Patient positioning assembly
OwnerDavid Sverdlik, Alla F. Sverdlikinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A patient transfer assembly for moving a sheet on a structure having a transfer surface. The patient transfer assembly includes a gripper adapted for attachment to the sheet, a drive shaft, a cable connected to the gripper and connected to the drive shaft, and a handle connected to the drive shaft for rotating the drive shaft. The handle is adapted to be positioned at a level that is ergonomically comfortable for the user during operation of the assembly. The patient transfer assembly may also include an adjustably positionable idler shaft for guiding the cable between the drive shaft and the transfer surface. Further embodiments of the patient transfer assembly may include an adjustably positionable extension arm for rotation of the drive shaft.
Claims21
A patient positioning assembly for moving a sheet on which a patient is disposed, the sheet being supported by a structure having a transfer surface, the patient positioning assembly comprising:
- a support frame;
- a drive shaft coupled to the frame;
- a guiding element coupled to the support frame and adjustably positionable adjacent the transfer surface;
- a cable connected to the drive shaft, an intermediate portion of the cable passing at least partially around the guiding element, so that operation of the drive shaft pulls the cable;
- a gripper system adapted for attachment to the sheet and operatively coupled to the cable;
- and
- a handle connected to the drive shaft through a gear box, the handle being height adjustable for ergonomically comfortable rotation of the drive shaft.
A patient positioning assembly for moving a sheet on which a patient is positioned, the sheet being supported by a structure having a transfer surface, the assembly comprising:
- an assembly support;
- a guiding element coupled to the assembly support and adjustably positioned adjacent the transfer surface;
- a cable having a fixed, a free end, and an intermediate portion passing at least partially around the guiding element;
- a drive coupled to the fixed end of the cable and adapted to pull the cable;
- a gripper system adapted for attachment to the sheet and operatively coupled to the cable, the gripper system including a gripper unit having a connection end releasably coupled to the free end of the cable such that the cable engages the gripper unit when pulled in a first direction but is released when pulled in a second direction, thereby to automatically disengage the cable from the gripper unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.