Bedridden patient handling aid
AssigneeCiposa Microtechniques S.A.
InventorsGilbert Fellay, Francine Zuercher, Pierre Vuilleumier, Gilbert Widmer
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Abstract
A collapsible bedridden patient handling aid essentially consisting of a lifting device (10) comprising a frame (11), mounted on two pairs of wheels (12a, 12b) combined with retractable legs (17), and supporting a platform designed to be inserted between the patient (20) and the bed (21) to raise the patient and put him or her back down, said platform consisting of movable flat strips (14) mounted individually on a support (15) which is pivotable about a horizontal axis (16). A control unit is designed to control all the movements of said strips.
Claims10
A device for handling a bedridden patient comprising:
- a lifting device (10);
- a platform (13) supported by said lifting device for lifting the patient, said platform comprising a series of flat individually movable strips (14) aligned along a horizontal axis;
- means for at least one of raising and lowering said movable strips for at least one of lifting the patient from a bed and lowering the patient onto a bed;
- first mechanical means (30) for moving each said movable strip substantially perpendicular to said horizontal axis;
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- second mechanical means (40) for rotatably pivoting each said movable strip about said horizontal axis.
A device for handling a bedridden patient comprising:
- a lifting device (10);
- a platform (13) supported by said lifting device for lifting the patient, said platform comprising a series of flat individually movable strips (14) aligned along a horizontal axis;
- means for at least one of raising and lowering said movable strips for at least one of lifting the patient from a bed and lowering the patient onto a bed;
- each said movable strip having first mechanical means (30) drivingly connected therewith for moving that said movable strip substantially perpendicular to said horizontal axis, and
- each said movable strip having second mechanical means (40) drivingly connected therewith for rotatably pivoting that said movable strip about said horizontal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.