Stowable inner leg supports
AssigneeTurn Medical, LLC
InventorsKevin S. Wilson, Eric W. Barta, Christopher T. Niederkrom
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Abstract
A therapeutic proning bed include an inner leg support system adjustable between a deployed position and a stowed position. The inner leg support system may, for example, be internally stowed when performing adjustment between the deployed and stowed position. In some embodiments, the inner leg support system may be adjusted between a deployed and stowed position without removal from the bed.
Claims11
A therapeutic bed comprising:
- a rotatable support frame configured for supporting a patient;
- a first inner leg support and a second inner leg support slidably coupled to the support frame, the first and second inner leg supports each having a first end and a second end, the first and second inner leg supports each being adjustable between a deployed position so as to contact an inner portion of each patient leg when the support frame engages a patient, and a stowed position without removal from the support frame so as to substantially clear a path across the support frame for moving a patient from the support frame;
- a first rod mounted to the support frame, the first end of the first inner leg supports being slidably coupled to the first rod so as to slidably couple the first inner leg supports to the support frame;
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- a first gas spring coupled between the support frame and at least one of first inner leg support and the second inner leg support, the gas spring being configured to counterbalance a fixed weight of the at least one of the inner leg supports so as to hold the at least one of the inner leg supports in a substantially neutral buoyant state, application of a manual force being required when the at least one of the inner leg supports is moved from a deployed to a stowed position.
A therapeutic bed including an inner leg support system, the inner leg support system being adjustable so as to prevent the inner leg support system from obstructing a path of patient movement when transferring the patient to or from the therapeutic bed comprising:
- a patient support frame including a support surface configured for supporting a patient in a supine position, said support frame being rotatable about a long axis extending from a foot end to a head end of the patient support frame;
- an internally stowable pair of inner leg supports, the pair of inner leg supports being adjustable between a working position and a stowed position;
- a gas spring coupled between the support frame and at least one of the inner leg supports, the gas spring being configured to counterbalance a fixed weight of the at least one of the inner leg supports, a manual force being required when at least one of the inner leg supports is moved from a deployed to a stowed position;
- the support frame forming an opening through which the inner leg supports may pass when moving between said working position and said stowed position;
- the pair of inner leg supports being manually adjustable between said working position and said stowed position;
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- wherein said pair of inner leg supports are supported in a neutrally buoyant state during adjustment between said working position and said stowed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.