Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
  • A61G13/00—Operating tables; Auxiliary appliances therefor
  • A61G13/009—Physiotherapeutic tables, beds or platforms; Chiropractic or osteopathic tables

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• the present invention relates to a treatment table manu- factured for the needs of physical care and rehabilitation.
• treatment tables of this type comprise an elon ⁇ gated upper frame of the table surmounted by a padded part.
• the feet and the head are provided with separate parts at the ends of the frame.
• the frame itself is arranged to be adjustable by means of an appropriate hydraulic system for moving the upper frame in the vertical direction or for lifting it up at the end while the other end remains verti- cally in place.
• the US Patent specification 4 059 255 describes a treatment table used in the administration of physical care and the adjustment of the height of the said table and raising it to a vertical position is achieved by means of a single hydraulic cylinder and piston.
• the locking system makes it possible to move the treatment level between the first normal position and the second raised position, and between the first normal position and the third inclined position. The said positions are achie ⁇ ved at different times.
• the easing of the adjusting of the treatment position may be considered to be the foremost advantage of the inven ⁇ tion.
• the patient to be treated can be made to lie down onto the treatment table while it is very close to the floor and raised easily to the required treatment height.
• the table lends itself readily to be industrially manufac ⁇ tured and it requires little maintenance, because it is simple in structure. The number of possible fault points is small.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view of the treatment table in the upper position.
• Figure 2 shows the treatment table in the lower position as seen from the pivot location of the lifting arm and the extension arm.
• Figure 3 shows the treatment table in the upper and di ⁇ scharge position.
• Figure 4 shows the way in which the extension arm is joined to the treatment level.
• the treatment table comprises the following parts: the treatment table is 1, the lower frame of the treatment table 2, containing the crosspiece 3, onto the ends of which crosspiece are fastened wheels 4, which are provided with a central locking system, and onto the middle and to one side of the said crosspiece is attached an electric motor 5 for the purpose of operating a piston, the upper frame of the treatment table 6, which is attached to the lower frame 2 by two pivoting lifting arms 7 and 8. Exten ⁇ sion arm 9 is attached to lifting arm 8 in a pivoting manner or parallel to lifting arm 8. A snap lock 10 is attached to extension arm 9.
• upper frame 6 has attached to it a gas-spring adjustable tilting headpiece 11, which belongs to the treatment table, supports 12 and the pivoting fastening members 13 of lifting arms 7 and 8, and extension arm 9 is attached from its upper end to the underside of the treatment level 20.
• the upper frame 6 is surmounted by a padded treatment level 20, in this case a two-part mattress 21 and 22. These are attached to the upper frame by means of a hinge to the foot and head of the frame, and they are hinged to one another enabling them to be moved simultaifeously.
• Figure 1 depicts a situation in which the treatment level has been raised to its upper position with the treatment level horizontal. While the treatment table is in its lower position, the extension arm 9 is parallel with the lifting arm 8, but because extension arm 9 is not locked, it will pivot around the -haft by which it is attached to the lifting arm 8 when the treatment level is moved vertically, and as a consequence it does not raise the middle part of the treatment level, and the lying down position is retai ⁇ ned as the treatment level in the upper position, with only the distance between the treatment level and the floor being changed.
• Figure 2 shows the treatment table in the lower position. In this position, the locking device 18 has locked exten- sion arm 9 into a position parallel with lifting arm 8.
• the height of the treatment level 20 changes and treatment level 20 converts into the discharge position simultaneous ⁇ ly as shown in figure 3.
• Figure 4 illustrates the joining of extension arm 9 to treatment level 20.
• Extension arm 9 is joined to the under- side of the treatment level by means of two C-shaped profi ⁇ le beams 15 facing to each other and two wheels 16 mounted on either side of the end of the arm 9, which said wheels run in the grooves 17 of the profile beams to the extent permitted by the length of the grooves according to the amount of movement required between the bottom position or horizontal top position and discharge position of treatment level 20.
• Figure 2 also shows that the extension arm 9 is joined by a pivoted joint to the extension arm 8 and the fastening device 13 by which the extension arm 8 is joined to the upper frame 6.

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