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US 10,768,040 B2Granted
Transfer and weighing device
AssigneeLanarkshire Health Board
InventorsGillian Taylor, Kenneth Hugh McCorkindale
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Abstract
There is provided an apparatus to weigh a patient comprising a patient transfer board configured to support a patient in a supine position comprising at least 8 transducers, each transducer being provided 300 mm or less from another transducer. The transducers are provided at three or more positions across the width of the patient transfer board; wherein more than 45% of the transducers are provided 100 mm or less from an outer boundary of the patient transfer board.
Claims16
An apparatus to weigh a patient comprising:
- a patient transfer board configured to support a patient in a supine position, wherein an upper surface of the patient transfer board has a width and a length and is configured to receive the patient in the supine position, the patient transfer board comprising a plurality of transducers provided beneath the upper surface, the plurality of transducers configured to determine a weight of the patient;
- and
- summing means configured to provide a summed weight sensed by the plurality of transducers, wherein
- the plurality of transducers comprises at least 8 transducers, and each transducer is 300 mm or less from another of the plurality of transducers;
- the plurality of transducers are provided at three or more positions across the width of the patient transfer board;
- and
- 70% or more of the plurality of transducers are provided within 30% of the width closest to each side of the patient transfer board or within 10% of the length closest to each end of the patient transfer board.
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An apparatus to weigh a patient comprising:
- a patient transfer board configured to support a patient in a supine position, wherein an upper surface of the patient transfer board has a width and a length and is configured to receive the patient in the supine position, the patient transfer board comprising a plurality of transducers provided beneath the upper surface, the plurality of transducers configured to determine a weight of the patient;
- and
- summing means configured to provide a summed weight sensed by the plurality of transducers, wherein
- at least one transducer in the plurality of transducers is provided beneath every unit area of an area of the patient transfer board configured to receive the patient in the supine position,
- the unit area corresponds to 90,000 mm2,
- the plurality of transducers are provided at three or more positions across the width of the patient transfer board;
- 70% or more of the plurality of transducers are provided within 30% of the width closest to each side of the patient transfer board or within 10% of the length closest to each end of the patient transfer board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.