Bed with a powered width expansion wing

摘要

A method for governing care of a person includes determining the importance of a candidate activity (84) relative to the importance of patient sleep continuity (104) and, if the candidate activity is more important than sleep continuity, carrying out the activity or indicating the acceptability of carrying out the activity (106) and, if the candidate activity is not more important than sleep continuity, refraining from carrying out the activity or indicating the unacceptability of carrying out the activity (108). A system for patient care governance comprises a decision engine (80) for determining the importance of the candidate activity relative to the importance of sleep continuity, and a controller (92) responsive to the decision engine for issuing a command to carry out the activity or indicate the acceptability of carrying out the activity (106), refrain from carrying out the activity or indicate the unacceptability of carrying out the activity (108).

主权项

1. A bed comprising:
a fixed width deck center section having a width and an outboard edge; a left wing and a right wing movably coupled to the center section, the left wing including a left leadscrew receiver nonmovably affixed thereto and the right wing including a right leadscrew receiver nonmovably affixed thereto; a motor assembly mechanically grounded to the center section; left and right oppositely handed leadscrews each having a rotational axis, the left leadscrew being coupled to the motor assembly and to the left leadscrew receiver, the right leadscrew being coupled to the motor assembly and to the right leadscrew receiver; wherein operation of the motor is capable of moving the wing between a deployed position in which a lateral extremity thereof is outboard of the outboard edge and a stored position in which the lateral extremity is inboard of its deployed position; and wherein operation of the motor in a first rotational direction moves each wing in unison in a laterally outboard direction and operation of the motor in a second rotational direction moves each wing in unison in a laterally inboard direction.