Adjustable-length spine-immobilizing backboard

Details Adjustable-length spine-immobilizing backboard Adjustable-length spine-immobilizing backboard

2009-02-17

2011-11-01

Trettel, Michael (Department: 3673)

Beds

Field stretcher

Foldable or knockdown

C005S625000, C005S626000, C128S870000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08046853

ABSTRACT:
An extendable-length, spine immobilizing backboard is disclosed. The backboard is collapsible to the length of a standard backboard for ease of storage and for use in supporting and transporting patients of average height, and a lower portion is telescopically extendable from an upper portion so as to adjustably accommodate patients of above average height. The upper and lower portions are joined by side shafts that telescopically insert into hollow tubes so as to form hand rails on either side of the backboard, and by a flat, rigid central extension that is slidably insertable into a central cavity so as to provide patient support across a gap between the upper and lower portions. The backboard can be collapsed to a length that is six feet, and extended to a length of eighty inches. In some embodiments, the backboard is wider than a standard backboard, being preferably 21 inches wide.

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http://www.centurionsafety.net/Safety/Centurion—Innovations/RSS(tm)—Rucksack—Stretcher—System.html The RSS™ looks like a day sack or emergency grab bag. But it is much more.
http://www.pemed.com/gurneys/gurney.htm List: $1300. MedCon: ex. Ferno Washington patient shifter. used to transfer patients from wherever they may be, such as the ground, onto either a gurney or ambulance or other.
http://www.bpmedicalsupplies.com/products.sc;jsessionid=9E2621B3BD0745250717EDE0BBD4605D.qscstrfrnt03?categoryId=9&productId=1001.

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