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US 12,005,003 B2Granted
Multifunction medical platform
OwnerCarol Caddellinventor
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Abstract
A medical platform is disclosed that can fulfill numerous functional and practical needs of patients and caregivers in a single, simple assembly. The medical platform disclosed herein can replace many of the different medical apparatuses used in a healthcare facility. The combination of features as disclosed herein can permit the medical platform to facilitate patient mobility by combining multiple commonly-used and/or required apparatuses into a single, mobile platform.
Claims18
A medical platform, comprising:
- a base having a plurality of legs;
- a set of casters, each caster of the set of casters being coupled at a distal region of a respective leg of the plurality of legs of the base;
- a support pole extending vertically from the base, the support pole movable between a compressed position and an extended position;
- an upper assembly coupled to the support pole, the upper assembly having a plurality of vertical poles extending away from the base and a plurality of hooks coupled to top ends of the plurality of vertical poles;
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- a tray assembly coupled to the support pole between the base and the upper assembly, the tray assembly having a stationary tray portion and a deployable tray portion, the deployable tray portion movable between a stowed position and a deployed position;
- a catheter collection bag hook coupled to one of the support pole and the tray assembly at or below the stationary tray portion, wherein the catheter collection bag hook is positioned to maintain a catheter collection bag at or below a waist level of a patient during ambulation;
- a hand bar coupled to one of the support pole and the tray assembly;
- a deployable footrest movable between a deployed position and a stowed position;
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- a footrest securement feature coupled to the support pole, wherein the footrest securement feature is usable to secure the footrest in the stowed position.
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A medical platform system, comprising:
- a base having a friction reducing element to facilitate translating the base along a floor;
- an extendable support pole coupled to the base;
- a hand bar coupled to the support pole to facilitate translating the base along the floor;
- a deployable tray assembly coupled to the support pole such that extension of the extendable support pole increases a distance between the deployable tray assembly and the base;
- an upper assembly coupled to the support pole, the upper assembly including at least one vertical pole, the at least one vertical pole having a hook positioned at an upper end of the vertical pole for receiving an intravenous bag;
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- a deployable footrest movable between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein the deployable footrest includes a footrest surface for supporting a foot of a patient when the footrest is in the deployed position, wherein the deployable footrest is movable such that the footrest surface is in a substantially vertical position when the deployable footrest is in the stowed position;
- wherein the deployable footrest is securable in the stowed position by a footrest securement feature coupled to the support pole;
- and wherein the deployable footrest, when in the deployed position, contacts the base to pass force applied to the footrest surface to the base.
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A medical platform, comprising:
- a base having a plurality of legs;
- a set of casters, each caster of the set of casters being coupled at a distal region of a respective leg of the plurality of legs of the base;
- a support pole extending vertically from the base, the support pole movable between a compressed position and an extended position;
- an upper assembly coupled to the support pole, the upper assembly having a plurality of vertical poles extending away from the base and a plurality of hooks coupled to top ends of the plurality of vertical poles;
- a crossbar coupled to the support pole, wherein at least one of the plurality of vertical poles is coupled to the crossbar;
- and a circular support surface positioned on the crossbar, the circular support surface having a diameter greater than a length of the crossbar, wherein the circular support surface includes a lip that extends towards the base such that a bottom surface of the lip is vertically positioned between a bottom surface of the crossbar and the base;
- a tray assembly coupled to the support pole between the base and the upper assembly, the tray assembly having a stationary tray portion and a deployable tray portion, the deployable tray portion movable between a stowed position and a deployed position;
- a catheter collection bag hook coupled to one of the support pole and the tray assembly at or below the stationary tray portion, wherein the catheter collection bag hook is positioned to maintain a catheter collection bag at or below a waist level of a patient during ambulation;
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- a hand bar coupled to one of the support pole and the tray assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.