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Hospital beds with a rotating sleep surface that can translate into a chair configuration

  • US 8,127,380 B2
  • Filed: 02/22/2011
  • Issued: 03/06/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of translating a hospital bed, comprising:

  • rotating a patient sleep support surface having back, seat and leg sections to a side egress chair position;

    rotating side rails attached to each side of the patient sleep surface with the sleep surface;

    tilting the seat section down with a forwardmost part of the seat section residing below a rearwardmost part of the seat section while the back section is held upright above the seat section to define a stand side egress position thereby facilitating a patient'"'"'s egress from the bed; and

    translating the side rails to extend upright on either side of the patient sleep support surface so that lower end portions thereof are proximate a floor when the bed is in the side egress stand position.

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