A patient support device includes a sheet configured to be placed beneath the patient in use and a plurality of straps connected to the sheet and configured for use in moving, lifting, turning, and/or positioning the patient. The straps may include one or more retractable straps that each have a stretchable retraction strap connected thereto and configured for retracting the retractable strap. The straps may also include one or more central support straps connected to the sheet in an area positioned between the legs of the patient. The sheet may also include a head support for supporting the patient's head, which head support may also include one or more straps. The straps may be connected to a hoist, which is then used to lift the patient.

A system and method for providing an Orbit Sleep Concept Bed according to the present invention includes a rotating bed platform for slowly rotating from side to side to continually reposition during a sleep period, a motor and controller box coupled to the rotating bed platform for rotating the bed platform from side to side to continually reposition during a sleep period, and a base having a pair of side supports and connecting side members supporting the rotating bed. The rotating bed platform includes a platform bed, a top and bottom connection rails running along a length of the platform bed, a set of strap/hammock about an inner side of the platform bed, a thin foam mattress having a thin foam base and a partial foam base, a pair of guide rails along an outer side of the platform bed, each of the pair of guide rails resting upon a set of roller supports coupled to each end of the side supports of the base, and a drive strap coupled to top and bottom rails and engaging the motor and controller box to move the platform bed.

A patient positioning apparatus (200) for use with a mattress comprises a first lateral tilt bladder (10) and a third lateral tilt bladder (14) configured to underlie a first side of the mattress, and a second lateral tilt bladder (12) and a fourth lateral tilt bladder (16) configured to underlie a second side of the mattress. The tilt bladders are inflatable to alter the position of a patient lying on the mattress, and inflation and/or deflation of the lateral tilt bladders is controllable by a controller (120). The first lateral tilt bladder is configured to tilt the patient's sternum towards the second side of the mattress when inflated, the second lateral tilt bladder is configured to tilt the patients sternum towards the first side of the mattress when inflated, the third lateral tilt bladder is configured to tilt the patients pelvis towards the second side of the mattress when inflated, and the fourth lateral tilt bladder is configured to tilt the patients pelvis towards the first side of the mattress when inflated. A first check valve (28) is configured to allow fluid communication in one direction from the third lateral tilt bladder to the first lateral tilt bladder, and a second check valve (30) is configured to allow fluid communication in one direction from the fourth lateral tilt bladder to the second lateral tilt bladder. In a preferred aspect, the first and second lateral tilt bladders extend in a longitudinal direction from a waist portion towards a head end of the patient positioning apparatus and have a length of between 690 mm and 950 mm. A mattress and mattress system are also provided.

This invention was developed in response to the need to move a patient from the supine (face up) position to the prone (face down) position and then back to the supine position after therapy is completed. There is the additional option to stop halfway in the lateral decubitus position for therapies which require the patient to be place on their side.

A patient support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, operating table, recliner, or the like, includes a litter frame, a support deck supported on the litter frame and adapted to support a mattress thereon, a touchscreen and a controller configured for carrying out various functions and to display various screens on the touchscreen, including screens for controlling a mattress function or for controlling a non-mattress function of the patient support apparatus. A notification regarding the status of a mattress function can be displayed on various screens. Status indications can be provided as a banner across a portion of the touchscreen.

A system for use with a bed having a frame and a supporting surface includes a sheet having a bottom surface configured to be placed above the supporting surface and a top surface opposite the bottom surface, and a wedge having a wedge body with a base wall, a ramp surface, and a back wall, wherein the base wall has a base engagement member configured to engage a surface of the bed to form a selective gliding assembly that resists movement of the wedge with respect to the bed in a direction extending from the back wall toward the apex, and wherein the base engagement member is configured as a patch, the patch covering only a first portion of the base wall such that edges of the engagement members are spaced from edges of the base wall to allow a second portion of the base wall to be exposed.

A patient turning device for a patient support apparatus. The patient turning device includes a first and second bladder assembly each including a plurality of layers and seals defining a bladder volume. The bladder volumes are selectively inflatable with fluid to expand the respective bladder assembly, and consequently move a patient support surface of the patient support apparatus. A portion of a lower layer of the first bladder assembly and a portion of an upper layer of the second bladder assembly define an overlapping region of the bladder volumes. The patient turning device is coupled to an underside of a carrier sheet and positioned between a crib assembly and a bottom cover. An augmenting feature is configured to resiliently expand as at least one of the first and second bladder assemblies receives the fluid to move at least a portion of the crib assembly away from a patient support deck.

A medical automatic turnover bed includes: a fixed bed frame; a turnover bed frame suspended above the fixed bed frame; an electric driving device installed at the fixed bed frame for flipping the turnover bed frame sideways; a bed board installed with a space apart from the turnover bed frame and provided for a patient to lie on; and fasteners arranged on left and right sides of the bed board or the turnover bed frame and manually or automatically flappable to change the position to a proximate position or a far position relative to the sides of the patient's body. In this way, the medical automatic turnover bed can secure the patient's body safely and can be turned sideways automatically to change the pressed position of the patient's body, so as to achieve the effects of turning over the patient conveniently, preventing bedsores, and reducing the work of caregivers.

In a method for managing human waste collection for a bed-ridden user, a pelvic support member with an aperture and another opening is suspended over a mattress. A bag fitting the aperture is removably attached to the pelvic support member below the aperture. The pelvic support member is adjusted to change a geometric parameter of the aperture and/or the opening. The pelvic support member includes longitudinally extending flexible elongate elements each slidably attached to transverse edge elements of the pelvic support member and further includes transversely extending flexible elongate elements each slidably attached to longitudinal edge elements of the pelvic support member. The adjusting of the pelvic support member includes sliding at least one of the flexible elongate elements along respective ones of the transverse edge elements and the longitudinal edge elements.

A mattress 100 includes a movable part 1 and a mattress body 2 including a first mattress part 21 disposed above the movable part 1, and a second mattress part 22 provided separately from the first mattress part 21 and disposed to surround the first mattress part in a plan view. The first mattress part 21 is configured to rotate upward about the predetermined rotation axis by the movable part 1.