Aeromedical ambulance equipment and methods
AssigneeSpectrum Aeromed, Inc.
InventorsJustin R. Mahler, Robert D. Smith, Jr., Michael E. Gallagher, Craig M. Mueller, Matthew T. Huntting
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Abstract
The invention provides aeromedical ambulance equipment. In some embodiments, the equipment includes a module base comprising a mount assembly having an unlocked configuration and a locked configuration. The mount assembly preferably can be adjusted between the unlocked and locked configurations by a tool-free operation. In addition, certain embodiments provide a module base having an advantageous system for releasably locking a stretcher onto the module base.
Claims36
An aeromedical ambulance module configured to be mounted in an aircraft, the aeromedical ambulance module comprising a module base that has a front side, a rear side, a top side, a bottom side, a feet-side end, and a head-side end, the module base having a length and a width, the length of the module base extending from the feet-side end to the head-side end, and the width of the module base extending from the front side to the rear side, wherein the length of the module base is greater than the width of the module base, and the module base includes two latches configured to releasably secure a stretcher onto the module base, each of the two latches having a retracted position and an extended position, the module base further comprising an actuator operably coupled with the two latches, the actuator being movable between an unlocked position and a locked position, such that each of the two latches is configured to move from the retracted position to the extended position in response to movement of the actuator from the unlocked position to the locked position, the module base further including an indexing arrangement that comprises two shoulders configured to respectively receive two mount portions on a bottom side of the stretcher, wherein the two shoulders are located adjacent the rear side of the module base, whereas the two latches are located closer to the front side of the module base than to the rear side.
An aeromedical ambulance module configured to be mounted in an aircraft, the aeromedical ambulance module comprising a module base that has a front side, a rear side, a top side, a bottom side, a feet-side end, and a head-side end, the module base having a length and a width, with the length of the module base extending from the feet-side end to the head-side end, and the width of the module base extending from the front side to the rear side, wherein the length of the module base is greater than the width of the module base, and the module base includes two latches configured to releasably secure a stretcher onto the module base, each of the two latches having a retracted position and an extended position, and wherein the two latches are located closer to the front side of the module base than to the rear side, the module base further comprising an actuator operably coupled with the two latches, the actuator being movable between an unlocked position and a locked position, such that each of the two latches is configured to move from the retracted position to the extended position in response to movement of the actuator from the unlocked position to the locked position, wherein the module base further comprises a mount pin having a retracted position and an extended position, the mount pin when in the extended position projecting upwardly from the top side of the module base, such that the mount pin when in the extended position is configured to be received in an aperture in a bottom side of the stretcher, and the mount pin when in the retracted position is retracted inside the mount base.
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