Patient repositioning system

摘要

A patient repositioning system (10) for pulling a patient toward a head end (114) of a bed (12) includes a sheet (16), a mattress (14), and a housing (214) which contains at least a part of a drive mechanism (252) for operatively coupling to and pulling the sheet (16). The housing (214) resides below a head end piece (124) of the mattress (14), and is secured to the bed deck (22). A sheet pulling structure (222) extends out of the housing (214) via a slot (216) and releasably attaches to the sheet (16), in a manner which has a low profile so as to pass through the slot (216).