GB497662A - Improvements in obstetric bedsteads - Google Patents

Improvements in obstetric bedsteads

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GB497662A
GB497662A GB1737037A GB1737037A GB497662A GB 497662 A GB497662 A GB 497662A GB 1737037 A GB1737037 A GB 1737037A GB 1737037 A GB1737037 A GB 1737037A GB 497662 A GB497662 A GB 497662A
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head part
foot part
yokes
bedsteads
bedstead
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GB1737037A
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ENOCH ADAMS
WHITFIELDS BEDSTEADS Ltd
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ENOCH ADAMS
WHITFIELDS BEDSTEADS Ltd
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G13/00Operating tables; Auxiliary appliances therefor
    • A61G13/0009Obstetrical tables or delivery beds

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Gynecology & Obstetrics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Accommodation For Nursing Or Treatment Tables (AREA)

Abstract

497,662. Surgical -bedsteads. WHITFIELDS BEDSTEADS, Ltd., and ADAMS, E. June 22, 1937, No. 17370. [Class 52 (ii)] In an obstetric bedstead of the kind comprising independent and separable head part and foot part frames A, B, Fig. 1, the surface of the foot part is displaceable vertically by, for example, a screw - actuated mechanism, into or out of alignment with the surface of the head part so that in the out of alignment position the foot part of the bedstead is capable of being moved manually to a position below the head part of the bed, and means are provided whereby the two parts of the bed may be operatively engaged. The legs 6 of the foot part Bare telescopic, the surface 2 being carried on sliding pillars 9 and supported from frame members 8 by means of toggle links 10, the central pivots of which are connected in pairs to transverse yokes 11. The two yokes 11 are drawn together or separated by a screwed rod 13 to raise or lower the surface 2. The two centre legs of the foot part are preferably cranked to engage over a transverse rail 15 of the head part to secure the two parts together. The head part may be provided with castor mechanism as described in Specification 258,003, [Class 52 (i)]. In a modified form, the means for adjusting the surface 2, Fig. 6, comprises four links 17 pivoted to the surface 2 and having at their lower ends rollers 18 running on rails 19 mounted transversely of the underframe. The two rollers on each side are mounted on a common shaft, each shaft carries a yoke 21, and the two yokes are drawn together or separated by means of a screwed rod 23.
GB1737037A 1937-06-22 1937-06-22 Improvements in obstetric bedsteads Expired GB497662A (en)

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Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4139917A (en) * 1977-10-17 1979-02-20 Loel Fenwick Labor, delivery and patient care bed
US4240169A (en) * 1979-01-26 1980-12-23 Roos Kjell E Patient transferring apparatus
US4411035A (en) * 1981-03-30 1983-10-25 Loel Fenwick Maternity care bed
US4894876A (en) * 1988-07-15 1990-01-23 Hill-Rom Company, Inc. Multipurpose maternity care bed
WO1993009750A1 (en) * 1991-11-12 1993-05-27 Berghammer, Karin Parturition bed
US6226821B1 (en) 1998-08-07 2001-05-08 Hill-Rom, Inc. OB/GYN mattress
US7657953B2 (en) 2005-11-17 2010-02-09 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Birthing bed calf support

Cited By (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4139917A (en) * 1977-10-17 1979-02-20 Loel Fenwick Labor, delivery and patient care bed
US4240169A (en) * 1979-01-26 1980-12-23 Roos Kjell E Patient transferring apparatus
US4411035A (en) * 1981-03-30 1983-10-25 Loel Fenwick Maternity care bed
US4894876A (en) * 1988-07-15 1990-01-23 Hill-Rom Company, Inc. Multipurpose maternity care bed
WO1993009750A1 (en) * 1991-11-12 1993-05-27 Berghammer, Karin Parturition bed
US5522098A (en) * 1991-11-12 1996-06-04 Karin Berghammer Parturition bed
US6226821B1 (en) 1998-08-07 2001-05-08 Hill-Rom, Inc. OB/GYN mattress
US6282738B1 (en) 1998-08-07 2001-09-04 Hill-Rom, Inc. Ob/Gyn stretcher
US6412126B2 (en) 1998-08-07 2002-07-02 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. OB/GYN stretcher
US6618882B2 (en) 1998-08-07 2003-09-16 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Ob/Gyn stretcher
US6983501B2 (en) 1998-08-07 2006-01-10 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Ob/Gyn stretcher
US7657953B2 (en) 2005-11-17 2010-02-09 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Birthing bed calf support
US7676868B2 (en) 2005-11-17 2010-03-16 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. Birthing bed foot support release handle

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