Beds – With means for relocating an invalid – With a hoisting – lifting – elevating – or raising device
Reexamination Certificate
2008-12-16
2010-11-09
Santos, Robert G (Department: 3673)
Beds
With means for relocating an invalid
With a hoisting, lifting, elevating, or raising device
C005S086100, C005S083100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07827630
ABSTRACT:
The invention disclosed herein is a novel Home Lift Position and Rehabilitation (HLPR) apparatus designed to provide stable movement along several critical axes of motion including lift capability. The HLPR apparatus is capable of moving along a desired floor path (“x-axis”), moving on a vertical axis to lift a patient (“z-axis”), rotating the HLPR apparatus itself (along an “outer rotational axis”), and rotating a patient within the HLPR apparatus while the HLPR apparatus itself remains stationary (along an “inner rotational axis”). The telescoping, double-nested C-frame structure of the HLPR apparatus and pivot assembly allow any patient support structure known in the art to be suspended securely and to move in a stable, torque-resistant manner to assist patients in rehabilitation and in independently performing activities of daily living.
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Albus James
Bostelman Roger
Absolute Technology Law Group LLC
Santos Robert G
Wilson Brittany M
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