Patient support
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1. A patient support comprising:
- a frame having a head-end and a foot-end;
an articulatable deck being supported by said frame and having a head section and a seat section, said head section being movable between a generally horizontal orientation and a raised position; and
a pair of head-end side rails mounted to said frame adjacent but independent from said deck, each of said head-end side rails including a side rail body having a fixed length and configured to move between a defined raised position and a defined lowered position relative to said frame, and each of said head-end side rails configured for independent linear movement along said frame from a first position adjacent said head-end of said frame when said movable head section of said deck is in said generally horizontal orientation to form a barrier adjacent said head section of said deck to a second position away from said head-end when said head section is moved to its raised position to form a barrier adjacent said seat section.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a patient support that can be configured in an expanded configuration, for example to accommodate larger patients, and then reconfigured to a more compact configuration to ease maneuverability of the patient support through constricted passageways in a facility and/or to provide a low height patient support. Further, the present invention provides a barrier around the patient support surface which includes a panel that allows a patient to see through the barrier and which is optionally adaptable to change its transparency and/or color.
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1. A patient support comprising:
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a frame having a head-end and a foot-end; an articulatable deck being supported by said frame and having a head section and a seat section, said head section being movable between a generally horizontal orientation and a raised position; and a pair of head-end side rails mounted to said frame adjacent but independent from said deck, each of said head-end side rails including a side rail body having a fixed length and configured to move between a defined raised position and a defined lowered position relative to said frame, and each of said head-end side rails configured for independent linear movement along said frame from a first position adjacent said head-end of said frame when said movable head section of said deck is in said generally horizontal orientation to form a barrier adjacent said head section of said deck to a second position away from said head-end when said head section is moved to its raised position to form a barrier adjacent said seat section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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