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US 12,036,169 B2Granted
Patient lift sling
AssigneeLiko Research & Development AB
InventorsAlejandro Noe Conejo Castano, Michael Buccieri, Morgan Dreyer, Elin K. Dovervik, Jennifer D. Slavin, Edward J. Koors
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Abstract
A person lift system includes a motor and a sling bar coupled to the motor. The sling bar includes a first attachment hook at a first end region of the sling bar and a second attachment hook at a second end region of the sling bar. A patient-lift sling includes a sling body and a plurality of attachment straps coupled to the sling body. Each of the plurality of attachment straps is configured to attach to one of the plurality of attachment hooks.
Claims19
A patient-lift sling comprising
- a sling body configured to support a patient,
- a perimeter binding that extends around an outer edge of the sling body,
- a plurality of attachment straps coupled to the perimeter binding, and
- an incontinence pad coupled removably to the sling body by a plurality of adhesive strips that extend parallel with one another along a length of the sling body,
- wherein the sling body includes at least one layer of warp-knit fabric that has a first stiffness value and the perimeter binding and each of the attachment straps include at least one layer of woven fabric that has a second stiffness value greater than the first stiffness value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.