Medical bed

摘要

A medical bed for positioning the patient in the lithotomy position having a mattress pad including a flexible footrest section. The footrest section cascades over and down an end of the medical bed as the mattress pad is translated, or slid, toward the end thereof. The mattress pad is positioned atop the frame, and includes a backrest section, a medial section, and a footrest section. The mattress pad is translatable, or slidable, with respect to the frame. The footrest section includes a plurality of partitioned segments that are pivotable with respect to each other such that the footrest section cascades down and over the foot-end of the frame when the mattress pad is translated toward the foot-end of the bed.

主权项

1. A medical bed comprising:
(a) a static support frame having a head-end and a foot-end; (b) a mattress pad positioned atop the static support frame, the mattress pad having a backrest section, a medial section, and a footrest section, the backrest section oriented toward the head-end of the frame, and the footrest section oriented toward the foot-end of the frame, the mattress pad being translatable with respect to the frame, the footrest section including a plurality of partitioned segments directly attached to and substantially the same length as the footrest section, each partitioned segment includes an upper surface and a pair of downward-extending side surfaces, the interior angle θ between the upper surface and each side surface being less than 90° such that the side surfaces extend generally toward each other as the side surfaces extend downward from the upper surface, whereby a void is left between the side surfaces of the adjacent segments allowing the segments to pivot downwardly over the foot-end of the frame that are pivotable with respect to each other, and (c) wherein the footrest section cascades down and over the foot-end of the frame when the mattress pad is translated toward the foot-end.