Patient positioning device
AssigneeHillenbrand Management Company LLC
InventorWilliam A. Hillenbrand, II
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Abstract
A patient positioning device for restoring a patient to a desired position in a hospital bed. An example patient positioning device may include a flexible track positioned along each of the lateral edges of a sleep surface and extending substantially the entire length of the sleep surface, a sheet including beaded edges for slidably engaging the tracks such that the sheet spans between the first track and the second track on the sleep surface, and/or a drive mechanism located proximate a head end of the sleep surface and configured to pull the sheet towards the head end of the bed.
Claims29
A patient positioning device comprising:
- a mattress having at least two ends, wherein at least one end allows vertical and angular repositioning with respect to another end;
- and,
- a drive mechanism operatively coupled to the mattress and configured to reposition a sheet along a length of the mattress, the drive mechanism is positioned at least partially below a top surface of the mattress, wherein the drive system is configured to be repositioned when at least one of the two ends of the mattress is repositioned.
A patient positioning mattress comprising:
- a mattress;
- a guide coupled to the mattress and configured to progressively align a sheet along a length of the mattress, wherein the guide is configured to allow traversal of the sheet along the length of the mattress and concurrently retard motion of the sheet in at least two directions perpendicular to the length of the mattress,
- wherein the guide includes a first guide, a second guide, and
- a third guide;
- and, the first, second, and third guides are spaced apart from one another and extend along the length of the mattress.
A patient positioning device for an articulating bed comprising:
- a mattress having at least two ends and being supported on the bed, wherein at least one end allows vertical and angular repositioning with respect to another end as the bed is articulated;
- and,
- a drive mechanism operatively coupled to the mattress and configured to reposition a sheet along a length of the mattress, the drive mechanism is positioned at least partially below a top surface of the mattress, wherein the drive system is configured to be repositioned when least one of the two ends of the mattress is repositioned.
A patient positioning device for a healthcare bed comprising:
- a mattress having at least two ends, wherein at least one end allows vertical and angular repositioning with respect to another end;
- and,
- a drive mechanism operatively coupled to the mattress and bed and configured to reposition a sheet along a length of the mattress, the drive mechanism is positioned at least partially below a top surface of the mattress, wherein the drive system is configured to be repositioned when at least one of the two ends of the mattress is repositioned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.