US 12,245,978 B2
Device and method for reversibly connecting a rehabilitation mechanism to a bed, and method for operating a rehabilitation mechanism connected to a bed
Alexander Koenig, Munich (DE); Helfried Peyrl, Oberhaching (DE); Ramona Susanna Schlaefer, Munich (DE); Maximilian Grosse-Dunker, Puchheim (DE); and Helmut Oschwald, Munich (DE)
Assigned to ReActive Robotics GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/295,972
Filed by ReActive Robotics GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/DE2019/101001
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/103983, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018129370.4 (DE), filed on Nov. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008271 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 7/10 (2006.01); A61G 7/012 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/1076 (2013.01) [A61G 7/012 (2013.01); A61G 7/1044 (2013.01); A61G 7/1046 (2013.01); A61H 1/0237 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for reversibly connecting a rehabilitation mechanism to a bed, the device comprising:
at least one connection element arranged on the rehabilitation mechanism;
a connection frame mounted to a transverse side of the bed and extending at least along a portion of the transverse side, said connection frame being mounted pivotably about a pivot axis with respect to the one or more receiving units;
at least one receiving unit arranged at a side of the bed and/or at a foot end of the bed, said at least one receiving unit having a design corresponding to a design of said at least one connection element;
said at least one receiving unit or, if said at least one receiving unit is one of a plurality of receiving units, at least one of said receiving units comprises a locking device configured to enter into an operative connection with said connection frame;
a transport device for transporting the rehabilitation mechanism toward the bed and away from the bed;
wherein at least one of said transport device or the bed is height-adjustable;
a trigger being arranged on the transport device, for directly or in directly interacting with the at least one receiving unit or, if said at least one receiving unit is one of said plurality of receiving units, with at least one receiving unit;
said transport device being configured for selectively releasing or fixing the rehabilitation mechanism by interacting with said at least one receiving unit or, if said at least one receiving unit is one of said plurality of receiving units, with at least one of said plurality of receiving units;
in order to unlock the receiving unit, the trigger is configured to press against said connection frame when the bed is approached, and
in order to lock the receiving unit while the transport device is moving away from the bed, the pressure which the trigger exerts on the locking device, which is operatively connected to the connection frame, is configured to decrease.