Bed side rail having cavity for infusion unit
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsDennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, Carl W. Riley
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Abstract
A patient care apparatus includes a bed to support a patient. The bed has a side rail with a cavity. The patient care apparatus also includes an infusion unit having a medical treatment control unit, a medical treatment line, and a medication container to contain medication. The medical treatment line is coupled to the medication container to conduct medication from the medication container to the patient. The medical treatment control unit and the medication container are positioned in the cavity.
Claims19
A patient care apparatus adapted for use with a patient, the patient care apparatus comprising
- a bed to support the patient, the bed having a side rail, the side rail having a cavity, and
- an infusion unit having a medical treatment control unit, a medical treatment line, and a medication container to contain medication, the medical treatment line being coupled to the medication container to conduct medication from the medication container to the patient, wherein the medical treatment control unit and the medication container are positioned in the cavity, wherein the infusion unit comprises a pair of infusion units and the cavity is sized to accommodate the pair of infusion units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.