Patent ID: 7865982

Claim:
A patient care apparatus adapted for use with a patient, the patient care apparatus comprising a bed to support the patient, the bed having a side rail, and the side rail having a cavity formed within the side rail, a first aperture opening into the cavity and positioned to lie in a first substantially vertical plane, and a second aperture opening into the cavity and positioned to lie in a second substantially horizontal plane arranged to intersect the first substantially vertical plane at about a right angle, and patient care equipment having a medical treatment control unit and a medical treatment line coupled to the medical treatment control unit to provide medical treatment controlled by the medical treatment control unit to the patient, the medical treatment control unit being movable between a first position wherein the medical treatment control unit is coupled to the side rail and positioned in the cavity and a second position wherein the medical treatment control unit is coupled to the side rail and positioned in spaced-apart relation to the cavity, wherein a front face of the medical treatment control unit faces outwardly in a use configuration when the medical treatment control unit is in both the first and second positions.