Surgery – Isolation treatment chambers – Incubators
Patent
1997-09-09
2000-06-06
Gilbert, Samuel G.
Surgery
Isolation treatment chambers
Incubators
A61G 1100
Patent
active
060712287
ABSTRACT:
A patient-support apparatus comprising a base, and a patient-support assembly supported above the base including a patient-support deck having longitudinally spaced-apart ends and an elevation mechanism for moving one of the ends of the patient-support deck relative to the other of the ends and relative to the base. The elevation mechanism including a transversely-extending threaded shaft, a pair of blocks threadedly coupled to the shaft, and a linkage coupled to the pair of blocks and extending upwardly therefrom to support the end of the patient support deck to be moved by the elevation mechanism, the pair of blocks moving transversely in response to rotation of the threaded shaft, and the linkage having horizontally extending pins being configured to move the end of the patient-support deck relative to the base in response to transverse movement of the blocks.
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Prows D. Scott
Speraw Floyd G.
Gilbert Samuel G.
Hill-Rom Inc.
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