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US 12,186,248 B2Granted
Patient bed having active motion exercise
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsChris L. Hildenbrand, Michael Buccieri, Kaitlyn Colon
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Abstract
A patient support apparatus may include a frame and an articulated deck coupled to the frame. The articulated deck may include a head section, a seat section, a thigh section, and a foot section. The seat section may include a stationary frame coupled to the frame and a moveable frame that moves relative to the stationary frame. The moveable frame may move between a retracted position and an extended position.
Claims22
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a frame,
- an articulated deck coupled to the frame, the articulated deck including a head section, a seat section, a thigh section, and a foot section,
- the seat section including a stationary frame coupled to the frame and a moveable frame that is moveable relative to the stationary frame, the seat section further including a lower panel coupled to the stationary frame and an upper panel coupled to the moveable frame, wherein the upper panel moves with the moveable frame relative to the lower panel,
- wherein the moveable frame is moveable between a retracted position in which the moveable frame of the seat section is positioned adjacent the thigh section, and an extended position in which the moveable frame of the seat section is separated away from the thigh section, so that a patient positioned on the patient support apparatus is capable of exercising by moving the moveable frame between the retracted position and the extended position,
- wherein, in the extended position, the lower panel extends across a gap formed between the seat section and the thigh section.
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