Patent ID: 6934986

Claim:
A therapeutic bed comprising: a base frame; a patient support platform rotationally mounted on the base frame and operable to be rotated from a supine position to a prone position; an electrically powered patient monitoring system connected to the patient support platform; and a direct wired electrical connection between the base frame and the patient monitoring system, a first portion of the wired electrical connection being mounted in fixed relation to the base frame, and a second portion of the wired electrical connection spaced apart from the first portion being mounted in fixed relation to the patient support platform, the direct electrical connection being adapted to flex during rotation of the patient support platform between the supine and prone position, wherein the direct wired electrical connection does not include a wire-brush electrical interface between the base frame and the patient support platform: the direct wired electrical connection thereby reducing the ask of electrical intermittence caused by vibrations and abrupt movements of the therapeutic bed.