Patent ID: 8462590
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: A61G,G04G

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus for use in managing movement of a patient in a bed between a plurality of separate positions of lying in the bed, comprising: a substrate for supporting elements to be displayed; a plurality of display elements each having graphics thereon illustrating a required lying position for the patient; the substrate providing a plurality of locations each for receiving a respective one of the display elements; the locations being arranged on the substrate in association with graphics on the substrate indicating a time during which the lying position is to be adopted; the display elements being arranged such that the display element at each location on the substrate can be changed so as to allow each location to be filled with a selected one of the display elements; wherein each of the locations is defined by a window in the substrate at which a respective one of the display elements is visible; and wherein each of the display elements has graphics thereon indicating a plurality of lying positions and is movable relative to the window so as to move a selected one of the graphics to the window to be displayed.