Hospital chair beds with stowable stand-assist supports
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A61G-007/015
A61G-007/16
A61G-007/05
A61G-007/053
A61G-007/10
출원번호
US-0516271
(2010-12-03)
등록번호
US-9265677
(2016-02-23)
국제출원번호
PCT/US2010/058833
(2010-12-03)
§371/§102 date
20120928
(20120928)
국제공개번호
WO2011/087616
(2011-07-21)
발명자
/ 주소
Manouchehri, Nikou
Soltani, Sohrab
출원인 / 주소
Piedmont 361, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Myers Bigel & Sibley, P.A.
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초록▼
Embodiments of the invention are directed to hospital beds that are convertible to side egress chair beds and include a pair of spaced stand-assist supports pivotally attached to the base frame so that when the patient support surface is in the side-egress chair configuration, the stand-assist suppo
Embodiments of the invention are directed to hospital beds that are convertible to side egress chair beds and include a pair of spaced stand-assist supports pivotally attached to the base frame so that when the patient support surface is in the side-egress chair configuration, the stand-assist supports are configured to reside upwardly above and on opposing sides of the scat panel with a respective upper portion thereof providing a handle for a patient.
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1. A hospital bed, comprising: a base frame comprising laterally spaced apart first and second long sides and longitudinally spaced apart top and bottom end portions;a patient support surface, wherein the patient support surface comprises a back panel, a seat panel, and a leg panel configured to art
1. A hospital bed, comprising: a base frame comprising laterally spaced apart first and second long sides and longitudinally spaced apart top and bottom end portions;a patient support surface, wherein the patient support surface comprises a back panel, a seat panel, and a leg panel configured to articulate relative to each other, and wherein the patient support surface is configured to translate from a bed configuration to a chair configuration; andfirst and second spaced stand-assist supports, one residing on each side Of the back panel, wherein when the back panel is upwardly oriented and the patient support surface is in the chair configuration, the stand-assist supports reside above and on opposing sides of the seat panel, and wherein the stand-assist supports also have one of the following configurations:(a) the stand assist supports extend outwardly from the back panel to present a free end adjacent and above the leg panel in a substantially horizontal Orientation when the patient support surface is in the chair configuration;(b) the stand assist supports each have a single end pivotably attached to the base frame under the patient support surface to allow a respective opposing free end to pivot up and down relative to the base frame between a stowed position and an upright use position; or(c) the stand assist supports extend outwardly from the back panel toward the leg panel in a substantially horizontal orientation, each with a free outer end portion that attaches to each other to form a closed outer perimeter above and across a width Of the seat panel. 2. The bed of claim 1, further comprising a lifting mechanism secured to the base frame; anda rotating frame mounted on the lifting mechanism and supporting the patient support surface, wherein the rotating frame is configured to rotate about a vertical axis relative to the base frame;wherein the patient support surface is configured to translate from a bed configuration to a side-egress chair configuration, and wherein the stand assist supports are attached to the back panel and are configured to rotate with the back panel to the side-egress chair configuration to have the configuration of (a) or (c). 3. The bed of claim 1, wherein the first and second stand-assist supports have a length and opposing first and second end portions, and wherein the stand assist supports have the configuration of (a) or (c) with first end portions pivotally attached to the back panel proximate a respective outer, long side portion of the back panel. 4. The bed of claim 1, wherein the stand-assist supports have a length that substantially corresponds to a length of the back panel. 5. The bed of claim 1, wherein, in a stowed configuration, the stand assist supports reside proximate the outer long sides of the back panel under the mattress and proximate an outer edge of the mattress. 6. A hospital bed, comprising: a base frame comprising laterally spaced apart first and second long sides and longitudinally spaced apart top and bottom end portions;a patient support surface, wherein the patient support surface comprises a back panel, a seat panel, and a leg panel configured to articulate relative to each other, and wherein the patient support surface is configured to translate from a bed configuration to a chair configuration; andfirst and second spaced stand-assist supports, one residing on each side of the back panel, wherein when the back panel is upwardly oriented and the patient support surface is in the chair configuration, the stand-assist supports are configured to reside above and on opposing sides of the seat panel and extend outwardly from the back panel toward the leg panel in a substantially horizontal orientation,wherein the stand-assist supports releasably engage a table. 7. A hospital bed, comprising: a base frame comprising laterally spaced apart first and second long sides and longitudinally spaced apart top and bottom end portions;a patient support surface, wherein the patient support surface comprises a back panel, a seat panel, and a leg panel configured to articulate relative to each other, and wherein the patient support surface is configured to translate from a bed configuration to a chair configuration; andfirst and second spaced stand-assist supports, one residing on each side of the back panel, wherein when the back panel is upwardly oriented and the patient support surface is in the chair configuration, the stand-assist supports are configured to reside above and on opposing sides of the seat panel and extend outwardly from the back panel toward the leg panel in a substantially horizontal orientation,wherein the stand assist supports releasably engage a partition that is sized and configured to reside above the seat panel when the bed is in a side-egress chair configuration. 8. A hospital bed, comprising: a base frame comprising laterally spaced apart first and second long sides and longitudinally spaced apart top and bottom end portions;a patient support surface, wherein the patient support surface comprises a back panel, a seat panel, and a leg panel configured to articulate relative to each other, and wherein the patient support surface is configured to translate from a bed configuration to a chair configuration; andfirst and second spaced stand-assist supports, one residing on each side of the back panel, wherein when the back panel is upwardly oriented and the patient support surface is in the chair configuration, the stand-assist supports are configured to reside above and on opposing sides of the seat panel and extend outwardly from the back panel toward the leg panel in a substantially horizontal orientation,wherein the stand-assist supports have a respective curved end with a shape that substantially corresponds to a contour at an intersection of a short and long side of the back panel of the patient support surface and/or a mattress held thereon. 9. A hospital bed, comprising: a base frame comprising laterally spaced apart first and second long sides and longitudinally spaced apart top and bottom end portions;a patient support surface, wherein the patient support surface comprises a back panel, a seat panel, and a leg panel configured to articulate relative to each other, and wherein the patient support surface is configured to translate from a bed configuration to a chair configuration;first and second spaced stand-assist supports, one residing on each side of the back panel, wherein when the back panel is upwardly oriented and the patient support surface is in the chair configuration, the stand-assist supports are configured to reside above and on opposing sides of the seat panel and extend outwardly from the back panel toward the leg panel in a substantially horizontal orientation; anda pair of opposing siderails that extend on opposing sides of the leg section and reside in a substantially upright position in the chair configuration, and wherein, in the chair configuration, the siderails are configured to translate inward toward the bed frame to be flush or recessed with respect to a mattress held on the patient support surface at the leg panel. 10. A hospital bed, comprising: a hospital bed having a patient support surface comprising a back panel, a seat panel and a leg panel, the bed configured to rotate to a side egress chair configuration, characterized in that the hospital bed comprises a pair of stand-assist supports, one residing proximate each long side of the back panel that are pivotably attached to a respective portion of the back panel and rotate with the back panel to the side-egress chair configuration, wherein, when the bed is in the side-egress chair configuration, the stand-assist supports are configured to pivot outward from the back panel to reside above and on opposing sides of the seat panel, each having a respective free outer facing end that resides apart from each other or that attach to each other at a location that is in-line with a long side of the frame above and across a width of the seat panel. 11. A method Of operating a hospital bed, comprising: pivoting a pair of stand-assist supports from respective stowed positions proximate opposing long sides of an outer perimeter of a back panel to an outwardly extending configuration so that the supports reside above a seat panel of the patient support surface and one support resides on one side of the seat panel and the other support resides on the other side of the seat panel. 12. The method of claim 11, further comprising rotating an articulating patient support surface to a side egress position before, during or after the pivoting step. 13. A hospital bed, comprising: a base frame comprising laterally spaced apart first and second long sides and longitudinally spaced apart top and bottom end portions;a lifting mechanism secured to the base frame;a rotating frame mounted on the lifting mechanism, wherein the rotating frame is configured to rotate horizontally relative to the base frame;a patient support surface pivotally secured to the rotating frame, wherein the patient support surface comprises a back panel, a seat panel, and a leg section configured to articulate relative to each other, and wherein the patient support surface is configured to translate from a bed configuration to a side-egress chair configuration; anda pair of longitudinally spaced stand-assist supports pivotally attached to a first or second long side of the base frame, wherein when the patient support surface is in the side-egress chair configuration, the stand-assist supports are configured to extend above and on opposing sides of the seat panel and define respective supports for the patient. 14. The hospital bed of claim 13, further comprising a second pair of longitudinally spaced stand-assist supports pivotally attached to the other of the first or second long side of the base frame, wherein when the patient support surface is in the side-egress chair configuration, one pair of the stand-assist supports are configured to extend above and on opposing sides of the seat panel while the other pair are stowed in a substantially horizontal position proximate the respective long side of the base frame. 15. The hospital bed of claim 13, wherein the stand-assist supports are secured to the base frame with a releasable locking member such that they are only upwardly deployable when the patient support surface is in the side-egress position. 16. The hospital bed of claim 13 wherein the stand-assist supports block rotation of the patient support surface while extended. 17. The hospital bed of claim 13, wherein the stand-assist supports comprise an angular upper portion that extend to provide respective handles with gripping surfaces for a patient. 18. The hospital bed of claim 17, wherein each handle is shaped the same, and wherein each handle has an angle of between about 100-130 degrees measured from a line drawn through a tip of the respective handle to an intersecting line drawn perpendicular to a centerline of the second portion. 19. The hospital bed of claim 13, wherein at least one of the stand-assist supports is releasably mounted to the base frame and, when released, defines a cane that can be used by a patient. 20. The hospital bed of claim 13, wherein the stand-assist supports are mounted to the base frame to allow the supports to be longitudinally moved about the base frame to allow for inward and outward lateral adjustment with respect to the seat section in the side-egress chair position. 21. The hospital bed of claim 13, wherein the stand-assist supports are mounted to the base frame to be able to be adjusted in height to lock in different height positions. 22. The hospital bed of claim 13, further comprising a first pair of side rails and a second pair of side rails longitudinally spaced apart from the first pair of side rails, wherein each side rail is movably mounted to the bed with the first pair residing on opposing sides of the back panel and the second pair residing on opposing sides of the leg section, with the second pair configured to reside substantially vertically when the bed is in the side-egress chair configuration, and wherein, when the bed is in the side-egress chair configuration, the stand-assist supports have handles that extend toward each other across the seat panel above the second pair of side rails and closer to a center of the seat section than the second pair of side rails. 23. The hospital bed of claim 13, wherein the leg section comprises first, second, and third panels pivotally connected together in series, wherein the leg section first panel is pivotally connected to the seat panel, and wherein at least some of the plurality of leg section panels are configured to overlap each other when the patient support surface is in the side egress chair configuration so that at least two of the leg section panels are in a substantially horizontal orientation. 24. The hospital bed of claim 23, wherein the hospital bed is configured to translate to a stand-assist configuration whereby the seat panel is tilted downward while the back panel is substantially upright. 25. A method of operating a hospital bed, comprising: rotating an articulating patient support surface from a bed position to a side egress position; thenafter the rotating step, manually or automatically extending a pair of stand-assist supports from a stowed position to an upwardly extending configuration so that one support resides on one side of a seat section and the other resides on the other side of the seat section; andinhibiting rotation of the patient support surface back to a bed position while the stand-assist supports are extended,wherein the extending is carried out by one of the following:(a) pivoting one end of each of the stand assist supports from a stow position against a back panel of the patient support surface so that a free end of each extends forward in a horizontal orientation above the seat surface; or(b) pivoting one end of each of the stand assist supports from a stow position against the base under the patient support surface to an upright position to define a free end portion of the stand assist support residing above the seat section. 26. A method of operating a hospital bed, comprising: rotating an articulating patient support surface from a bed position to a side egress position; thenafter the rotating step, manually or automatically extending a pair of stand-assist supports from a stowed position to an upwardly extending configuration so that one support resides on one side of a seat section and the other resides on the Other side of the seat section;inhibiting rotation of the patient support surface back to a bed position while the stand-assist supports are extended; andtilting the seat section downward while the back section is substantially upright to move the bed to a stand-assist side egress configuration while the stand-assist supports are extended. 27. A method of operating a hospital bed, comprising: rotating an articulating patient support surface from a bed position to a side egress position; thenafter the rotating step, manually or automatically extending a pair Of stand-assist supports from a stowed position to an upwardly extending configuration so that one support resides on one side of a seat section and the other resides on the other side of the seat section;inhibiting rotation of the patient support surface back to a bed position while the stand-assist supports are extended., androtating patient side rails with the back seat and leg sections then tilting the patient side rails down toward a floor before or during the extending step, wherein the extending step is carried out so that the pair of stand-assist supports reside above the side rails and so that a handle portion of each faces each other and resides over the seat section. 28. A method according to claim 25, further comprising allowing a user to remove at least one of the stand-assist supports from the bed for use as a cane. 29. A method according to claim 25, further comprising: translating the leg section panels so that at least two of the leg section panels are in a substantially horizontal orientation during or after the rotating step, before the tilting step.
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