Patient repositioning apparatus
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsMartin W. Stryker, Cory Patrick Herbst, Brian J. Tessmer, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Steven D. Pikaart
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Abstract
A patient handling system comprising a patient support apparatus having a patient support surface, a component, and a force generating device inducing movement or assisting in movement of the component, and a sheet for covering at least a portion of the patient support surface, and the sheet coupled to the component wherein when the force generating device is operated to induce movement or assist in movement of the component, the movement induces the sheet to move relative to the patient support surface.
Claims20
A patient handling system comprising:
- a patient support apparatus having a patient support surface, said patient support surface having a head end and a foot end and opposed sides extending between said head end and said foot end;
- and the patient support apparatus including a patient repositioning apparatus mounted to a component of the patient support apparatus adjacent each of said opposed sides of said patient support surface, each of said patient repositioning apparatuses having a clamp configured to releasably engage a sheet positioned on said patient support apparatus, and said patient repositioning apparatuses operably supported by the patient support apparatus, said patient repositioning apparatuses operable to move in an arcuate path both upwardly and toward the head end at the same time to move said clamps upwardly relative to said patient support surface and the component of the patient support apparatus and toward said head end of said patient support surface with sufficient force to partially lift an adult person supported on the sheet with respect to a region of the adult person between a head end and a foot end of the adult person and extending from a left side to a right side of the adult person, wherein when the sheet is engaged by said clamps the sheet and the adult person supported thereon can be partially raised off said patient support surface and moved to toward said head end of said patient support surface.
A patient handling system comprising:
- a patient support apparatus having a patient support surface, said patient support surface having a head end, a foot end, a longitudinal axis, and opposed sides extending between said head end and said foot end and extending parallel to said longitudinal axis;
- and a patient repositioning apparatus mounted to a component of the patient support apparatus adjacent each of said opposed sides of said patient support surface, each of said patient repositioning apparatuses having a clamp configured to releasably engage a sheet positioned on said patient support apparatus, each of said patient repositioning apparatuses operable to move in an arcuate path adjacent said opposed sides to move said clamp both at the same time 1) upwardly in a substantially vertical plane relative to said patient support surface and the component of the patient support apparatus and 2) toward said head end of said patient support surface parallel to the longitudinal axis of the patient support apparatus, wherein said clamps of said patient repositioning apparatuses are movable to partially lift an adult person supported on the sheet with respect to a region of the adult person between a head end and a foot end of the adult person and extending from a left side to a right side of the adult person.
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