MEDICAL BED - VERTICALISER Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A61G7/15 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention belongs to medical equipment and can be used in caregiving for bedridden or impaired patients, namely for changing patient's position or for patient's displacement. Medical bed includes framework with castors, drive, transmission with drawing bars and bed mounted on the framework. Bed can be fixed at an angle to framework and can be vertically displaced and fixed parallelly to framework. Transmission includes supporting bracket with lock mounted at the head of the bed, supporting bracket with lock at the foot of the bed and elongated rod with guides. Supporting brackets are joined to framework with first hinges and have form of obtuse-angled triangle. Triangles are positioned with hypotenuses to the same side in opposite direction from the bed. Drawing bars are joined to acute angled vertexes of obtuse angled triangles. Drive has telescopic construction and is positioned for turning of supporting brackets. Bed has central hinge support for joining supporting bracket at the foot of the bed. Elongated rod is fastened to bed with guides and mounted in the way allowing alternate interaction with the lock of supporting bracket at the foot of bed and with lock of supporting bracket at the head of bed.

EFFECT: design facilitation of medical bed with enhanced functional capability, ease of use and extension of rehabilitation procedures range with care enhancement without significant physical effort of personnel, resulting beneficial impact on well-being of seriously ill patient and invalids.

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