Method of transporting a patient
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorRex Alan Russell
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Abstract
A method of transporting a patient may include providing a medical pod having a pallet forming a floor structure and including sidewalls extending upwardly from the pallet to a roof section to form a container. The method may additionally include coupling a patient restraint system to the floor structure using a transport system located on the floor structure, and moving the patient restraint system from a first position to a second position using the transport system.
Claims20
A method of transporting a patient using a medical pod having a pallet forming a floor structure and including sidewalls extending upwardly from the pallet to a roof section to form an enclosed container, the method comprising the steps of:
- coupling a patient restraint system to the floor structure by engaging track engagement fittings to a patient track system having lengthwise tracks extending along a container width and integrated into or directly mounted to the floor structure;
- translating the patient restraint system in at least one of a lengthwise direction and a widthwise direction relative to the floor structure respectively along the lengthwise tracks and widthwise tracks;
- and loading the medical pod into a vehicle.
A method of transporting a patient in an aircraft using a medical pod having a pallet forming a floor structure and including sidewalls extending upwardly from the pallet to a roof section to form an enclosed container, the method comprising:
- coupling a patient restraint system to the floor structure by engaging track engagement fittings to a patient track system having lengthwise tracks extending along a container length and integrated into or directly mounted to the floor structure, and widthwise tracks extending along a container width and integrated into or directly mounted to the floor structure;
- loading the medical pod into an aircraft;
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- translating the patient restraint system in at least one of a lengthwise direction and a widthwise direction relative to the floor structure respectively along the lengthwise tracks and widthwise tracks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.