Mattress having a retractable foot section
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey R. Welling, Gregory W. Branson
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Abstract
A bed for a person is provided. The bed includes a frame, a deck, a mattress, a pair of head end siderails, and a pair of foot end siderails. The deck includes a retractable foot section. The mattress includes a foot portion positioned over the retractable foot section. The foot portion includes a calf support portion and a heel-pressure relief portion.
Claims40
A patient support comprising
- a frame,
- a deck supported by the frame, and
- a mattress supported by the deck, the mattress including a retractable foot portion configured to have an adjustable length, the retractable foot portions including a foam portion and a heel-pressure relief portion.
A mattress configured to support a patient, the mattress comprising
- a head portion,
- a seat portion, and
- a retractable foot portion, the head, seat, and foot portions cooperating to define a patient rest surface, the retractable foot portion having an adjustable length, the retractable foot portion having a main body and a heel-pressure relief portion, the main body having a cavity sized to received the heel-pressure relief portion.
A mattress configured to support a patient, the mattress comprising
- a head portion,
- a seat portion, and
- a foot portion having an adjustable length, the head, seat, and foot portions cooperating to define a patient rest surface having an adjustable length, the foot portion including an adjustable length foam portion and a heel-pressure relief portion having a stiffness less than the stiffness of the foam portion.
A method of supporting a patient on a patient support, the method comprising the steps of
- providing a patient support having an adjustable length, a foam calf support, and a heel-pressure relief portion that has a stiffness less than the stiffness of the foam calf support and
- adjusting the length of the patient support to position the foam calf support under a patient's calves and the heel-pressure relief portion under a patient's heels.
A patient support comprising
- a frame,
- a deck supported by the frame, the deck including a head section, a seat section, and a foot section, the head section being configured to raise and lower relative to the frame, and
- a mattress supported by the deck, the mattress having a head portion positioned over the head section of the deck and a foot portion having a heel-pressure relief portion, the position of the heel-pressure relief portion corresponding to the position of the head section relative to the frame.
A method of maintaining heel-pressure relief of a patient, the method comprising the step of
- providing a patient support including a frame, a deck supported by the frame and having a foot section and a head section movable between first and second positions relative to the frame, and a mattress having a foot portion positioned over the foot section of the deck and a head section positioned over the head section of the deck, the foot portion having a heel-pressure relief portion configured to reduce the surface pressure on a patient's heel and
- corresponding the position of the heel-pressure relief portion of the mattress with the position of the head section of deck to maintain the position of the heel-pressure relief portion under the patient's heel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.