Beds – With means for relocating an invalid – Rotatable platform type
Patent
1998-02-17
1999-09-07
Trettel, Michael F.
Beds
With means for relocating an invalid
Rotatable platform type
5 831, 5 851, 5 871, 5 891, 212281, 212345, 212901, A61G 710
Patent
active
059467487
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a multipurpose body-turn-over apparatus mainly including an elevator support, a cantilever elevator fixed to the elevator support, a driving mechanism mounted on the cantilever elevator, and a controller for setting operating time and speed, reverse, and pause of the driving mechanism, as well as adjusting height of the elevator support. The driving mechanism drives a driven assembly to reciprocate, so that ropes hanging from two ends of the driven assembly to connect a net thereto are alternately pulled up and lowered, causing a patient lying on the net to turn over regularly to avoid bedsore due to lying on bed for a prolonged time. Means other than the net may also be selectively connected to the ropes to help patient do rehabilitation exercises or complete skeletal traction. The apparatus may be designed into heavy-duty or light model to meet different requirements and can be freely moved for use with different sick beds.
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Santos Robert G.
Trettel Michael F.
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