Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
  • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
  • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
  • A61G7/104—Devices carried or supported by
  • A61G7/1046—Mobile bases, e.g. having wheels
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
  • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
  • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
  • A61G7/1049—Attachment, suspending or supporting means for patients
  • A61G7/1051—Flexible harnesses or slings
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
  • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
  • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
  • A61G7/1049—Attachment, suspending or supporting means for patients
  • A61G7/1055—Suspended platforms, frames or sheets for patient in lying position
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
  • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
  • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
  • A61G7/1049—Attachment, suspending or supporting means for patients
  • A61G7/1061—Yokes
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
  • A61G2200/00—Information related to the kind of patient or his position
  • A61G2200/30—Specific positions of the patient
  • A61G2200/32—Specific positions of the patient lying
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
  • A61G2200/00—Information related to the kind of patient or his position
  • A61G2200/30—Specific positions of the patient
  • A61G2200/34—Specific positions of the patient sitting
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
  • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
  • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
  • A61G7/1073—Parts, details or accessories
  • A61G7/1076—Means for rotating around a vertical axis

Definitions

• the present invention concerns an assisting device for a lifting suspension suited for lifting assistance within nursing care, e.g. in assisting medical personnel, in hospitals, care for disabled or elderly persons etc.
• lifting devices e.g from DE 3.643.612
• Such lifting devices may be of a mechanical, hydraulic or electrical nature, and may be mobile or stationary.
• An additional example of such a lifting device is known under the trade mark " olift Partner" and is shown in figs. 1 and 2.
• Such a shown lifting device is electrically pow- ered and comprises a frame 1 whereon there is mounted a movable gallows 2 and a substructure 3 with wheels 4. To the gallows there is secured pivotally a suspension 5 for a sling or a sail 7 of a fabric material (not shown in fig. 1) holding the patient during transport.
• the suspen ⁇ sion is equipped a number of hooks 6 for securing straps 8 mounted on the transporting sail 7.
• the number of hooks 6 may vary depending on the design of the of the suspension 5, but usually the number of hooks will be from 2 to 4 for fastening the securing straps 8 of the transport sail.
• the sail may be used for mov ⁇ ing/transporting persons from a lying position to a sit ⁇ ting position and vice versa.
• Fig. 3 depicts a lifting device with a suspension 5 for a transport sail 7, as disclosed supra, mounted on an ad ⁇ justment device according to the invention in an original position when lifting a patient,
• Fig. 4 depicts a corresponding lifting device as in fig. 3, but where the adjustment device according to the in ⁇ vention has brought the patient to an upright sitting position
• Fig. 5 depicts a detailed picture of the lifting device according to the present invention in the same position as shown in fig. 3,
• Fig. 6 depicts a detailed picture of a lifting device according to the invention in the same position as shown in fig. 4,
• Fig. 7 depicts the functioning of the lifting device according to the invention when transporting a patient in a lying position
• Fig. 8 depicts the lifting device according to the in ⁇ vention regarded from the backside of the patient.
• the adjustment device comprises a elevation/lifting device with a suspension 5 for a lifting sail 7 with securing straps 8, where the suspension 5 comprises at least one castor 9 mounted on at least one arm 10 of the suspension 5, said castor 9 being translatorily movable along the arm 10 of the suspension 5 from a distant position to a close position for changing the suspension angle of the lifting sail 7.
• the cast ⁇ ors 9 are mounted slidable on the arms 10 of the suspens ⁇ ion 5 being directed towards the head of the patient, so that the one extreme position of the castors, correspond ⁇ ing to the position where the patient preferably is lift- ed/transported, is the position located on the extreme end on the arms 10 of the suspension 5 being directed towards the head of the patient.
• the second extreme position of the castors corresponding to the position where the patient has been brought to an upright sitting position, is the position being depicted in figs. 4 and 6, where the castors 9 have been brought to the position located farth ⁇ est away from the head of the patient and where the cas- tors 9 in this extreme position may abut the vertical posts 12 of the suspension 5.
• the castors 9 are preferably rotatable which leading edges 13 for the straps 8.
• the distance between the leading edges of the wheels 9 corresponds mainly at least to the width of the straps 8.
• the leading devices 9 for the straps 8 may also be designed as something else that castors, e.g. as sliding rails or other per se known leading devices, with the provision that such devices according to the invention are translatorically slidable along the arms 10 for changing the position of the sail 7.
• the castors 9 may also be equipped with further leading devi ⁇ ces 11 for the straps 8, e.g. guards lying over the edges 13 and preventing the straps 8 from possibly to twist out of their running leads in the castors 9.
• the guards 11 may optionally be lifted from the castors 9 for con- veniently placing the straps 8 in their respective running leads, and they may optionally be locked to ensure that the straps 8 do not jump or twist out of their leading tracks.
• the guards 11, of which there may be several per castor 9, may also be located in such a way that they cover the entrance and exit areas for the straps 8.
• the castors or leading devices 9 may also be equipped with locking or friction devices for controlling the sliding along the arms 10.
• the arms 10 may also in their extreme areas be equipped with stopping devices, e.g. edges to prevent the castor 9 from sliding off the arm 10.
• the design of the arms 10 may, to produce a better track for the straps 8 in the castors 9, be formed in such a way that the arms 10 are somewhat curved to fit the angle of the track along the castors 9 to the entrance angle of the straps 8 in the track between the edges 13 of the castor 9 .
• the cas- tors 9 may be located on those arms 10' of the suspension 5 which lead away from the head of the patient.
• the patient's legs may be lowered by passing such a castor or leading device from a position near the post 12 to a position further away from the post 12. Thereby the relative position of the patient will also become one where the torso is brought to a more natural upright sitting position.
• the guard 11 it may be possible to let the guard 11 move along with the castor 9 when this slides along the arm 10.
• the castor 9 may have a rotational bearing allowing the castor to rotate about a casing, where the casing is rotationally stationary with respect to the arm 10.
• the casing which slides translatorically along the arm 10, and it will then be to this casing that the guard 11 is secured.
• the guard will in this embodiment have the same functions as the ones disclosed supra.

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• 1996
  • 1996-04-15 WO PCT/NO1996/000085 patent/WO1996033687A1/en active Application Filing
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