Patient transfer system
OwnerKa Shek Neville Lee, Sing-Kwong Samuel Huiinventors
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Abstract
Disclosed is a patient transfer system for transferring a user between a bed and a purposefully designed mobile sitting device that is aligned and berthed alongside the bed, wherein, the bed is adaptable to a seated arrangement and includes an interleaf structure of cushions and platforms, the platform including: a padding, a rail, restricted path, or track, and means for transferring the padding in a direction parallel to the ground away or towards the bed; the bed further includes means to raise or lower the top of the cushions or the padding; and the mobile sitting device includes a receiving rail, restricted path or track to receive the padding.
Claims17
A bed, adaptable to a seated arrangement and comprising an interleafing structure of cushions and platforms arranged side-by-side, the platform comprising:
- a padding, a restricted track, and means for transferring the padding relative to the cushions in a direction parallel to a ground away or towards the bed along the track;
- and the bed further comprising means to raise a top of the padding;
- wherein the bed comprises a first state and a second state;
- in the first state, the interleaving structure is arranged to create a relatively level top surface between a top of the cushions and the top of the padding which together form a mattress for the bed;
- in the second state, the cushions and the padding create a gap in elevation such that the top of the padding is above the top of the cushions, and the top of the padding is configured to support weight of a user above the cushions so that the user is able to be transferred sideways while minimizing any friction against the cushions.
A patient transfer system, comprising:
- a bed, adaptable to a seated arrangement and comprising an interleafing structure of cushions and platforms arranged side-by-side, the platform comprising:
- a padding, a restricted track, and means for transferring the padding relative to the cushions in a direction parallel to a ground away or towards the bed along the track;
- and the bed further comprising means to raise a top of the padding;
- wherein the bed comprises a first state and a second state;
- in the first state, the interleaving structure is arranged to create a relatively level top surface between the top of the cushions and the top of the padding which together form a mattress for the bed;
- in the second state, the cushions and the padding create a gap in elevation such that the top of the padding is above the top of the cushions, and the top of the padding is configured to support weight of a user above the cushions so that the user is able to be transferred sideways while minimizing any friction against the cushions.
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