摘要:
A patient support for supporting a patient includes a plurality of cushioning layers arranged such that their supporting surfaces when unloaded are generally arranged in a plane, and with each cushioning layer interlocked with each adjacent cushioning layer wherein each cushioning layer provides lateral and longitudinal support to each of its adjacent cushion layer.
摘要:
A wheeled chair for transporting patients includes a frame, a seat, a plurality of wheels, and a plurality of armrests. The armrests are pivotable about a common pivot axis that is oriented generally horizontally and that is positioned underneath the seat and forward of a back support. Each armrest may include a locking mechanism for holding the armrests in a use position. When locked in the use position, a user may apply an upward force on the armrests to lift the chair upwardly that does not cause pivoting of the armrests. The chair is designed to allow nesting with other chairs of similar design. The front wheels may be positioned laterally apart a greater distance than the rear wheels to allow a first chair to nestingly receive a rear portion of a second chair. Foley hooks may also be included on the chair for hanging a Foley catheter bag.
摘要:
A patient support includes a frame, a patient support surface supported at the frame, a display incorporated into the frame, and a user interface incorporated into the frame. The patient support frame includes a controller incorporated into the frame, which has a plurality of prompts stored therein. The user interface is in communication with the controller and may be used to select a selected prompt from the plurality of prompts stored in the controller. When a prompt is selected, the controller generates a display image or text associated with the selected prompt at the display in response to a passage of time or an input to provide a visual prompt to the user.
摘要:
A patient bed includes a base, a patent support supported by the base, and a control system. The patient support includes a pivotal head-end section, with the control system including an actuator to pivot the head-end section and being adapted to control the speed of the actuator and, further, to selectively increase the speed of the actuator to pivot the head-end section at a greater speed.
摘要:
A bone precursor composition comprising a cement mixture and a pore-forming agent is provided for bone implant. Preferably, the pore-forming agent has a particle size of 20-500 mu m. More preferably, the proportion of the pore-forming agent is 7-40% (w/w). The composition may further include a bioactive agent, preferably a bone morphogenic protein or nucleic acid encoding BMP encapsulated in the pore-forming agent. The moldability of the composition can be modulated by the addition of a binder. The invention provides a kit and implant device comprising the bone precursor composition. The invention also provides an implantable prosthetic device comprising a prosthetic implant having a surface region and a bone precursor material disposed on the surface region. The kit and devices may further comprise one or more additional components including a bioactive agent and a binder. Methods of inducing bone formation and delivering the bioactive agent are provided.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for protecting a body member during a body intrusive procedure in a region adjacent the body member to be protected (14) includes infrared energy (18) introduced into a light guide (17) which is introduced into the body member to be protected; and visible light (2) is introduced into the region, either of the lights may be pulsed at the frame rate of a monitor (12) energized by a video camera (10) that receives light from such region, the camera being sensitive to infrared energy as well as visible light. In a furhter embodiment, infrared light is removed from the visible light and a polarizing filter may be employed to filter the light to the camera to reduce glare. A body member to be located or illuminated may be illuminated from one side and the location of the illuminator (112) detected by a probe (116) on the other side of the body member.