Patient lifting and transporting apparatus

Details Patient lifting and transporting apparatus Patient lifting and transporting apparatus

1993-02-22

1996-01-30

Trettel, Michael F.

Beds

With means for relocating an invalid

With a hoisting, lifting, elevating, or raising device

5 861, 5 891, A61G 710

Patent

active

054871956

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for lifting and transporting a prone patient comprising a mobile base frame that may extend under the patient's bed, a vertical support structure mounted along one side of the base frame, a pair of cooperating patient supporting plates connected to the support structure, the first supporting plate is horizontally oriented and may be lowered onto the bed and slid partially under a prone patient who has been rolled slightly to the side away from the support structure, after rolling the patient in the opposite direction towards the support structure and upon the first supporting plate, the second supporting plate is pivoted downwardly onto the bed into alignment with the first supporting plate, and the patient is rolled away from the support structure onto the second supporting plate. A sling may assist positioning the patient relative to the supporting plates.

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patent: 2975434 (1961-03-01), Butler et al.
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patent: 3131404 (1964-05-01), Bowers et al.
patent: 5181289 (1993-01-01), Kassai

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