USER INTERFACE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR POWERED TRANSPORT DEVICE IN PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a patient support apparatus, provided with a powered transport device such as a wheel with a motor and a traction drive with a motor for driving the patient support apparatus such as a hospital bed and a stretcher along the floor. SOLUTION: The patient support appara...

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Hauptverfasser:	REINKE CHRISTIAN H, ZERHUSEN ROBERT MARK, MCCRAIG STEVEN V, KAPPELER RONALD P
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY FUNERAL DEVICES HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS
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Zusammenfassung:	PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a patient support apparatus, provided with a powered transport device such as a wheel with a motor and a traction drive with a motor for driving the patient support apparatus such as a hospital bed and a stretcher along the floor. SOLUTION: The patient support apparatus 10 comprises the powered transport device 24 capable of actuating to propel the apparatus along a floor right and left laterally and forward and backward longitudinally along the floor. A user input part 34 for selecting among different speed settings for the powered transport device is provided on the patient support apparatus. A user input part for controlling the driving direction of the device is provided at a head part end, a foot part end, and both sides of the patient support apparatus. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT