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Emergency patient motion system

AssigneeStryker Corporation

InventorsClifford Edwin Lambarth, Chad Conway Souke, Alfred James Dacey, IV, Jason James Wroblewski, Brandon David Naber, Ross Timothy Lucas, Daniel Vincent Brosnan, Aaron Douglas Furman, Christopher J. Cummings, Janani Gopalkrishnan, Thomas Alan Puvogel, Genevieve Cherie Sertic

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Abstract

A modular drive device for driving a first driven module of a first emergency patient motion device or a second driven module of a second emergency patient motion device, the first driven module being different from the second driven module. The modular drive device comprises a motor, and an output device operatively coupled to and drivable by the motor. The output device transmits mechanical force from the motor to the first driven module when said output device is coupled to the first emergency patient motion device and from the motor to the second driven module when said output device is coupled to the second emergency patient motion device. The modular drive device further comprises a controller operable in a first motor mode and a second motor mode. The first motor mode corresponding to the first driven module, and the second motor mode corresponding to the second driven module.

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Dependent claims

a motor having an operation parameter;
an output device operatively coupled to and drivable by said motor to transmit mechanical force from said motor to the first driven module when said output device is coupled to the first emergency patient motion device and from said motor to the second driven module when said output device is coupled to the second emergency patient motion device, said output device having a drive parameter;
a mount coupler coupled to said output device and configured to removably couple said modular drive device to each of the first emergency patient motion device and the second emergency patient motion device;
and
a controller in communication with one of said motor and said output device, said controller comprising an identification module configured to identify whether said modular drive device is coupled to the first emergency patient motion device or the second emergency patient motion device, with said controller being operable in a first motor mode when coupled to the first emergency patient motion device and a second motor mode when coupled to the second emergency patient motion device,
wherein in said first motor mode, said controller provides a first signal to one of said motor and said output device to control said motor or said output device based on the drive requirements of the first driven module, and wherein in said second motor mode, said controller provides a second signal to one of said motor and said output device based on the drive requirements of the second driven module.

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A reconfigurable emergency patient motion system, said system comprising:

a modular drive device comprising:
a motor,
an output device operatively coupled to said motor, and
a mount coupler coupled to said output device;
a first emergency patient motion device comprising:
a first driven module having a first drive requirement and configured to perform a first patient motion function, and
a first drive module mounting assembly comprising a first drive mount and a first drive member;
and
a second emergency patient motion device comprising:
a second driven module having a second drive requirement and movable to perform a second patient motion function, and
a second drive module mounting assembly comprising a second drive mount and a second drive member;
wherein said mount coupler is configured to be removably coupled to said first drive mount and said second drive mount such that said modular drive device powers said first driven module when said modular drive device is coupled to said first emergency patient motion device and said modular drive device powers said second driven module when said modular drive device is coupled to said second emergency patient motion device;
and
a controller in communication with one of said motor and said output device, said controller comprising an identification module configured to identify whether said modular drive device is coupled to said first emergency patient motion device or said second emergency patient motion device, with said controller being operable in a first motor mode when coupled to said first emergency patient motion device and a second motor mode when coupled to said second emergency patient motion device, wherein in said first motor mode, said controller provides a first signal to one of said output device based on the drive requirements of said first driven module, and wherein in said second motor mode, said controller provides a second signal to one of said motor and said output device based on the drive requirements of said second driven module.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/653,773Filed 19 Jul 2017 · us provisional application
Priority: 20 Jul 2016
Published: US 2018/0021191 A125 Jan 2018
Granted: 15 Oct 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

A61G 3/06
Loading or unloading personal conveyances; Facilitating access of patients or disabled persons to, or exit from, vehicles: transfer using ramps,…
A61G 1/02
Stretchers: with wheels
A61G 1/04
Stretchers: parts, details or accessories, e.g. head-, foot- or like rests specially adapted for stretchers
A61G 5/047
Motor-driven: by a modular detachable drive system

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Application62/364,605Us provisional application · filed 20 Jul 2016
US 2018/0021191 A1Pre-grant publication · published 25 Jan 2018
US 10,441,483 B2This patent

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