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US 10,238,563 B2Granted
Tiltable patient ceiling lift assembly
AssigneeArjoHuntleigh Magog Inc.
InventorsDenis-Alexandre Brulotte, Martin Faucher, Olivier Custeau-Boisclair
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Abstract
A patient ceiling lift system including motor units that are attached to independent pivotable support members of a support frame assembly. The motor units are able to pivot on the support frame and relative to one another, which enables the motor units to follow the loading direction on tension support members connectable to a patient sling and eliminate motor unit side loading.
Claims16
A patient ceiling lift system, comprising:
- first and second motor units;
- first and second tension support members each coupled to a respective one of the first and second motor units, each motor unit being operable to change an operative length of its associated tension support member by extending or retracting a strap out of or into the motor unit, each tension support member including a coupling for attachment to a patient sling;
- a support frame assembly to which the first and second motor units are attached, the support frame assembly comprising:
- a coupling for a ceiling carrier system;
- first and second independently pivotable support members to which the first and second motor units are attached, whereby the first and second motor units are configured to pivot on the support frame assembly and relative to one another;
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- a rotatable coupling permitting rotation of the first and second pivotable support members relative to the ceiling carrier system about a vertical axis,
- wherein the first and second tension support members are spaced apart from the rotatable coupling where the first and second tension support members are coupled to the respective first and second motor units.
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A patient ceiling lift system, comprising:
- first and second motor units;
- first and second tension support members each coupled to a respective one of the first and second motor units, each motor unit being operable to change an operative length of its associated tension support member by extending or retracting a strap out of or into the motor unit, each tension support member including a coupling for attachment to a patient sling;
- a support frame assembly to which the first and second motor units are attached, the support frame assembly including a coupling for a ceiling carrier system;
- wherein the support frame assembly includes first and second independently pivotable support members to which the first and second motor units are attached, whereby the first and second motor units are configured to pivot on the support frame assembly and relative to one another, and
- wherein the pivotable support members are rectangular section tubular closed end elements having one or more connection points for connection to the first and second motor units.
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A patient ceiling lift system, comprising:
- first and second motor units;
- first and second tension support members each coupled to a respective one of the first and second motor units, each motor unit being operable to change an operative length of its associated tension support member by extending or retracting a strap out of or into the motor unit, each tension support member including a coupling for attachment to a patient sling;
- a support frame assembly to which the first and second motor units are attached, the support frame assembly including a coupling for a ceiling carrier system;
- and
- a spreader assembly comprising a connection element attaching a first yoke and a second yoke, the first yoke connected to the coupling of the first tension support member and the second yoke connected to the coupling of the second tension support member,
- wherein the connection element sets a distance between the first yoke and the second yoke,
- wherein the support frame assembly includes first and second independently pivotable support members to which the first and second motor units are attached, whereby the first and second motor units are configured to pivot on the support frame assembly and relative to one another, and
- wherein the first and second tension support members are spaced apart from the coupling for the ceiling carrier system where the first and second tension support members are coupled to the respective first and second motor units.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.