Creating the right image for hospital beds
A new range of hospital beds, developed with both the needs of patients and nursing staff in mind, meets the highest expectations of functionality and design.
The ‘image’ bed, by Wissner-Bosserhoff, is 223 cm long and 102 cm wide. The ergonomic mattress base ensures healthy positioning. The double pull-out for backrest (11 cm) and leg rest (7 cm) helps to prevent ulcers when the patient is in a seated position. The length of the bed can be extended or shortened by 10 cm respectively and the rest for the lower thighs can be individually extended. Partitioning of the mattress base makes cleaning the bed easy, and now mattresses of various lengths and heights (up to 37 cm high) are compatible with the bed.
The side safety bar has flexible and continuous rails and can be operated with one hand. It can be set at four different levels, and the maximum side bar height of 59 cm ensures that patients are safe even when bigger mattresses are used with the bed.
A clear and ergonomic hand switch allows for easy adjustment of the backrest and upper thigh rest, for the auto contour setting as well as height adjustment of the bed. Alternatively, an easily accessible user satellite makes adjusting the bed settings easy for patients and staff. An accessible foot pedal allows for back-protecting, hands-free adjustment of the bed height and for setting a horizontal position used for examinations. A hoop guard prevents unintentional activation of the control keys, which can also be locked through the ‘supervisor’ user panel. Hand switch, user satellite and supervisor are fail-safe thanks to the GO safety key.
A ‘mobi-lift’, which can be fitted in an optimum position, helps the patient when getting up and out of the bed and also has an integrated function key, enabling the patient to adjust the height of the bed. ‘Image’ beds are made with stable lifting column construction that allows height adjustment between 39.5 cm and 78 cm through technology patented by Wissner-Bosserhoff. The bed can take a maximum weight of 230 kg, is fitted with smooth-running double casters of 150 mm diameter and is easy to manoeuvre in tight spaces, thanks to the option to fit a fifth caster.
The ‘image’ bed is available in warm wood tones, or plan colours, and a nightlight can be integrated under the bed for safe orientation in a dark room.
This article was published on 11/14/2006