Tilt bed
AssigneeKreg Medical, Inc.
InventorsCraig Poulos, Joseph Immordino
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Abstract
A tilt bed for assisting a patient to a standing position comprises a frame, a tilting mechanism, a mattress support plate, a mattress, and a foot support. The tilting mechanism attaches to the frame. The tilting mechanism is movable between a generally horizontal position, and a generally vertical position. The foot support is fixedly mounted to the tilting mechanism. The main portion of the mattress and the patient thereon moves closer to the foot support during tilting of the bed from the generally horizontal position to the generally vertical position, and the main portion of the mattress and the patient thereon moves distal the foot support during tilting of the bed from the generally vertical position to the generally horizontal position in a low shear manner.
Claims20
A bed for assisting a patient to a standing position comprising:
- a frame;
- a tilting mechanism attached to the frame, the tilting mechanism being angularly movable between a generally horizontal position and a generally vertical position;
- a mattress slidingly attached to the tilting mechanism, the mattress having a first air chamber and a second air chamber, the first air chamber deflating as the tilting mechanism transitions to the generally vertical position, the second air chamber inflating as the tilting mechanism transitions to the generally vertical position;
- and,
- a foot support fixedly mounted to the tilting mechanism, wherein the mattress transitions closer to the foot support as the first air chamber deflates.
A bed for assisting a patient to a standing position comprising:
- a frame;
- a tilting mechanism attached to the frame;
- a mattress support plate operably connected to the tilting mechanism, the tilting mechanism being movable between a generally horizontal position and a generally vertical position;
- and,
- a mattress attached to the mattress support plate, the mattress adapted to slide toward a foot end of the bed during movement of the tilting mechanism toward the generally vertical position, the mattress having a first air chamber, the air chamber deflating as the tilting mechanism moves to the generally vertical position.
A tilt bed for assisting a patient to a standing position comprising:
- a frame;
- a tilting mechanism attached to the frame, the tilting mechanism being angularly movable between a generally horizontal position and a generally vertical position;
- and,
- a mattress slidingly attached to the tilting mechanism to allow the mattress to slide toward a foot end of the bed, the mattress having a first extender that retracts a foot section of the mattress as the tilting mechanism moves to the generally vertical position, and that expands a foot section of the mattress as the tilting mechanism moves toward the generally horizontal position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.