Healthcare bed

Abstract

A healthcare bed includes a frame surmounted by a lying surface articulated into multiple sections, corresponding to the regions of the back, buttocks, thighs and legs of the patient. The bed includes a fixed part, substantially on the horizontal plane, and a moveable part which supports a first section, corresponding to the back region, which can be at least inclined with respect to the fixed part. Elements for tilting the first section are also included. The bed further includes a second section corresponding to the buttocks region that is pivoted at the side thereof that is adjacent to a third section, corresponding to the thigh region, and is free at the opposite side, there being elements for supporting and moving the second section from a configuration that is coplanar with respect to the lying surface to a configuration that is inclined and with the free side lowered, and vice versa.

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