Smart Bed System In Hospital

Mechanical Engineering

Abstract In this project, Smart Beds have evolved from simple electronically operated hospital beds to touch-free, intelligent, and connected monitoring systems that can work in any setting. The concept of the Smart Bed originated when single- function capabilities were added to hospital beds. A trained caregiver could electronically manipulate the shape and functions of these beds. This work details the design, simulation, and experimental testing of a mechanically actuated smart hospital bed for ease of hospital patients. The smart hospital bed, or Smartbed, is designed to improve the turning process currently performed by health care workers, ensuring that patients are turned consistently and decreasing the labor requirement for caregivers. The mechanical structure of the bed is described, along with its advantages over current Smartbed products. The smart hospital bed, Smartbed, proposed in this work improves upon the designs of currently available products by including an actuating mechanism capable of manipulating patients bodies without being physically assisted by a caregiver. While this will eliminate the need for assistance in turning the patient, it is not meant to be utilized without a nurses care and supervision the Smartbed is a tool designed to remove one of the more time and labor intensive tasks of caregivers as opposed to replacing their presence all together. Hospital beds are manufactured around the world, with each nation providing its own unique qualities and traits to the hospital beds.

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