Portable Self-Contained Bed-On-Demand System

• US 20090064415A1
• Filed: 09/07/2007
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emerg, LLC
• Original Assignee: Emerg, LLC
• Inventors: Carmagnola, Michael JR., Payne, Michael, Creasy, Byron Scott
• Granted Patent: US 7,971,289 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 5/620
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 19/126 foldable side to side and head to foot, e.g. umbrella type
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 19/14 of the lazy-tongs type
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 21/044 with active means, e.g. by using air blowers or liquid pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 21/08 Devices for prevention against falling-out, e.g. detachable sidewalls for children's beds A47D7/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/082 with non-manual inflation, e.g. with electric pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 29/003 Bed canopies
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/66 Means to protect against weather
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/666 of enclosure type with side panels
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 10/04 Oxygen tents ; Oxygen hoods
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/46 for temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/05 Parts, details or accessories of beds devices for prevention against falling out A47C21/08, A47D7/00 ; mattresses A47C27/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/0507 Side-rails
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/0524 characterised by integrated accessories, e.g. bed control means, nurse call or reading lights
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/10 Preparation of respiratory gases or vapours
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/107 in the inspiratory path
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/16 Devices to humidify the respiration air A61M16/1045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0208 Oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3368 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8206 battery-operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/084 Supporting bases, stands for equipment

Abstract

A portable self-contained bed-on-demand system is presented which includes a portable collapsible self-contained storage bed and support assembly and a portable self-contained peripheral support system, or headwall, adapted to the bed that supplies medical-grade power, ventilation, and an oxygen treatment system. The bed-on-demand system duplicates, in a self-contained package usable outside a hospital environment, the critical facilities provided to a patient in a traditional hospital room.

Claims

1. A portable self-contained bed on demand system comprising:

a portable bed frame;

a portable mattress which lies over the bed frame in a utility configuration; and

a portable self-contained bedwall adaptive to operate as a wall of the portable bed frame in the utility configuration, the bedwall comprising at least one receptacle for powering external devices, an integrated self-contained power system, the bedwall comprising a ventilation system configured to supply positive airflow for a person lying on the mattress, the integrated self-contained power system comprising a battery backup power source, a DC inverter, and external AC power input means, and configured to power the at least one receptacle only with true sine wave AC power.

2. The portable collapsible bed-on-demand system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the portable bed frame, portable mattress, and portable bedwall is collapsible into dimensionally smaller storage configuration.

3. The portable collapsible bed-on-demand system of claim 1, wherein the portable self-contained bedwall comprises an oxygen treatment system configured to supply oxygen to a person lying on the mattress.

4. The portable collapsible bed-on-demand system of claim 3, wherein at least one of the portable bed frame, portable mattress, and portable bedwall is collapsible into dimensionally smaller storage configuration.

5. A portable self-contained modular bedwall for a bed, comprising:

a first modular cabinet;

at least one power receptacle; and

a self-contained power system integrated into the first cabinet which powers the at least one receptacle with true sine wave AC power complying with medical grade equipment.

6. The bedwall of claim 5, comprising:

a ventilation system powered by the power system which is adapted to provide positive airflow ventilation to a person on the bed.

7. The bedwall of claim 6, wherein the ventilation system is integrated into a second modular cabinet which attaches to the first modular cabinet.

8. The bedwall of claim 5, comprising:

a ventilation system powered by the power system which is adapted to provide positive airflow ventilation to a person on the bed; and

an oxygen treatment system configurable for providing oxygen to a person on the bed.

9. The bedwall of claim 8, wherein the ventilation system and oxygen treatment system are integrated into a second modular cabinet which attaches to the first modular cabinet.

10. The bedwall of claim 8, comprising:

storage for holding an oxygen tank.

11. The headwall of claim 8, comprising:

at least one intra-venous (IV) bag stand.

12. The bedwall of claim 8, comprising:

at least one siderail mounted to the cabinet which collapses into a storage position for storage against or in the cabinet, and that expands from the storage position to a utility position to form a siderail for the bed.

13. The bedwall of claim 12, wherein at least one siderail comprises a tray positionable in a utility position which extends over a mattress of the bed to provide a table for a patient lying in the bed, and positionable in a storage position wherein the tray is stored in or against the siderail and away from the bed.

14. The bedwall of claim 12, wherein at least one siderail comprises an electronic device which is powered by the integrated power system of the bedwall.

15. The bedwall of claim 5, the bedwall configurable into a utility configuration configured for use by a patient and a storage configuration configured for storage and portability, the storage configuration dimensionally smaller than the utility configuration.

16. A portable self-contained peripheral support system for a bed, comprising:

at least one cabinet;

at least one power receptacle;

a self-contained power system integrated into the at least one cabinet which powers the at least one receptacle; and

a ventilation system integrated into the at least one cabinet which is powered by the power system and which is adapted to provide positive airflow ventilation to a person on the bed.

17. The peripheral support system of claim 16, wherein the receptacle provides true sine wave AC power complying with medical grade equipment.

18. A portable bedwall for a bed, comprising:

a cabinet configurable into a utility configuration configured for utility and a storage configuration configured for storage and portability, the storage configuration dimensionally smaller than the utility configuration;

at least one power receptacle; and

a self-contained power system integrated into the cabinet which powers the at least one receptacle with true sine wave AC power complying with medical grade equipment, the self-contained power system comprising battery back-up power and external power source input means.

19. The portable bedwall of claim 18, comprising:

at least one drawer or shelf which is positioned in the cabinet in a horizontal orientation when the cabinet is in the utility configuration, and which is repositioned in the cabinet in a vertical orientation when the cabinet is in the storage configuration.

20. The portable bedwall of claim 18, comprising:

a folding drawer unit which folds into a drawer stack and is insertable in the cabinet in a horizontal orientation when the cabinet is in the utility configuration, and which unfolds into a single layer and is stored in a vertical orientation in the cabinet when the cabinet is in the storage configuration.

21. The bedwall of claim 18, wherein the bedwall is adapted to operate as a wall for a bed, the bedwall further comprising at least one siderail mounted to the cabinet which collapses into a storage position for storage against or in the cabinet, and that expands from the storage position to a utility position to form a siderail for the bed.

22. The bedwall of claim 21, wherein at least one siderail comprises a tray positionable in a utility position to form a table surface usable by a person in the bed, and positionable in a storage position wherein the tray is stored in or against the siderail.

23. The bedwall of claim 21, wherein at least one siderail comprises an electronic device which is powered by the integrated power system of the bedwall.

24. A method for providing a portable self-contained hospital bed unit, the method comprising:

assembling a portable bed comprising a portable frame and mattress, and a portable self-contained peripheral support system comprising integrated self-contained power and ventilation into a portable self-contained package.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

providing, in the peripheral support system, an oxygen treatment system for providing oxygen to a patient on the mattress.