Hospital bed

Description

The motion device described in the patent relates to a hospital bed for variably positioning a patient. The hospital bed is based on a linkage with 13 links and 17 joints, which is driven by two cylinders. The degree of freedom of the mechanism is F = 2.

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Image: Thumbnail for the video: Hospital bed
Mechanisms: Hospital bed
Creator: IGMR

Usage

The simulation shows the movement of a hospital bed. The mechanism can be moved by the blue slider. The lenghts of the links are scaleable.