Classifications

• • 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
  • A61G7/015—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons having adjustable mattress frame divided into different adjustable sections, e.g. for Gatch position
• • 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
  • A61G7/018—Control or drive mechanisms

Definitions

• the present invention is in the field of medical bedding. It relates more particularly to a bed support comprising an articulated floating apron.
• the document FR 2972628 proposes an articulated bed support making it possible to lateralize patients without effort on the part of the health personnel.
• this support comprises a fixed central element, which limits the possibilities of movement and does not always allow complete lateralization of the patient.
• fixing the jacks in the center of the support does not achieve the verticality of part of the deck.
• the present invention aims to overcome at least in part these disadvantages by providing a bed support comprising an articulated floating apron, adapted to take different forms by the action of jacks fixed on a support.
• a bed support comprising a plate and a floating apron each comprising two longitudinal lateral edges, a leading edge and a transverse foot, said apron being composed of elements connected together by articulations, and being maintained above said plate by lifting means, characterized in that said lifting means comprise at least two lateral cylinders each arranged between a point of one side edges of the deck, and the projection of said point on the plate in at least one of the lifting configurations.
• the apron can take different forms, for example to lateralize the patient, without effort of the health personnel or the patient himself, and without necessary contact between the staff and the patient. It is also possible to put the bed in "cradle" position to reduce its size.
• the bed support may comprise at least one head cylinder disposed between the plate and the head edge of the apron, and at least one foot cylinder disposed between the plate and the apron at the foot edges, to allow other movements of the apron, and for example to put the bed in a semi-sitting position,
• said hinges may be of a single-sided type, each hinge between two adjacent members allowing only one of two possibilities which is an upward movement of at least one of the two adjacent members with respect to the hinge in the the rest position of the deck, called the re-entrant articulation, or downwards, called projecting joints, which allows a simple and inexpensive design of the deck according to the invention, for example by means of hinges,
• At least one row of transverse joints located towards the leading edge may consist of re-entrant articulations, and at least one row of transverse articulations located towards the foot edge is constituted by projecting articulations, which makes it possible to put the bed in a semi-sitting position, and in particular to form a salient angle at the patient's legs,
• the bed support can include exactly two side cylinders, a head cylinder and one or two foot jacks, which allows a single bed of it can be set sometimes in a position of lateralization or "cradle", sometimes in a semi-sitting position by action on a very small number of actuators.
• the present invention also relates to a use of a bed support according to the invention in a medical bed to obtain a position of lateralization.
• health care staff can lateralize a patient without effort, and without effort on the part of the patient. Lateralization can also be performed without contact between the staff and the patient, or be performed by the patient himself via a remote control.
• the present invention further relates to a use of a bed support according to the invention in a medical bed to obtain a semi-sitting position.
• the foot-edge area can be laid flat on one side, and raised on the other side, so that one leg can be lifted without raising the other leg, allowing more possible positions for the patient, and a better adaptation to his particular needs.
• the present invention finally relates to a use of a bed support according to the invention in a permanently moving medical bed controlled so as to vary the position of a patient on his mattress.
• Figure 1 is a side view of a bed with a bed support according to a first embodiment of the invention, in a semi-sitting position
• Figure 2 is a front view of the bed of FIG. 1, in the position of lateralization
• FIG. 3 is a front view of a bed provided with a bed support according to a second embodiment of the invention, in the position of lateralization
• FIG. 4 is a view from above of a floating deck according to FIG. 'invention.
• the bed support according to the invention comprises a plate 1 which can be fixed on a frame 2 of medical bed.
• the frame 2 comprises lifting means 3 for adjusting the height of the bed.
• the lifting means 3 may comprise two articulated crosses 4 and one or two cylinders 5.
• the crosses 4 connect the plate 1 to the frame 2 and the cylinders 5 allow to change the angle of the cross 4 and thus the height of the bed.
• the lifting means 3 may also consist of four guided cylinders 5 arranged at the four corners of the plate 1.
• Such a solution also makes it possible, by taking advantage more of the head cylinders than the foot jacks, to give the plate 1 an inclined shape, and the patient to be lying in the bed not horizontal, but slightly inclined with respect to the horizontal. In some indications, especially cardiological, such an arrangement is useful.
• the plate 1 remains horizontal, for example mobile in vertical translation by means of two articulated crosses 4, and that a secondary plate is arranged on the plate 1, tilting relative to the plate 1 for example by means of a jack.
• the bed support further comprises a floating apron 6, comprising elements
• the hinges 8 may be conventional hinges, or any other type of hinge.
• the joints 8 may be limited to one-sided movement. Two types of joints
• joints 8 can then be used: some joints 8 are limited to an upward movement of one of the two elements 7 that it connects with respect to the rest position of the deck 6; we then speak of reentrant joints 8a. Other joints 8 are instead limited to a downward movement of one of the two elements 7 that it connects with respect to the rest position of the deck 6; we then speak of protruding joints 8b.
• the apron 6 has thirty-five elements 7, seven in the longitudinal direction and five in the direction cross. It is possible to imagine other types of aprons according to the required applications and dimensions.
• the elements 7 may comprise ventilation apertures 9, allowing a ventilation from below of a mattress placed on the apron 6.
• the apron 6 and the tray 1 each comprise two lateral edges, a foot edge and a leading edge.
• longitudinal designates the direction followed by the side edges
• transversal designates the direction followed by the edges of the foot and head.
• the apron 6 is placed on the plate 1, and can be raised above the plate 1 by lifting means 10.
• the apron 6 is floating in the direction that each point of said apron 6 can be raised in at least one configuration by the lifting means 10.
• the lifting means 10 comprise two lateral jacks 1 1, each arranged between a point of one of the lateral edges of the apron 6, preferably around the middle of said lateral edge, and the projection of said point on the tray in at least one of the lifting configurations.
• the point of attachment of the lateral cylinders 11 may be slightly set back from the lateral edge by a few centimeters; nevertheless, in the context of the present invention, it will be considered that the lateral actuator 11 is disposed between the lateral edges of the plate 1 and the apron 6.
• the projection can be considered at rest of the deck 6, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the cylinder then being vertical in the rest position of the apron 6, and inclining towards the axis of the bed being lifted.
• the projection can also be considered in the position of maximum lateralization of the deck 6, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the lateral cylinder 1 1 then being vertical in the position of maximum lateralization of the deck 6, and almost horizontal in the rest position of the deck 6.
• the lifting means 10 further comprise a head cylinder 12, arranged between the head edge of the plate 1 and the leading edge of the apron 6, and a foot cylinder 13 disposed between the plate 1 and the apron 6 at their foot edges.
• all the longitudinal joints 8 are reentrant joints 8a.
• each lateral cylinder 1 1, combined with longitudinal reentrant joints 8a of the apron 6, allows as illustrated in FIG. 2 and 3 to lateralize the patient bedridden on one side, without touching and without effort.
• the combined action of the two lateral jacks 1 1 makes it possible to put the bed in the "cradle" position, for example to ensure that the patient is properly held in the bed during a movement of the bed.
• the apron 6 according to the invention allows more flexibility than in the state of the art, in which the central longitudinal row of elements 7 is kept horizontal during any lateralization.
• this central row can be raised for example on one side, where even the entire row, which optimizes the lateralization configuration, both (in the case shown in FIGS.) Lateral rows then accompanying so optimal movement of lateralization of the patient, by a more pronounced upward movement.
• the patient being lying centered on the bed, being able to lift the central row, the invention allows to lateralize without first having to push it laterally to the raised side.
• Foot cylinders 13 and head 12 can be programmed to accompany the lifting of the central longitudinal row of elements 7.
• guides to improve the longitudinal maintenance of the deck 6.
• These guides may for example consist of a longitudinal guide of the lateral cylinders January 1, or in stops arranged at the edges of the head and foot to the middle of said edges.
• a guide can be placed at the head and / or at the foot of the bed to ensure the floating apron 6 the desired shape of lateralization. Such a guide can then form a stop for the head and / or foot edges of the apron 6.
• the lateral actuator 1 1 then raises the lateral edge of the apron, until the rows of elements are supported by their head and foot edges on the guide, the apron having then the desired shape.
• the guide can be adapted to a given patient, to be able to give the apron 6 the form of lateralization best suited to the morphology of the patient.
• the lateral actuator 1 1 is free to rotate about the longitudinal axis of its point of attachment to the plate only between the rest position and the lateralization position, with a stop that prevents it from going further.
• the lateral cylinder 1 1 may for example be in an inclined position at rest, where appropriate close to the horizontal, just enough inclined for its actuation to start the lifting movement of the side edge of the deck 6 , and a vertical position at the end of the race. In such a configuration, as shown in FIG.
• the plate 1 has a width less than the deck 6, only going up to the fixing points of the lateral cylinders 1 1, the re-entrant articulations 8a guaranteeing the maintenance of the elements 7 of the longitudinal row of the lateral edge .
• At least one row of transverse joints 8 located towards the leading edge is constituted by re-entrant articulations 8a
• at least one row of transverse articulations 8 located towards the foot edge is constituted by articulations. protruding 8b.
• the head cylinder 12, in combination with the transverse reentrant joints 8a of the apron 6, makes it possible to raise the back and the head of the bedridden patient.
• the foot cylinder 13, in combination with the projecting transverse joints 8b of the apron 6, makes it possible to raise one of the knees of the bedridden patient.
• the foot cylinder 13 is arranged to exert an upward force on the transverse row of joints 8 at a distance from the edge of the foot sufficient to lift the row of joints 8.
• the foot edge of the apron 6 remains then placed on the plate 1, and can slide towards the leading edge under the effect of the deformation of the apron 6.
• the combined action of the head cylinders 12 and foot 13 makes it possible to put the bed in "half-way" position. seated", as illustrated in FIG. 1.
• all rows of transverse joints 8 from the leading edge consist of reentrant joints 8a, except the row of transverse joints 8 closest to the toe, which consists of projecting joints 8b.
• the bed support comprises two foot jacks 13.
• the apron 6 then comprises longitudinal joints 8 able to disengage, and it is thus possible to raise the knees of the patient bedridden independently. one of the other.
• a mattress can be placed directly on the apron 6.
• the apron 6 can then have abutments on its lateral and longitudinal edges, to hold the mattress in place, which is particularly important when the apron 6 is set in motion by the intermediate lifting means 10.
• the bed support according to the invention can be controlled by a memory comprising a program of permanent movement.
• a memory comprising a program of permanent movement.
• the lifting means 10, and if necessary the lifting means 3, can be controlled by the nursing staff via a remote control.

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• 2017
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