Design and Development of Automatic Position Adjustable Bed cum Stretcher to Improve Patients Comfort and Safety

Abstract

The stretchers and other similar furniture is not limited to hospitals only. However, it is also available in several other facilities and healthcare facilities, such as assisted living quarters, nursing homes, outpatient clinics, and home health care services. Separate experiments were performed to determine the patients’ physical features and ergonomic consideration through the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) which gained comprehensive approach. But design specifications leads to some deficiencies responsible for poor blood circulation, back pain and other related musculoskeletal disorders among the patient. The proposed mechanism is obtained by a design process that considers design objectives specified by the hospital’s medical staff. A manufacturing kinematic mechanism with the help of an electronic sensor was performed to find a connection between the deck’s various positions and the minimum force needed to drive the height adjustment mechanism.