Title:
APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY IN WATER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/016760
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus for water labor and delivery in water comprising a tub sized to accommodate a woman in labor and a bed suitable for supporting the woman in labor. Said bed is movable relative to the tub in a vertical direction (V) of the apparatus substantially perpendicular to the bottom of the tub between a lowered position in which the bed is close to said bottom, and a raised position in which the bed is spaced from the bottom and arranged beyond a peripheral edge of the tub. The bed is also movable relative to the tub in a longitudinal direction (L), substantially perpendicular to the vertical direction (V), between an internal position in which it is inside the periphery of the tub, and an external position in which is at least partially beyond the periphery of the tub. The movability of the bed along the vertical (V) and longitudinal (L) directions minimize efforts of the medical staff when moving the parturient and allows to carry the woman in labor beyond the perimeter of the tub as if she were on a bed for traditional delivery in order to perform afterbirth and other post-partum operations, that cannot be performed with the apparatuses known in the art, and to transfer the parturient in an easy, quick and safe manner in case of an emergency, simply by placing side-by-side a common hospital bed and the bed of the apparatus according to the present invention.
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Inventors:
SELMIN ALESSIA (IT)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2013/056012
Publication Date:
January 30, 2014
Filing Date:
July 22, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SELMIN ALESSIA (IT)
International Classes:
A61G7/10; A47K3/022; A61G13/00; A61H33/00
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