. Zerhusen, Richard H. Heimbrock, Mark Chiacchira, Nicholas A. Mann, David C. Newkirk
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Abstract
A patient bed has a siderail that is movable to a raised position elevated over a central region of a mattress of the patient bed for use as part of a patient lift of the patient bed. In a lowered position, the siderail blocks egress of a patient from the mattress. In the raised position of the siderail, a sling arm is coupleable to the siderail and a sling is coupleable to hooks of the sling arm.
Claims16
A patient support apparatus comprising
- a frame,
- a mattress carried by the frame and configured to support a patient,
- a plurality of siderails coupled to the frame, each siderail having an egress-blocking position to block the patient from exiting the mattress, and
- a patient lift coupled to the frame, a first siderail of the plurality of siderails being included as a component of the patient lift, the patient lift being moveable between a first position having the first siderail in the respective egress-blocking position and a second position having the first siderail in a raised position suspended over a central region of the mattress, the patient lift including a sling supported beneath the first siderail when the patient lift is in the second position, the patient lift being operable to move the sling upwardly to support the patient in spaced relation from the mattress.
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