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| 20090089930 | Bed with Adjustable Patient Support Framework - An adjustable bed comprises a hospital bed frame chassis, an articulatable, multi-sectioned base platform mounted on the chassis, an adjustable patient support framework mounted on the base platform, and a patient support surface overlying the adjustable patient support framework and base platform. The adjustable patient support framework preferably includes two main parts: an adjustable torso support litter mounted on the articulatable torso-supporting section of the base platform; and an adjustable hip support litter mounted on the articulatable hip-supporting section of the base platform. Each of these support litters comprise a plurality of independently adjustable vertices or segments oriented at or near the periphery of the overlying patient support surface. Modulation of the patient support surface is accomplished through two conceptually distinct mechanisms—(1) articulation of the base platform and (2) movement of the vertices and/or segments of the adjustable patient support framework. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090094744 | Support Surface That Modulates to Cradle a Patient's Midsection - An adjustable bed comprises a patient support surface supported by a patient support framework that adjusts vertices along the perimeter of the patient support surface. Through adjustments that raise and contract the perimeter of the patient support surface on either side of the lower torso and/or hip-area of the patient, the framework is operable to cradle a patient's waist and hips. This mechanism not only distributes the patient's weight across a larger surface area, reducing the need for lateral rotation, but also helps to maintain a patient in place when the patient is rotated from side to side. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090094745 | Modulating Support Surface to Aid Patient Entry and Exit - An adjustable bed comprises separately articulatable and rotatable sections. These sections are operable to be articulated and rotated to facilitate a patient's entrance or exit to or from the bed. To facilitate entrance or exit, the torso section is articulated to a substantially upright or chair-like position. Next, the torso section is tilted, either to the right or to the left, to facilitate patient entry or exit. During the first part of this tilting motion, the lower thorax support region of the torso section is extended more than the shoulder support region to help rotate the patient into an exiting position. During the second part of this tilting motion, the shoulder support region is then hyperextended to help drive the patient off of the bed. A separately rotatable lower leg section may also be tilted in the same direction to further facilitate patient entry or exit. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090094746 | Bed With Sacral and Trochanter Pressure Relieve Functions - An adjustable bed comprises a patient support structure supporting a patient support surface that comprises separately adjustable torso and hip support structures. Lifting mechanisms are provided to elevate the torso and hip support structures to substantially reduce pressure on the sacral area of a patient resting on the patient support surface. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100000018 | Side Guard for Bed - A bed includes a side guard that provides a continuous protected surface from the headboard to the footboard of a bed. The side guard includes a top guard bar mounted within vertical guides. The guides prevent horizontal or rotational movement of the top guard but permits movement of the top guard between an elevated and lowered position. A scrollable protection barrier extends from the top guard bar to a torsion spring roller at the base of the side guard, preventing a patient from becoming entrapped between the bars. A balanced-movement lift mechanism evenly distributes the forces raising or lowering the superior guard bar of the side guard. | 01-07-2010 |
