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
  • A61G7/002—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
  • A61G13/00—Operating tables; Auxiliary appliances therefor
  • A61G13/0009—Obstetrical tables or delivery beds

Definitions

• This invention relates to a birthing bed as well as other hospital beds.
• the birthing bed to which the present invention is directed has a base, a frame mounted by parallelogram linkage to the base and patient support panels mounted on the frame.
• the patient support panels include a seat panel and a head panel that are pivoted to the frame and have a joint between them.
• the frame contains a power mechanism for raising and lowering the bed and pivoting the articulating patient support panels.
• An objective of the present invention has been to provide protection for the power mechanism contained within the frame against fluids discharged during the birthing process.
• Fig. 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of a bed constructed in accordance with the present invention
• Fig. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view taken in lines 2-2 of Fig. 1;
• Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the panels lying horizontally; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of the encircled area on Fig. 1.
• a birthing bed 10 having a frame 11 supported on casters 12 so that the bed may be easily moved from place to place.
• a bed frame 15 is mounted by a parallelogram linkage
• Body support panels 18 are pivotally mounted on the frame so that they can be adjusted from a horizontal attitude where the patient reclines horizontally to a chair-like orientation so that the patient can sit up.
• a mattress 19 covers the patient support panels 18.
• the panels 18 include a head panel 20, a seat panel 21 and a foot panel 22.
• a power mechanism 25 is mounted within the confines of the frame 15. The power mechanism is connected to the frame to raise and lower it and is connected to the patient support panels to pivot the head and seat panels with respect to each other and to raise and lower the foot panel 22. Overlying the power mechan ⁇ ism 25 is a joint 27 between the head panel 20 and the seat panel 21.
• That joint 27 could create a passage ⁇ way for fluids discharged during the birthing process to flow, by gravity, downwardly into the power mechan ⁇ ism 25.
• a flexible plastic extrusion 30 overlies the central portion of the joint 27 and extends laterally well beyond the frame 15 so that any fluids passing over the side edges of the strip 30 will flow downwardly outside of the frame 15.
• the strip 30 has enlarged or thickened transverse edges 31 to facilitate attachment (Fig. 2) .
• the head panel 20 is mounted at each side on a frame member 35, the frame member 35 being mounted on a shaft 36 for pivotal movement with respect to the frame 15.
• the seat panel 21 is mounted on a frame 37 which is in turn mounted on a shaft 38 for pivotal movement with respect to the head panel frame.
• the head panel 20 has a transverse notch 39 and the seat panel 21 has a transverse notch 40 creating a gap 41 at the joint 27.
• the plastic extrusion 30 which forms the shield between head and seat panels 20 and 21 has thickened transverse edges 31.
• the head and seat panels 20 and 21 are hollow, blow-molded plastic members each having a bottom wall 45 (Fig. 4) . Each bottom wall has at the edge adjacent the joint 27 a transverse groove 46.
• the transverse groove 46 receives the thickened edge 31 of the shield 30 to hold it in position.
• Under the head panel 20 is a sheet steel plate 48 that is secured to the frame member 35.
• the panel 20 is clamped to the plate 48 by several bolts 49 whose heads are disposed in depres ⁇ sions 50 formed in the upper surface of the panel 20.
• Nuts 51 fasten the bolts to the sandwich of panel 20 and plate 48.
• the shield 30 is thus clamped, at its thickened edge, between the panel 20 and the plate 48.
• the frame 37 for the seat panel has a sheet metal plate 55 secured to it.
• a bolt 56 whose head is disposed in a recess 57 in the upper surface of the seat panel 21 extends through the seat panel and the plate 55.
• a nut 58 mounted on the bolt 56 clamps the panel 21 to the plate 55. In so doing, the thickened edge 31 of the shield 30 is clamped in the groove 46 on the undersurface of the panel 21.
• the shield is held securely in place
• the head panel frame 35 is pivoted on shaft 36 with respect to the frame 15.
• the seat panel frame 37 is pivoted on shaft 38 to the end of the head panel frame 35.
• the seat panel frame 37 has a pin 60 which travels longitudinally in slot 61 on a bracket 62 mounted to the bed frame 15, thereby permitting the seat panel to shift between the positions illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.
• the strip 30 shields the frame 15 and the mechanism 25 within it from the flow of fluids, as, for example, fluids that might- run down the seat panel 21 between it and the mattress covering it.
• the mat- tresses can be removed for laundering.
• the exposed surface of the patient support panels 18 can also be easily cleaned, including cleaning of the strip 30 that covers the joint 27.

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• Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
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• General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
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• Gynecology & Obstetrics (AREA)
• Biomedical Technology (AREA)
• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Nursing (AREA)
• Invalid Beds And Related Equipment (AREA)
• Absorbent Articles And Supports Therefor (AREA)
• Materials For Medical Uses (AREA)
• Apparatus For Radiation Diagnosis (AREA)
• Gyroscopes (AREA)
• Motor Or Generator Frames (AREA)
• Accommodation For Nursing Or Treatment Tables (AREA)

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