title: [The development of the multifunctional automatic rotating bed with process-monitoring].
abstract: We have developed a new rotating bed for the old and the paralised people. This rotating bed is composed of two bed heads at front and at end, bed boards, guardrails, an electric motor, a reducer, an induction locator and a set of electronic controls. With the preestablished program, the angle between the left/right bed board and the middle board is changed by rotating the left/right board around the rotation axis, and the gravity direction between the human body and the ground is changed by the rotation of the middle board as a whole, so that the middle bed board and the left and right ones will act respectively as supporters of weight of the person who is lying on his back or on his side. In this way, a person can turn over automatically, comfortably and naturally when he/she is asleep. This rotating bed meets the physiological needs of a sleeping person, and people with turning over problems can turn over in a comfortable and natural way by means of biotechnology. It can also improve the quality of sleep and help avoid decubitus. In addition, it can be used to promote the rehabilitation of those who are paralysed by reason of its passive exercising function.
authors.affiliation: Chuzhou City Vocation College, Chuzhou 239000, China. czghz2010@163.com
authors.forename: Hongzhu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Monong
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Kejiang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Jiaxia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Juefei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D001510:Bed Rest / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing; D001513:Beds; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D015915:Motion Therapy, Continuous Passive / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012399:Rotation