Medical patient shifting device and method of use
OwnerPeter Schuerchinventor
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Abstract
A medical patient shifting device consisting of a thin flexible rollable platform adapted to be placed under a drawsheet on a patient support to facilitate moving the patient by sliding over the platform to a second adjacent support.
Claims4
A patient shifting device comprising a thin flexible rollable platform adapted to be placed under a drawsheet and patient on a first patient support to facilitate moving said patient by sliding over said platform to a second adjacent support, said platform including a port disposed at one end thereof and further including a two sided strap attached to said platform through said port, each of said strap sides having one of an opposing pair of separable fastener members, whereby said platform may be secured in a storable rolled condition by the engagement of said strap around said platform.
The method of shifting a medical patient atop a drawsheet from a first support to a second support comprising in combination the steps of
- 1. providing a thin flexible rollable platform, said platform including a port disposed at one end thereof and further including a two sided strap attached to said platform through said port, each of said strap sides having one of an opposing pair of separable fastener members, whereby said platform may be secured in a storable rolled condition by the engagement of said strap around said platform;
- 2. lifting said drawsheet and partially rotating said patient;
- 3. placing said platform under said drawsheet from the second support side;
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- 4. sliding said drawsheet and said patient across said platform from said first support to said second support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.