Patient transfer sheet
AssigneeBinder Lift Inc
InventorRick Jerri Binder
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Abstract
Provided herein are bed-to-bed patient transfer sheets that are flexible, easy to assemble, attachable and re-attachable, highly portable, endlessly customizable, and able to meet the needs of the biomedical community due to the modular design features of the bed-to-bed patient transfer sheet. The described patient transfer sheets provide sufficient functionality to meet the modern needs for transporting patients to and from different transportation vehicles, hospital locations such as operating rooms, and examination rooms, or laboratory, treatment, and recovery locations in hospitals or other off-site biomedical or health-care based locations. The transfer sheets are also easily decontaminated of human waste between uses, making them reusable.
Claims23
A bed-to-bed patient transfer sheet, comprising:
- a) a tubular plastic sheet, comprising:
- a short dimension and a long dimension perpendicular to each other lying in a single plane and describing a rectangular shape of the tubular plastic sheet, wherein the tubular plastic sheet is planar, and in a linear direction, has a head section, an upper and lower middle section, and a foot section,
- an outside surface of the tubular plastic sheet and an inside surface of the tubular plastic sheet, wherein the outside surface is located on an opposite side of the inside surface and together form a tube shape,
- a top open end and a bottom open end formed at opposite ends of the tubular plastic sheet, each having a diameter in the short dimension of the tubular plastic sheet and located perpendicular to the outside surface and inside surface, and
- a first edge and a second edge formed opposite each other in the long dimension, wherein the first edge and second edge are parallel to each other and each perpendicular to the short dimension,
- b) 6 to 8 first localized buckle attachment straps are positioned in the head section, upper and lower middle sections, and foot section, each attached to the tubular plastic sheet and comprising a sewn end and an attachment end,
- wherein first localized buckle attachment straps comprise a first localized buckle head-left and head-right attachment straps, an upper middle left and right attachment straps, a lower middle left and right attachment straps, and a foot-left and foot-right attachment straps,
- wherein the sewn end and the attachment end of each of the first localized buckle head attachment straps, upper and lower middle attachment straps, and foot attachment straps are located opposite each other,
- wherein each of the first localized head attachment straps, upper and lower middle attachment straps, and foot attachment straps is rectangular in shape and comprises a long dimension and a short dimension, and
- wherein the localized first buckle head-left and head-right first attachment straps, and localized first buckle foot-left and foot-right attachment straps are diagonally affixed on each of the first edge and the second edge, and the localized first buckle upper middle left and right attachment straps, and localized first buckle lower middle left and right attachment straps are horizontally affixed on each of the first edge and the second edge, and
- c) an attachment means comprising a quick-release fastener, clasp, buckle, zipper, or clip permanently attached to each of the attachment ends of the first attachment straps,
- wherein the tubular plastic sheet possesses dimensions of about 3 feet to about 6 feet in the long dimension and about 2 feet to about 4 feet in the short dimension and approximates a surface area of a bed, with the top end positioned at a head of the bed, and the bottom end positioned at a foot of the bed.
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