Hospital bed with user care apparatus
AssigneeHill-Rom, Inc.
InventorsL. Dale Foster, Ryan Anthony Reeder, Allen L. Walke, David W. Hornbach
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Abstract
A hospital bed that converts from a bed configuration to a chair configuration that is used in combination with different care/therapy modules. When in the chair configuration, the bed is designed to interface at its foot end with the different care/therapy modules to facilitate the use of such modules. The care/therapy modules include, for example, a general purpose cart, a motorized leg exercise device, a walking exercise device, a non-motorized leg exercise device, a commode, a wheelchair and/or a hydrotherapy unit.
Claims10
A bed facilitating comprehensive care of a user comprising:
- a base and frame assembly providing a foot end;
- an articulated support platform mounted on the base and frame assembly and selectively movable between a generally planar bed position and a chair position, the articulated support platform including
- a head panel moving to a raised position when moving the support platform to the chair position, and
- leg and foot panels moving relative to each other and the head panel to a position allowing the user to leave the bed through the foot end of the base and frame assembly when the support platform is in the chair position;
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- a commode removably coupled to the foot end of the base and frame assembly.
A bed facilitating comprehensive care of a user comprising:
- a base and frame assembly having a foot end;
- an articulated support platform mounted on the base and frame assembly and selectively movable between a generally planar bed position and a chair position, the articulated support platform including a head panel moving to a raised position when moving the support platform to the chair position, and leg and foot panels moving relative to each other and the head panel to a position allowing the user to leave the bed through the foot end of the base and frame assembly when the support platform is in the chair position;
- a care/therapeutic module removably coupled to the foot end of the base and frame assembly;
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- a latch connected to the base and frame assembly adjacent the foot end for receiving a member of the care/therapeutic module, the latch including a tube having an opening in a tube side wall proximate one end of the tube for receiving the member of the care/therapeutic module;
- a plunger slidably mounted within the tube, the plunger having a notch in one end for capturing the member of the care/therapeutic module;
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- a spring biasing the plunger toward the one end of the tube and pushing the member of the care/therapeutic module against a wall of the opening in the tube, thereby securing the member of the care/therapeutic module in a latched position with respect to the bed.
A bed having a generally planar bed position and convertible to a chair position, the bed comprising:
- a base and frame assembly having a foot end;
- an articulated support platform on the frame and including at least head, leg and foot panels, the head panel being mounted for pivotal movement relative to the frame for pivoting to a raised position and the leg and foot panel being mounted for pivotal movement relative to the frame for pivoting to a lowered position when converting from the bed position to the chair position so that a user's feet rest directly on the floor allowing the user to egress from the foot end of the base and frame assembly when in the chair position;
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- a care/therapeutic module removably coupled to the foot end of the base and frame assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.