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US 12,672,997 B2Granted
High-access patient transport shield
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorsTerrence R Oakes, Azam Syed Ahmed, Joseph A Kiel, Jordan Henry, Andrew Culp
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Abstract
A patient transport shield provides for a flexible support sheet supporting a patient with upstanding ribs holding a transparent cover over the patient to provide a patient volume that may hold negative pressure when the transparent cover is attached to the support sheet by a resealable pressure-sensitive attachment strip allowing rapid assembly and ready access to the patient.
Claims19
A patient transport shield comprising:
- a flexible support sheet sized to receive a recumbent patient thereupon within a support sheet periphery;
- a set of flexible ribs positionable in an assembled state on the flexible support sheet to extend upward and over the flexible support sheet and wherein at least one of the set of flexible ribs is positioned longitudinally on the flexible support sheet between the head of the patient and the feet of the patient;
- a transparent barrier sheet sized to cover the flexible ribs in the assembled state and to extend downward to the support sheet periphery and together with the flexible support sheet to define an enclosed volume surrounding the entire recumbent patient;
- a resealable pressure-sensitive strip sealingly connecting the support sheet periphery to the transparent barrier sheet;
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- wherein each rib of the set of flexible ribs is formed of elongate members having an outer periphery configured to flex between a straightened configuration and an arc conforming to a curvature of the transparent barrier sheet while the transparent barrier sheet is supported away from the patient on the outer periphery;
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- wherein the set of flexible ribs operatively couple to an inflatable tube surrounding a periphery of the support sheet configured to provide a bumper surrounding and centering the patient on the support sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.