INFLUENCING THE QUALITY OF HOSPITAL BEDS USING VIBRO-ACOUSTIC DIAGNOSTIC

M. Pexa, B. Peterka, J. Marik, J. Cedik, L. Weinfurtner

Abstract

Human health is one of the most precious gifts that each person has. This gift need to take a maximum protection. The human, when has health problems, seeks to restore satisfactory health condition with a significant contribution of medical care. Medical care has used various means to restore human health. <BR />A hospital bed as highly sophisticated technical equipment is one of many such means used during treatment. Hospital bed allows appropriate positioning of the patient, so as to improve health status and complications occurred in the form of pressure sores. Also the patient comfort is one of the important task of properly working bed. Patient's comfort can be compromised by increased vibration and noise levels generated by actuators of bed and other movable parts of bed assembly. <BR />This paper describes utilization of noise and vibration measurement in particular case of Linet Eleganza hospital bed. Obtained results of measurements are used for future redesigning of the actuator assembly. Influence of taken changes are also enumerated.

Keywords

diagnostic, hospital bed, vibration, noise, patient comfort

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TC10 - Measurement for Diagnostics, Optimization and Control

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