Having Drain Means Patents (Class 5/606)
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Patent number: 11684531Abstract: A system deployable in post-mortem rooms and other facilities for facilitating medical examinations, including autopsies. A system as described includes a corpse-receiving station and an organ dissecting station, each being in some embodiments substantially rectangularly shaped and having a longest length dimension. The corpse-receiving station and organ dissecting station are in some embodiments arranged so their longest length dimensions are oriented substantially perpendicularly, having a formation resembling an L-shape when viewed from an overhead perspective. A system of the instant technology eliminates the necessity for pathologists and technicians of having to lift a subject or corpse, by virtue of the corpse-receiving station being configured and equipped to be selectively height-adjustable, which also eliminates the need for step-stools and the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Inventor: Russell H. McElroy
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Patent number: 11628109Abstract: A bed assembly includes a bed having a head end, a foot end and a frame which is connected between the head end and the foot end. A water-proof pad is located between the head end and the foot end. The water-proof pad can be tightened, loosened and movable up and down. A bed board unit is pivotably connected to two sides of the frame so that the bed board unit is opened and closed when needed. An inflatable tub or bedpan is located beneath the bed so that when the bed board unit is opened, the patient can use the inflatable tub or the bedpan and does not have to be removed from the bed.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Gold Nanotech, Inc.Inventor: James Tang
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Patent number: 11471355Abstract: A surgical drain tray assembly includes a fluid impermeable first layer and a porous second layer positioned on the fluid impermeable first layer. The fluid impermeable first layer includes a drain outlet, a basin, and a sloping surface angled toward the basin, the drain outlet being positioned within the basin. The porous second layer may be formed of a foam material and includes a top work surface. Fluids spilled onto the work surface pass through the porous second layer to the fluid impermeable first layer. The sloping surface of the fluid impermeable first layer conveys the fluids toward the basin for draining through the drainage outlet.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: SURGICAL SERVICES & SOLUTIONS LLCInventor: Tarek Sibai
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Patent number: 10695245Abstract: A lightweight modular bed includes a bed frame unit, a first retaining unit, a second retaining unit, a supporting web unit, a vibration motor, and a cover patch. The first and second retaining units are coupled to two lateral portions of the supporting web unit to permit a web body of the supporting web unit to be fully stretched. A peripheral margin of the cover patch is secured to a boundary of a predetermined mounting region of the web body to permit a motor body of the vibration motor to be disposed therebetween. When the web body is fully stretched, top and bottom surfaces of the motor body are brought into abutting engagement with the cover patch and the predetermined mounting region, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: ULIFE HEALTHCARE INC.Inventor: Chi-Lung Tsai
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Patent number: 9038215Abstract: A bed with an integral toilet includes a frame, a mattress and a support for supporting the mattress on the bed frame. The mattress and support define an opening extending through the mattress and support. A robotic system removes and replaces a cushion for filling the opening and for replacing the toilet in alignment with the opening. An integral bidet, a source of clean water, a nozzle, a variable speed pump and mechanism for connecting a source of water to the bidet are included. A second opening in a lower portion of the toilet is connected to a waste storage tank. An odor eliminator is provided and a remote control allows a patient to control the unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Inventor: Ahmed I. S. I. Al-Jafar
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Patent number: 9009892Abstract: One embodiment of a topper assembly for a mattress comprises a liquid permeable cover layer, a liquid transport layer beneath the cover layer that directs liquid transport therethrough in a preferred direction, a liquid impermeable base layer beneath the transport layer, an air mover in fluid communication with the transport layer and a reservoir positioned downstream of the liquid transport layer. Operation of the air mover moves air and liquid through the liquid transport layer in the preferred direction such that the reservoir captures liquid discharged from the liquid transport layer. A related support apparatus comprises a mattress and a condition management assembly atop the mattress. The condition management assembly includes the liquid transport layer, the liquid impermeable base layer, the air mover and the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Charles A Lachenbruch, Timothy Joseph Receveur
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Patent number: 8898838Abstract: A convertible patient bed is disclosed that includes: a middle section, a top section, and a bottom section, each section further includes a first lateral subsection and a second lateral subsection; a push-pull motor coupled to push the top section and to pull the bottom section to transform the patient bed into a chair, a sliding motor coupled to slide the said first lateral subsection and said second lateral subsection in and out of each of the middle section, top section, and bottom section respectively at a predetermined angle to change the width of the patient bed; and a motor coupled to an opening and a cover in the middle of the middle section to accommodate to the needs of a patient.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Ton Duc Thang UniversityInventor: Cong Thanh Diep Tu
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Publication number: 20140310875Abstract: Provided is a caregiving bed having a variety of usage aspects. A caregiving bed includes a bed main body, and one support platform and another support platform. The bed main body includes a rectangular pad part. Each of the support platforms is provided with an elevator device connected to the pad part to raise and lower the bed main body. Each of the support platforms is provided with a pair of support columns extending upward. A beam member is provided between the support columns of the one support platform and between the support columns of the other support platform. The distance between the pad part and the attachment part decreases when the bed main body is raised by the elevator devices, whereas the distance between the pad part and the attachment part increases when the bed main body is lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventor: Kazuyoshi IIDA
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Patent number: 8833707Abstract: A urology drainage bag system has disposable clamps and/or bands that are disposed of along with the disposable urology drape. The drape, clamps, and band may comprise an integrated system for disposal as a unit. In some embodiments, the drape, clamps, and band are assembled together at the time of manufacture and sold as an integrated unit such that assembly of the drape onto the band by the end users at the point of use is not needed. Several plastic molded clamp embodiments are disclosed. Alternative methods and devices for supporting a flexible band and drainage bag relative to an OR table are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Sarah M. Steinberg, Paul J. Skavicus, Jesse S. Drake, Mark A. Sutherland, Thomas K. Skripps
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Patent number: 8719978Abstract: A patient support apparatus, in particular for a medical imaging apparatus, has a table for supporting a patient, and a support unit, wherein the table is arranged at the support unit such that the table may be displaced along a longitudinal extension of the support unit. Further, the patient support apparatus has a protective wall element which closes off a region for receiving fluids on the table and/or on the support unit in a fluid-tight manner.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hanns Eder, Patrick Gross, Martin Ringholz, Markus Schmidt
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Patent number: 8661585Abstract: The multi-position bed for the infirm or physically disabled patients includes a multi-positional support surface. The support surface includes separate pivotally attached segments adapted to support various parts of a patient's body. Segmented lower portions support the patient's feet and lower legs. An upper segment supports the patient's back, neck and head. A central segment is adapted to support patient's buttocks. All portions can be pivoted through a range of positions. The central segment is provided with movable panels, which can be arranged to form an opening in the bed. A toilet is fixed beneath the bed in alignment with the formed opening. The entire support surface can be vertically adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2013Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Inventor: Faisal A. O. Alasfour
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Patent number: 8635722Abstract: The invention is directed to a molded bed having a contoured sleeping surface surrounded by a liquid barrier. The sleeping surface having a plurality of channels formed therein terminating at a plurality of drains extending through the bed to direct loose liquid on the sleeping surface through a drain. The bed further comprising a means for attaching the bed to a floor and a tamper resistance glide assembly inserted in a foot on the bed, the glide comprising a floor engaging pad having a support shaft extending there from, a traveler on the support shaft. The traveler fixed in a glide pocket in the foot. The pad traversing axially in the glide pocket to orient the sleeping surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Norix Group, IncInventors: Brian Moon, Jed C. Richardson
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Publication number: 20130298330Abstract: One embodiment of a topper assembly for a mattress comprises a liquid permeable cover layer, a liquid transport layer beneath the cover layer that directs liquid transport therethrough in a preferred direction, a liquid impermeable base layer beneath the transport layer, an air mover in fluid communication with the transport layer and a reservoir positioned downstream of the liquid transport layer. Operation of the air mover moves air and liquid through the liquid transport layer in the preferred direction such that the reservoir captures liquid discharged from the liquid transport layer. A related support apparatus comprises a mattress and a condition management assembly atop the mattress. The condition management assembly includes the liquid transport layer, the liquid impermeable base layer, the air mover and the reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Charles A. Lachenbruch, Timothy Joseph Receveur
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Patent number: 8484779Abstract: A table suited for a stylist when styling hair of a deceased body is configured to hold the deceased body to allow hair to be styled. The table has a set of scissor-like supports with a foot-actuated control, thereby providing a means to adjustably elevate and lower the table. The table may also be angled via a pair of foot-actuated controls. A footrest at the table's base supports the deceased person along with a plurality of body securing straps. The table also comprises a separate platform for allowing the stylist to store products within and a neck support to further support the deceased body configuration resulting in optimum hairstyling.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Inventor: Sonja L. Bradwell
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Patent number: 8424134Abstract: A medical bed has developed, comprising a lifting unit extended to the lower body unit with an insertion unit mounted on an elastic spring for applying pressure to a lifting member, a water collection unit positioned at inner room of the bed frame forming sloped bottom surface, an angle adjustment unit installed at the bed frame for angular movement of the bed frame, a plural of the loess bed units, a separation preventing unit for preventing separation of the loess bed unit and a support plate for supporting the loess bed unit. The body unit extends the lower head unit and guides vertical movement of the loess bed. The lifting member installed on a fastening bar for controlling the lifting unit. The elastic spring is arranged inside of the lifting member, and an inlet-outlet for injecting and discharging pneumatic and hydraulic pressure formed at the upper lifting member.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Sor Bed Co., LtdInventor: Deok-Gyu Byun
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Patent number: 8302226Abstract: A negative pressure care bed, including at least a worktable, an armrest, a rocking bed having an upper bed surface and a lower bed surface, a mattress, a body including an upper part and a lower part, multiple excretion holes, a pair of trousers, a bed pan, a waste container having an inlet and an outlet, and a noise reduction oven. The upper part is connected to the lower part via a hinge. A first lifter is disposed on the upper part. A groove is disposed at the bottom of the negative pressure care bed and formed via the worktable and the armrest. The rocking bed is disposed on the groove via multiple bearing supports. The excretion holes are disposed on the mattress and on the lower bed surface of the rocking bed. The trousers are disposed on the excretion hole. The bed pan is disposed in the excretion hole and on the trousers.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Inventors: Fengbin Hu, Jintao Zhu
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Patent number: 8132277Abstract: An emergency response treatment bed system. The emergency response beds may include a frame having a pair of opposing tubular stainless steel side supports and a pair of opposing tubular stainless steel end supports. The side supports and end supports are affixed each to the other by corner fixtures. A plurality of collapsible support legs are affixed to the frame. The support legs have an upper end and a lower end, and are adapted to support the frame above a selected substrate. A support deck is coupled to the frame. The support deck is adapted to support a patient body, and is provided with a liquid impervious, molded thermoplastic contaminant resistant cleanable surface. The support deck also has, above at least some of the support legs, a cutout portion defined by edgewalls, to provide access through the support deck to the support legs, so that multiple beds may be stacked one above the other, using support inserts between vertically adjacent support legs.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: United Industry, LLCInventor: John Buchanan
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Publication number: 20090265854Abstract: This invention provides a bed for a patient including a patient lifting means; and a length of moveable sheet material, wherein a first portion of the sheet material is aligned below the patient support, and the sheet material is moveable such that the portion is no longer aligned below the patient and is replaced with a second portion of the sheet material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2006Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventor: Kenneth Lindsay Pagden
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Publication number: 20090241262Abstract: A mobile veterinary surgical table incorporating a dental operatory, the mobile veterinary surgical table having a base member having a mobility means, a support pedestal member mounted to the base frame member allowing height adjustment of the support surface of the veterinary surgical table, the veterinary surgical support being bifurcated so as to be angularly oriented from the horizontal to a V-shape, the veterinary support member being tiltable at a desired angle and having a runoff tray positioned beneath the support surface for the disposition of fluids, there being positioned at one end of the support surface a dental tray, there being positioned on the base frame beneath the support surface a dental operatory, including all of the tools required for the operation of the dental operatory for performing dental treatment of the animal while its head is positioned on the dental tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventor: Frank Jehn
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Patent number: 7562402Abstract: This patent discloses a reclining hair wash chair for a toddler in a bathtub. The bathtub hair wash recliner may include a torso support connected between a head support and a footrest. The torso support, the head support, and the foot may be hollow and have rubber strands attached to their top to provide a slip resistant surface. A bubble foam core may be positioned within the head support, the torso support, and the footrest. When the head support is lying on the torso support, the bubble foam core may be removed from the recliner by pulling on a bubble foam core tilting area in a direction that is parallel to the head support and the torso support.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2008Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Inventors: Dorsie L. Calloway, Bruce Campbell
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Patent number: 7540661Abstract: Disclosed is a patient table for an x-ray system with a table top, the length of which can be optionally varied. The table top can be of a modular design, or can comprise a plurality of table segments or slats depending on the type of x-ray device used.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Mathias Hörnig
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Publication number: 20090077745Abstract: A waterproof bedspread includes an outer peripheral portion for engaging onto and for securing onto a headboard and a footboard and two side frames of a hospital bed with a fastening device and for forming a recess in the waterproof bedspread, the waterproof bedspread includes one or more outlet ports for discharging a water or fluid received in the recess of the waterproof bedspread, the waterproof bedspread may include a basic layer having a number of longitudinal filaments and lateral filaments each formed by a thread having a wax outer layer. A cover layer is secured onto the basic layer and includes a number of hair members provided on top to form a hairy structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2007Publication date: March 26, 2009Inventor: Su Jen Chou
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Publication number: 20090044762Abstract: A veterinary procedure table includes an animal support member upon which an animal may be placed during the performance of a veterinary procedure. A basin associated with the animal support member is adapted to receive fluid material that may be generated during the performance of the veterinary procedure. The veterinary procedure table further includes a grille associated with the animal support member. The grille includes a frame and a plurality of elongate rods rotatably coupled to the frame. In one embodiment, at least one rod is fixed against rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2007Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: MIDMARK CORPORATIONInventor: Charles C. Keil
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Publication number: 20080127417Abstract: A device is provided for controlling run-off fluids from a person or animal, the device comprising a surface adapted to receive the person or animal while facilitating the evacuation and isolation of fluid running off the person or animal. The device facilitates full length exposure of the personal or animal so as to assure complete and immediate removal, isolation and measurement of hazardous fluid from same.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2006Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventor: Robert D. Harty
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Publication number: 20080047066Abstract: A bed bath system having a mattress with a bed surface and mattress wall periphery about the bed surface; a support member having an inner wall sized and configured to contact and encircle the mattress wall periphery; a fluid impermeable sheet having a first side disposable on the mattress and an opposing second side, the sheet disposable in the support member to form an envelope on the second side, the envelope having a floor coplanar with the bed surface, a lateral wall coplanar with the support member inner wall, and a bath space interior to the lateral wall and the floor; an infusion reservoir with a dispensing port to dispense a bathing fluid; a nozzle in fluid communication with the dispensing port operative to emit bathing fluid into the envelope; and a drainage port positioned to drain waste fluid from the envelope.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Inventor: William R. Cordero
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Patent number: 7197780Abstract: The universal hospital bed designed for nursing the immobile patients with additional bathing equipment” belongs to the category of the health equipment, intended for the health institutions, gerontology institutions and family households. The essence of the invention is in its constructive solution of the three-part bed, which using the mechanism for electrical and mechanical adjustment of the angles of the slope of the mobile parts of bed, could be converted into the form of (arm) chair. The belt holders and belts for fastening the patients are installed on the back part of the bed, and the antidecubitus mattress is placed along the whole bed, used as preventive protection of the patients against decubitus, or if patient already has it, for healing of the wounds. On the middle sitting part of the bed-mattress, part of the mattress is cut and the basic insert (41) is made of it, which if necessary, could be replaced with WC insert.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2002Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Inventor: Dobrica Petric
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Patent number: 7165280Abstract: A fluid-control medical mattress includes a platform and multiple supports mounted on the platform. Each support is a bladder for selectively receiving fluid to support a patient. A skirt is mounted to a periphery of the platform and surrounds the platform for retaining water with the platform for a nurse to conveniently clean the body of the patient who lies on the platform. The multiple supports respectively correspond to the head, neck, shoulder, pelvis and knee for supporting the patient who lies on the platform when the multiple supports are full of fluid.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2004Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Inventor: Chao-Jan Wang
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Patent number: 7140054Abstract: A rectangular structure on wheels has a first and second slab. The first slab supports the patient's washing apparatus including heated water tank, an air blower and waste water tank. The second or top slab spaced apart above the first slab has an attached hinged back rest and is covered with a message pad and a disposable washing liner. The top slab is configured to have waste water flow into a drain which leads to the waste water tank.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2005Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Inventor: Leonel E. Charles
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Patent number: 7073464Abstract: A height adjustable veterinary wet table can be lowered in elevation to assist in locating animals to the wet table surface and can be raised to an elevation desirable for veterinary treatment of the animal with material received by the wet sink transferred to a drainage system.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2004Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: dbl. 7, LLCInventor: Charles C. Keil
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Patent number: 7028355Abstract: A medical sanitary multifunctional system bed is provided for nursing, having necessary functions that can be added optionally according to clinical conditions of users. The optional addition of functions allows the medical sanitary multifunctional system bed to perform necessary functions, on a case-by-case basis, thereby minimizing the economic burden imposed on patients. Ordinarily, the bed includes a lower capsule, supported by a metallic support frame, an upper capsule mounted on the lower capsule, a movable and rotatable portion, which is supported by the metallic support frame, and a plurality of removable cushions placed on the movable portion. On a optional basis, the bed may include a stool, a bathtub, a shower, and additional washers.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Inventor: Masateru Koga
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Patent number: 6964595Abstract: A child's infant-care play center includes a table having a recessed bath tub and a changing-table/bed removably disposed over the tub. Upstanding dividers and a headboard demarcate respective bathing/changing/sleeping and washing-sink/eating areas on the table. A flexible conduit having a faucet attached at one end is extractible from and retractable into one of the dividers, and an electronic element selectably to generate and couple the sound of running water through the conduit and out the faucet. A mobile mounted over the bathing/changing/sleeping area may be selectably actuated to rotate conjointly with an accompanying melody. A baby monitor includes a portion fixed to the upper surface of the table, a portable portion, and elements for selectably generating and projecting one of a variety of baby sounds through the fixed portion. A free-standing booster chair that converts to a potty can be removably supported on an edge of the table.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Mattel, IncInventor: Elizabeth A. Libretti
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Patent number: 6957457Abstract: A bed having a base, a pedestal oriented between a top side of the base and a patient support deck to facilitate elevational movement of the support deck. The patient support deck includes a seat section which includes a deck plate. A pair of laterally spaced support brackets are provided on the patient support deck. Coupling elements are supported on each of the support brackets. Separate patient supporting devices are configured to operatively connect to a selected one of the two coupling elements is provided. A guideway is provided on each of the support brackets, the guideway supporting a frame and having a track thereon. A receptacle is mounted on the track and for movement relative to the frame, the receptacle being stowable beneath the deck plate and deployable so that the receptacle is oriented immediately below the perineal edge of the seat section.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2004Date of Patent: October 25, 2005Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Martin Stryker, Mike Hernandez, William Bleeker, Jr., Jeff Lewandowski
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Patent number: 6871367Abstract: A combination bed and bathing device designed for bathing patients and individuals who may suffer varying degrees of impairment or immobility due to illness, injury or other conditions, which may render these individuals incapable of adequately conducting personal hygiene, including a bed frame. A mattress portion is adjustably coupled with the bed frame. The mattress portion is adjustable vertically with respect to the bed frame. A water container is coupled with the bed frame. The water container has an open upper end and a closed lower end. The open upper end has a rigid perforated netting secured therein. A sliding pad is coupled with the water container. The sliding pad covers the open upper end of the water container in a covered orientation. The sliding pad has a removable central section.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Inventors: Michael Beckles, Naomi Safe′Zapata
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Patent number: 6848133Abstract: A care bed comprises a bed main body provided with an opening for elevating a bedpan, a bedpan assembled downward of the bed main body and supported in a freely elevating manner with respect to the bed main body, a bedpan elevating device that is moved between a lifted position in which the bedpan is lifted through the opening of the bed main body to above the bed surface and a descended position in which it is stored under the bed main body, and an excrement collecting device for sucking and collecting excrements from the bedpan.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2002Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignee: Birumen Kagoshima Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshitaka Tanaka
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Publication number: 20040194212Abstract: There is disclosed a treatment table that has a footbath in the leg section. The treatment table can be positioned in many different configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Inventor: John M. Fanuzzi
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Publication number: 20040148705Abstract: A bed having a base, a pedestal oriented between a top side of the base and a patient support deck to facilitate elevational movement of the support deck. The patient support deck includes a seat section which includes a deck plate. A pair of laterally spaced support brackets are provided on the patient support deck. Coupling elements are supported on each of the support brackets. Separate patient supporting devices are configured to operatively connect to a selected one of the two coupling elements is provided. A guideway is provided on each of the support brackets, the guideway supporting a frame and having a track thereon. A receptacle is mounted on the track and for movement relative to the frame, the receptacle being stowable beneath the deck plate and deployable so that the receptacle is oriented immediately below the perineal edge of the seat section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2004Publication date: August 5, 2004Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: Martin Stryker, Mike Hernandez, William Bleeker, Jeff Lewandowski
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Patent number: 6739003Abstract: There is disclosed a treatment table that has a footbath in the leg section. The treatment table can be positioned in many different configurations.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2002Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Inventor: John M. Fanuzzi
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Patent number: 6725479Abstract: A bed having a base, a pedestal oriented between a top side of the base and a patient support deck to facilitate elevational movement of the support deck. The patient support deck includes a seat section which includes a deck plate. A pair of laterally spaced support brackets are provided on the patient support deck. Coupling elements are supported on each of the support brackets. Separate patient supporting devices are configured to operatively connect to a selected one of the two coupling elements is provided. A guideway is provided on each of the support brackets, the guideway supporting a frame and having a track thereon. A receptacle is mounted on the track and for movement relative to the frame, the receptacle being stowable beneath the deck plate and deployable so that the receptacle is oriented immediately below the perineal edge of the seat section.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Martin Stryker, Mike Hernandez, Steve Smargiasso, William Bleeker, Jr., Jeff Lewandowski
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Publication number: 20030088918Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a care bed enabling use of a bedpan on the bed and further reducing burden on a care-receiving person and a care-giving person, wherein the bed comprises a bed main body provided with an opening for elevating a bedpan, a bedpan assembled downward of the bed main body and supported in a freely elevating manner with respect to the bed main body, a bedpan elevating device that is moved between a lifted position in which the bedpan is lifted through the opening of the bed main body to above the bed surface and a descended position in which it is stored under the bed main body, and an excrement collecting device for sucking and collecting excrements from the bedpan. The bed main body may be provided with a split mattress that covers the opening in normal conditions and that is pushed upward through lifting force of the bedpan when lifting the bedpan.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Applicant: BIRUMEN KAGOSHIMA CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshitaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 6543068Abstract: Disclosed is a portable bed-bath and shower device. The device provides an oblong, inflatable bath tub unit 12 used to assist in the bathing of bed ridden patients. The bath tub or housing 12 of the device is a rubber material consisting of an electric air compressor 20, water valve 22, dirty water discharge pump 24 and hose 26, shower head 28, hook and loop straps 18, a swivel head hanger 46, storage pockets 30 for soap and wash cloths and tote cart 70. A patient can be easily placed upon the bath unit prior to the inflation thereof. The bath unit is then inflated by the electric compressor 20 and a hose 44 is connected to the water valve of the unit and at the other distal end, to a sink. Hook and loop fasteners 18 are supplied to secure the patient 14 within the bath device and to lift the limbs of a patient for easy cleaning of the limbs. A water valve 22 is also provided consisting of a control valve 38 and separate drain valve 40.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2002Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Inventor: Alisa Penninger
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Patent number: 6511501Abstract: An inflatable convective thermal pad is adapted for use under a patient. The pad has a surface on a layer that receives the patient and that provides for the passage of air through the layer and the surface toward the patient. One or more drain openings or channels are provided in the layer for draining fluid from the layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2000Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.Inventors: Scott Douglas Augustine, Thomas P. Anderson
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Patent number: 6502259Abstract: A cushion bed with a flushing device. The bed includes a containing cushion that is adhered to the upper part of the air cushion and shaped as a tilted groove, being removable, and including a sensor. When discharge from a patient falls on the surface of the containing cushion, a sensor senses this and a water pump is activated, so that water can be spurted through both the water-spurting head to flush the discharge on the surface of the containing cushion, and the other water-spurting head installed on top of the containing cushion cleanses the excretory organs of the patient. The inventive device provides the patients in the persistent vegetative state with the convenience of urinating and defecating in bed, and with the functions of keeping the excretory organs of the patient clean and not prone to bacteria growth or infection, and sanitizes the bed cushion.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2001Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Inventor: Chi-An Chang
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Patent number: 6467112Abstract: An operation table. The table includes table top and a sink mounted under the table top. The sink is provided at one end with a discharge port, and at other end with an opening which is provided with a cover plate having a ventilation hole, and a sink cover having through holes. When a surgical operation is carried out on the sink cover, the waste fluids of the surgical operation are collected in the sink via the through holes of the sink cover such that liquid fluids are drained out via the discharge port of the sink, and gaseous fluids are drawn out of the sink via the ventilation hole which is fastened at one end of a ventilation pipe which is in turn fastened at another end with a pumping device.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2000Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: Veterans General Hospital-TaipeiInventor: Henrich Cheng
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Publication number: 20020124314Abstract: The present invention relates to a cushion bed with a flushing device, comprising a containing cushion that, adhered to the upper part of the air cushion, is shaped as a tilted groove and removable, and a sensor. When excrement of a patient falls on the surface of the containing cushion, a sensor then senses and a water pump is activated, so that water can be spurted through both the water-spurting head to flush excrement on the surface of the containing cushion, and the other water-spurting head installed on top of the containing cushion to cleanse the excretory organs of the patient. The present invention provides the disabled and patients in the persistent vegetative state with the convenience of urinating and defecating in bed, and with the functions of keeping the excretory organs of the patient clean and not prone to bacteria-growing or infection, and a constant sanitary condition of the cushion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2001Publication date: September 12, 2002Inventor: Chi-An Chang
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Patent number: 6421853Abstract: An improvement to gurneys for cleaning patients confined to bed which generally is comprised of a structure with legs having caster wheels, which includes, generally, a framework for affixing a table to support the patient with a washing basin comprised of a piece of flexible and collapsible laminar material, attached to the frame, which follows the perimeter of the support table and is connected to form walls that delimit a space for washing. The improvement is comprised of a frame that includes elongations at the ends of its longitudinal sides, which project vertically above the table with rows of notches to affix and hold the upper edge of the laminar piece and to delimit the washing space. These elongations may be comprised of extensions of the ends of the longitudinal sides of the frame in a U shape, formed with vertical inclined sections joined below the frame, of which one, the furthest from the frame, projects above the table to incorporate the row of affixing notches for the laminar material piece.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2000Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Inventors: Edgardo René Pecorelli, Edgardo Luis Pecorelli
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Patent number: 6371976Abstract: A thermally controllable apparatus for use with a predetermined therapeutic support platform apparatus and a thermia fluid producing device, wherein said apparatus includes a first side configuratively disposed adjacent the patient surface of the support platform, a second side disposed adjacent a patient and having a first portion thereof sealably connected to a first portion the first side and a second portion thereof spaced from a second portion of the first side such that there is formed a pocket therebetween and valve means operably connected to the pocket and to the thermal fluid producing device to permit fluid flow therebetween and a method of using the same.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1998Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: John H. Vrzalik, Cesar Z. Lina
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Patent number: 6282735Abstract: A hydrotherapy mattress assembly which includes an air-over-foam core, a base for receiving the air-over-foam core, and a top cover overlying the air-over-foam core. The top cover provides a patient support surface and includes a drain trough. The drain trough is coupled to a drain which extends through the air-over-foam core and the base, so that liquids can be drained from the patient support surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1999Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: James R. Stolpmann, Kenneth R. Smith, Roger D. Dalton, Gary W. Ferdon, Jonathan H. Mueller
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Patent number: 6279510Abstract: Disclosed is a veterinarian treatment table having a base upon which an elongated tub rests. The tub has an inclined bottom wall to drain fluids towards a drain at the bottom of the tub. Also provided is a fluid dispersing means which, in one embodiment, is a spray bar having a plurality of openings to allow fluid such as water to flow onto the tub bottom. A fluid sheeting element is also provided to form a uniform sheet of fluid from the fluid. The tub is fitted with a grate that will support an animal and allow fluids to flow freely from the animal to the tub interior space and bottom wall. The uniform sheet of fluid from the fluid dispersing means continuously washes fluids from the animal away and into a drain. The water flow can be adjusted by a valve controlled by the veterinarian practitioner.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2000Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Inventor: Richard Batterton
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Patent number: 6272705Abstract: A bed frame for invalids for alleviating and preventing bedsores. The bed frame for invalids includes a frame. The frame includes a perimeter portion having a first side bar, a second side bar, a first end bar and a second end bar. The bars are integrally coupled together such that the perimeter portion generally has a rectangular shape. The perimeter portion comprises a plastic material. Each of a plurality of leg members is integrally coupled to and extends downwardly from one of the side bars. Each of the leg members has a free end adapted for positioning on one of the parallel support members of a first bed frame. A supporting means supports a body on the frame. The supporting means extends transversely across and is securely attached to the perimeter portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2000Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Inventor: Wilma Fay Jones
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Patent number: 6230345Abstract: A moveable pedicure table for combination with a reclining facial bed as provided having a table frame with side portions and a central open portion. Legs extend downward from the frame and rollers are attached to the legs for movement along a horizontal ground or floor surface. Projections extend inward into the central open area from the sides of the table frame. The projections are constructed for supporting a pedicure basin at a predetermined height. A connector mechanism is attached to the table frame for detachable engagement with a facial bed.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1998Date of Patent: May 15, 2001Inventors: Maria Alba Borrero, Ilba Moreno