MEDICAL BED Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A61G7/15 

FIELD: medical equipment, in particular, beds used for patient or invalid care, more particular, medical beds used under hospital or home conditions.

SUBSTANCE: medical bed of various embodiments has base with self-orienting wheels, drive, and bed. Wheels are mounted on vertical poles. Bed is fixed on base and is formed from at least three movable sections with lever-type drive supports and at least one immovable section. According to first version, bed has base made in the form of parallelepiped girder whose rib angles are connected with vertical poles by means of fastening pipes. Drive is made in the form of mechanical, pneumomechanical, hydromechanical or electric power telescopic working members. Control levers for standing patient are positioned near bed end. Control levers for lying patient are connected in parallel with one another. Ends of at least one telescopic working member are pivotally connected to drive lever-type supports of at least two movable sections, and ends of at least two telescopic working members are connected by means of pivot joints with bed and with lever-type drive supports of movable sections positioned near ends of immovable section. According to second version, base is formed as parallelepiped girder whose rib angles are connected with vertical poles by means of fastening pipes. Drive is formed from engines pivotally attached to base and provided with power screws which are connected with movable sections through power nuts and drive supports fixed on movable sections. According to third version, base is formed as parallelepiped girder whose rib angles are connected in pairs to each vertical pole through tie-rods defining, together with ribs, rectangle with angular pivot joints. Mechanical, pneumomechanical, hydromechanical or electric power telescopic members are fixed at parallelepiped ends for lifting and/or inclining of base.

EFFECT: improved engagement between patient lying in bed and movable sections of bed, reduced weight of construction, increased strength and convenient servicing by medicinal personnel.

14 cl, 9 dwg