MOBILE HOSPITAL BED TO FACILITATE X-RAY EXAMINATIONS

摘要

The hospital bed is adjustable as usual for height, tilt, elevated back rest and elevated knees, and is also mounted on wheels for use to transport the patient. In addition, the upper bed section that carries the mattress is slidable longitudinally to carry the upper part of a reclining patient forward beyond the rest of the bed structure to an extended position which affords ample clearance for special X-ray equipment, both above and below the extended section of the bed. The extended portion of the bed section is transparent to X-rays to permit X-ray examination of the upper part of the reclining patient's body without the necessity of handling or disturbing the reclining patient. A releasable latch normally retains the extendable bed section at its retracted position.