The bed can be programmed to stay in any of the positions (left, right or center) for a time period from 1 minute to 4 hours. How Long Can You Stay in Any One Position? The Freedom Bed’s rotation system is a sophisticated mechanical device that ensures accuracy and consistency of turning. Rotation can be programmed to stop at any degree to meet clinical or specific comfort and positioning requirements of the user. The Freedom Bed™ has a 60° range of rotation - 30° left and 30° right- from the horizontal position. The bed then automatically rotates to the other side to complete the cycle. As the bed reverses the rotation the lower wing rises as the higher wing lowers so that, at the horizontal position, all three sections of the platform are horizontal. The wing on the upper side of the platform lowers during this process to properly balance the entire platform and provide integral strength throughout the structure. Any pressure transferred to this side of the user is thus dispersed along the entire frame of the body. Thus the bed-user is carefully cradled by the bed’s structure to prevent sliding and shear forces that can increase the potential of developing bedsores. The user of the bed is positioned on his/her back in the centre of the three-part sleeping platform.Īs the bed smoothly and quietly rotates to one side the outer section of the three-part platform on the lower side turns up to form a “wing” which supports the body along its entire length from the ankle to the shoulder. The horizontal surface of the bed (the platform) that supports the mattress is hinged into three longitudinal sections. The Freedom Bed TM, through its ability to provide frequent rotation, and complex positioning, addresses these conditions while improving comfort, independence, control, and quality of life. Any one of these problems associated with immobility can have serious consequences for the person, including death. Immobilized people who are not turned, or rotated, frequently enough are at significant risk of developing pressure ulcers (also known as bed sores), kidney and bladder infections, and pulmonary/respiratory infections, including pneumonia. This movement relieves pressure, stimulates the body, improves circulation, and prevents problems associated with immobility. What Are the Medical Benefits of Rotation?Ī healthy, mobile person turns several times an hour while sleeping. We feel privileged to build and supply this exceptional bed to the immobilized amongst us. Various models of the Freedom Bed TM, complete with their unique air-powered head and leg raising feature, have been available (and receiving “rave” reviews) since the spring of 2001. The company was established in 1989 and versions of the Freedom Bed TM have been marketed since 1994. Many years of intensive research and development have allowed us to create what we believe is simply the world’s finest rotation therapy system for the immobilized community. When was the Company established and how long has The Freedom Bed™ been available?
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