Transport apparatus
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsClifford Edwin Lambarth, Jason James Wroblewski, Brandon David Naber, Alfred James Dacey, IV, Ross Timothy Lucas
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Abstract
A first transport apparatus includes a deck for supporting a patient thereon and a lift mechanism supporting the deck. The deck is removable from the lift mechanism for use as a second transport apparatus or part of a second transport apparatus. The first transport apparatus further includes an electrically powered device at the first transport apparatus, and a user input device for wireless control of the electrically powered device, which is operable at or near the first transport apparatus and the second transport apparatus.
Claims20
A transport apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- a litter deck mounted relative to said base, said litter deck reconfigurable between a chair configuration and a cot configuration wherein said litter deck lies in a generally horizontal configuration;
- a track mounted relative to said litter deck;
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- a plurality of caster wheels mounted to said base to engage a ground, and said plurality of caster wheels including head end caster wheels and foot end caster wheels and defining a ground engaging footprint, said track extending between said head end caster wheels and said foot end caster wheels inward of said foot end caster wheels and inward of said head end caster wheels but beyond said ground engaging footprint of said plurality of caster wheels.
A transport apparatus comprising:
- a litter deck reconfigurable between a chair configuration and a cot configuration wherein said litter deck lies in a generally horizontal configuration;
- a base configured to support said litter deck relative to a ground;
- a track mounted relative to said litter deck;
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- a plurality of caster wheels mounted to said base to selectively engage the ground, said track comprising a belt, and said caster wheels mounted for movement between a ground engaging position and a raised non-grounding engaging position to allow said belt to be lowered to engage the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.