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EP0262771B1
EP0262771B1 EP19870306913 EP87306913A EP0262771B1 EP 0262771 B1 EP0262771 B1 EP 0262771B1 EP 19870306913 EP19870306913 EP 19870306913 EP 87306913 A EP87306913 A EP 87306913A EP 0262771 B1 EP0262771 B1 EP 0262771B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/001—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons with means for turning-over the patient
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/002—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons having adjustable mattress frame
    • A61G7/008—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons having adjustable mattress frame tiltable around longitudinal axis, e.g. for rolling
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1013—Lifting of patients by
    • A61G7/1021—Inflatable cushions

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  • This invention relates to a sub-mattress assembly.
  • a sub-mattress assembly is disclosed in the US-A-4 225 988.
  • Any conventional bed mattress may be tilted at will by the bed occupant or automatically in order to prevent or alleviate pressure sores caused by stagnation of the blood flow in the outer layers of the skin resulting from long-term contact pressures between the occupant's skin and the bed mattress.
  • the assembly may also be used to allow change of position by the frail or paralysed.
  • an inflatable sub-mattress assembly comprising an inflatable back rest member, an inflatable knee rest member, a control valve, flexible tubing leading from the control valve to the inflatable members, and an inlet on the valve for connection to an air supply, the valve being manually operable to control inflation and deflation of the inflatable members.
  • the assembly may have two further inflatable members each in the form of an elongate bag and extending side-by-side along the assembly over or under the back rest and the knee rest. Such an arrangement tends to roll the patient out of bed.
  • a sub-mattress assembly for a tilting bed comprising a base, two leaves each overlying a respective lateral portion of the base and hinged at its inner edge, means for independently raising each leaf so as to roll a bed occupant lying on a mattress supported by the assembly partially from one side to the other side, as disclosed in the US-A-4 225 988, and further characterised in that the leaves are contained in a loose flexible sheath which is wider than and secured to the base, and on the central portion of which the mattress is retained, whereby the surface of the flexible sheath facing the mattress has a high co-efficient of friction such that when one of the leaves is raised, to tilt the overlying mattress portion, the sheath (13) is sliding across the upper board assembly (5) and the mattress is laterally displaced up the inclined leaf thus reducing the tendency for an occupant to be rolled out of bed.
  • the elevating means comprise two bladders each arranged to elevate one of the leaves.
  • the assembly may be supplied with either high volume or low volume, low pressure air which can be fed to, and exhausted from, each of the bladders alternately by means of a suitable pump and valve system.
  • High volume air is supplied when rapid movement is required.
  • Low volume is preferably employed when an imperceptible movement is required so that sleep remains undisturbed.
  • the pump may be controlled by a timing device to reverse the motion at a predetermined rate and the air metered to give the desired rate of motion.
  • the high volume air distribution may be controlled at will by means of one of various types of switch available for use by the infirm or disabled.
  • the assembly can be fitted to any type of bed its use is beneficial in the home where the majority of the infirm or disabled are cared for.
  • One current arrangement for sitting up bed occupants comprises a pneumatic sub-mattress assembly which when fitted to a conventional bed can be used to raise the head of the bed when inflated with low pressure air.
  • the advantage of this type of arrangement is that it can be conveniently fitted to the bed occupant's existing bed.
  • electro-mechanical beds which are arranged to raise the head of the bed and may also provide a variety of other movements automatically such as raising or lowering the level of the bed legs.
  • the sub-mattress assembly described above is transversely articulated so that it may be readily used in conjunction with a pneumatic sub-mattress bed raiser or an electro-mechanically adjustable bed, or incorporate such elevating means.
  • the base and leaves of the assembly are made up of flat panels which are hinged along two transverse axes such that there may be raised both an end portion of the mattress to sit an occupant up, and an intermediate portion to raise the occupant's knees and prevent him from slipping down the bed.
  • Figure 1 is an isometric view from the foot end of a conventional bed (or an electro-mechanical bed) incorporating the assembly of the invention with parts omitted and with one side of the bed mattress tilted;
  • Figure 2 is a view similar to that of Fig.
  • Figure 3 is a side view of the bed with the assembly in an unelevated condition
  • Figure 4 is a side view of the assembly in a sitting-up position under the influence of an electro-mechanical bed
  • Figure 5 is a side view of the assembly in a sitting-up position under the influence of a pneumatically-actuated inflatable bed raiser
  • Figure 6 is an isometric view similar to that of Fig. 1 but from the foot end of the bed and with both sides of the bed mattress tilted.
  • a conventional bed shown in the drawings comprises a bed mattress 1 supported on a base 2. Sandwiched therebetween is a sub-mattress assembly having a lower board assembly 3 comprising a head board 3(1), a centre board 3(2) which is hinged to a foot board 3(3) by an inferior hinge 4 formed of tape.
  • an upper board assembly 5 comprising a head board 5(1), a centre board 5(2) hinged thereto by a superior tape hinge 6 and a foot board 5(3).
  • Each of the boards 5 is subdivided along the centre line into leaves a and b which are hinged together by separate hinges 7.
  • an inflatable bladder 8 longitudinally divided into two compartments 8 a and 8 b , each compartment being anchored to respective leaves of the board assemblies and having at its slightly projecting head end a port 9a,9b connected via a duct 10a,10b to a dual-outlet inflator 11 controlled by a switch device 12.
  • an enveloping flexible sheath 13 Secured to the outer side edges of the lower board assembly 3 is an enveloping flexible sheath 13 having a lateral extent greater than that of the assembly 3 and covering the upper board assembly 5.
  • the sheath 13 is provided with straps 14 by which the mattress 1 may be retained over the medial area of the sheath 13.
  • Figure 4 shows the bed and sub-mattre ss assembly used in conjunction with an electro-mechanical system 140 for raising the assembly to a sitting-up position.
  • Figure 5 shows an alternative to the system of Figure 4, being a pneumatically-actuated mattress raiser 15 having a head bladder 16 supplied through a valve 17 and connected to a knee-raising bladder 18.
  • the mattress 1 is secured to the sheath 13, the mattress 1 is caused to move up the inclined leaves during inflation, and a person lying longitudinally on the mattress 1 is both rolled to an inclined position and moved laterally through a pre-determined distance across the bed base 2.
  • Means may be provided to fix the lower board assembly 3 permanently to the bed base 2 and straps or other restraining devices attached to the upper board 5(1) and board 5(2) should this be necessary where, for example, a patient is likely to go into muscular spasm with the attendant danger of falling inadvertently out of the bed.
  • the mattress 1 may be retained in place not only positively, as by straps, but alternatively or additionally by providing the sheath 13 with an upper surface having a high co-efficient of friction or with "Velcro” (registered trademark) touch-and-close pads.

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  1. Matratzen-Unterkonstruktion für ein Klappbett mit einer Basis (3), zwei jeweils einen Seitenabschnitt der Basis überlagenden Flügeln (5a, 5b), die an ihren inneren Enden durch Scharnier (7) miteinander verbunden sind, sowie mit Einrichtungen zum unabhängigen Anheben jedes Flügelteils (5a, 5b), um eine im Bett auf der durch die Unterkonstruktion abgestützten Matratze liegende Person teilweise von einer Seite auf die andere Seite zu rollen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Flügel (5a, 5b) in einer flexiblen Hülle (13) angeordnet sind, die breiter ist als die Basis (3) und an dieser Basis (3) befestigt ist und an deren zentralem Teil die Matratze (1) gehaltert ist, wobei die Oberfläche der flexiblen Hülle, die der Matratze zugewandt ist, einen hohen Reibungskoeffizienten aufweist, derart, daß beim Anheben eines der Flügel (5a, 5b) zum Verkippen des daraufliegenden Matratzenabschnitts (1) die Hülle 13 auf der durch die Flügel (5a, 5b) gebildeten oberen Plattenanordnung (5) gleitet und die Matratze (1) seitlich auf dem geneigten Flügel (5a) verschoben wird, wodurch die Tendenz zum Herausrollen des Benutzers aus dem Bett reduziert wird.
  2. Matratzen-Unterkonstruktion nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die inneren Kanten der Flügel (5a, 5b) aneinander anscharniert sind.
  3. Matratzen-Unterkonstruktion nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die inneren Kanten jedes Flügels (5a, 5b) mit der entsprechenden äußeren Kante eines Mittelbrettes gelenkig verbunden ist.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Anhebeeinrichtungen eine Blase (8) umfassen, welche zwischen jedem Flügel (5a, 5b) und der Basis (3) angeordnet ist.
  5. Matratzen-Unterkonstruktion nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Basis (3) eine dünne Platte umfaßt, so daß die Konstruktion zwischen einer konventionellen Bett-Unterkonstruktion und einer Matratze plaziert werden kann.
  6. Matratzen-Unterkonstruktion nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie zusätzlich in Querrichtung gelenkig geteilt ist, so daß ein Endabschnitt der Matratze bezüglich des Restabschnitts geneigt werden kann.
  7. Matratzen-Unterkonstruktion nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß auch der Restabschnitt durch eine Gelenkverbindung quergeteilt ist, um eine umgekehrte V-Erhebung als Knieabstützung zu erzielen.
  8. Matratzen-Unterkonstruktion nach Anspruch 6 oder 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die aneinander angelenkten Abschnitte lösbar miteinander verbunden sind.
  9. Matratzen-Unterkonstruktion nach einem der Ansprüche 6 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß Aufblaseinrichtungen (15) vorgesehen sind, um einen oder mehrere Abschnitte in eine geneigte Position zu verbringen.
  10. Matratzen-Unterkonstruktion nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Matratze (1) an der Hülle (13) durch ein oder mehrere Bänder (14) gehaltert ist.
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GB8619158 1986-08-06
GB868619158A GB8619158D0 (en) 1986-08-06 1986-08-06 Tilting bed
GB8705748 1987-03-11
GB878705748A GB8705748D0 (en) 1987-03-11 1987-03-11 Tilting beds

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