141 |
In-ambulance cot shut-off device |
US12661599 |
2010-03-19 |
US20100176618A1 |
2010-07-15 |
Chad Souke; Joshua C. Colvin; Kurosh Nahavandi; Michael W. Steffler |
An ambulance cot is disclosed and the ambulance cot having a base frame configured for support on a surface, a litter frame configured for supporting thereon a patient and an elevating mechanism interconnecting the base frame and the litter frame and configured to interconnect the litter frame and the base frame in order to facilitate movement of the base frame and the litter frame toward and away from each other. A control mechanism is provided on the cot which is configured to facilitate the movement of the base frame and the litter frame toward each other and at differing speeds predicated on at least one of whether the base frame is supported on the surface and the litter frame is supported by an external support separate from the elevating mechanism. |
142 |
Ambulance cot with retractable head section and control system therefor |
US12156776 |
2008-06-03 |
US07725968B2 |
2010-06-01 |
Clifford E. Lambarth |
An ambulance cot is disclosed and the ambulance cot having a base frame configured for support on a surface, a litter frame configured for supporting thereon a patient and an elevating mechanism interconnecting the base frame and the litter frame and configured to interconnect the litter frame and the base frame in order to facilitate movement of the base frame and the litter frame toward and away from each other. A control mechanism is provided on the cot which is configured to facilitate the movement of the base frame and the litter frame toward each other and at differing speeds predicated on at least one of whether the base frame is supported on the surface and the litter frame is supported by an external support separate from the elevating mechanism. |
143 |
Positive lock for height adjustable ambulance cot |
US11779301 |
2007-07-18 |
US07694368B2 |
2010-04-13 |
Richard J. Lewis, Jr. |
A positive lock for an ambulance cot and method thereof which requires lifting an upper frame of the ambulance cot, in order to permit a spring actuator to clear an interference fit of the positive lock, are provided. If the upper frame is not lifted, then the spring force used to pull on the positive lock is insufficient to overcome the interference fit. Clearing the interference fit permits the cot to be height adjusted. Optionally, a light indicator may be provided which illuminates if the cot has not been positively locked in a height adjusted position. |
144 |
Transport cot lift device |
US11541895 |
2006-10-02 |
US07636961B1 |
2009-12-29 |
David L. Starkey |
An end portion of a patient transport cot having a collapsible undercarriage is elevated by a lift device including a collapsible frame on caster wheels and supporting a power operated lift member. A head member is mounted on the lift member and supports adjustable hook members which releasably engage an end portion of the frame of the transport cot. In one embodiment, the lift member includes a fluid cylinder operated from a fluid supply tank through a control valve. In other embodiments, the lift member is operated by an electric motor driven mechanical actuator controlled by a switch. A support bracket provides for conveniently mounting the lift device on a door of a transport vehicle for storage. |
145 |
MEDICAL TRANSPORT SAFETY APPARATUS WITH LIGHTING SYSTEM |
US12037184 |
2008-02-26 |
US20090211026A1 |
2009-08-27 |
ROBERT SCHOFF |
The present invention generally relates to an apparatus, such as a stretcher or gurney, which may be used to transport an injured person is a safe and efficient manner. The apparatus is especially suitable for safely transporting injured persons in, for example, dimly lit areas. More specifically, the apparatus has adjustable lights which may illuminate both a patient and the ground during movement of the apparatus. The lighting system also has a battery source which recharges when the apparatus is electrically connected to a docking station located within an ambulance, hospital or other suitable place. The apparatus may increase the effectiveness of medical treatment by allowing EMS specialists or paramedics or other persons to effectively and quickly provide medical care to an injured patient. Further, the apparatus allows the user to have two hands free to carry and/or control the stretcher, gurney or the like as a result of the user not having to carry a hand-held flashlight. |
146 |
EMERGENCY STRETCHER |
US12350579 |
2009-01-08 |
US20090178200A1 |
2009-07-16 |
Cliff Lambarth; Steve Knipfel; Jason Kneen |
A stretcher includes a patient support, a base, a plurality of support members supporting the patient support relative to the base, which are adapted and arranged to raise or lower the base relative to the patient support, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is actuatable between a locked position wherein the locking mechanism locks the support members at a fixed height and an unlocked position wherein the support members are released from being locked at the fixed height so that the base or the patient support may be moved relative to the other. Further, the locking mechanism is configured to provide a stop for the support members and absorb energy from the support members are release and the support members engage the stop. |
147 |
EMERGENCY STRETCHER |
US12251141 |
2008-10-14 |
US20090178198A1 |
2009-07-16 |
Kurosh Nahavandi; Steve Knipfel; Cliff Lambarth |
A stretcher includes a patient support, a base, and a plurality of support members, which supports the patient support relative to the base. The support members are adapted and arranged to raise or lower the base relative to the patient support. The stretcher also includes a releasable locking link between the patient support and a fixable point at the base. |
148 |
FOLDING FRAME MOTORIZED PRONE CART |
US12134147 |
2008-06-05 |
US20080301875A1 |
2008-12-11 |
Pascal Malassigne; Jeffrey Harrow; Robert Jensen; John Erdman |
A prone cart for carrying a patient has a frame, a pair of independently powered and suspended drive wheels located centrally off the frame and an articuable body support having relatively moveable tray, chest support, abdominal support and leg support sections connected end to end for carrying a patient prone between a lowered position where the patient lies in a horizontal orientation to a raised position where the patient's head and chest are elevated with respect to the patient's abdomen and legs. Linkage mechanisms move the sections between the raised and lowered positions. A pair of independently suspended drive wheels mounted centrally of the frame is controllable so that each may each rotate independently in clockwise or counterclockwise sense so that the cart may be maneuvered in confined spaces with a zero turning radius. |
149 |
Folding Chair Cot for Use with Emergency Vehicles |
US12117725 |
2008-05-08 |
US20080272629A1 |
2008-11-06 |
Nathan R. Walkingshaw; Tad Clark; Mark Wenzel |
A collapsible emergency vehicle chair cot that includes a support system and a movement system is described. The movement system is coupled to the support system and utilizes rotational movement to assist in moving the chair cot over a surface. The support system and movement system are configured to be collapsible to facilitate using the chair cot with an emergency vehicle. The chair cot may include at least two removable platforms for supporting a patient in a seated position. Furthermore, the chair cot may include one or more options for transporting equipment, including an equipment transport basket that may take the place of the removable platforms. |
150 |
AMBULANCE COT WITH A CENTRALLY LOCATED LOADING WHEEL PROVIDING IMPROVED LOWEST POSITION MANEUVERABILITY AND METHOD OF USE |
US11674830 |
2007-02-14 |
US20080189860A1 |
2008-08-14 |
Irvin D. Pollock |
An ambulance cot comprising generally a variable height support frame which is positionable and maneuverable above a surface by adjustable legs having support wheels and a method of use are disclosed. The support frame has a first portion pivotally coupled to a second portion having loading wheels. With the cot in a lowest position, the loading wheel are configured to rotate about a single axis when engaging the surface and to be positioned above the surface when the second portion is placed in a raised position relative to the first portion. The cot further includes a swivel castor mounted to the first portion between the loading wheels and the support wheels. When the cot is in the lowest position, the swivel castor engages the surface and will rotate about two axes when the second portion is in the raised position and about the same axis as the loading wheels when the second portion is not in the raised position. |
151 |
Method and apparatus for transporting a patient support |
US10903481 |
2004-08-02 |
US07412311B2 |
2008-08-12 |
Falk Georgi; Peter Hopfe; Michael Graef; Thomas Reichardt; Carolin Brand |
A transport device for transporting a patient support panel or a medical appliance includes a drive unit, which includes a drive motor, an undercarriage having wheels rotatably mounted on it for driving the undercarriage, and a sensor unit for receiving a signal indicating the position of the transport device with respect to a predetermined path line while the transport device moves along the predetermined path line. One or more of the wheels are rotatably drivable by the drive unit, and one or more wheels are steerable. |
152 |
Pneumatically powered lift ambulance cot |
US10982483 |
2004-11-05 |
US07409734B2 |
2008-08-12 |
William H. Benedict; Robert C. Chinn; Warren D. Sutton, Sr. |
A collapsible pneumatically operated ambulance cot having a support frame, a wheeled base, a support mechanism disposed therebetween, and a lift mechanism for pneumatically moving the upper frame relative to the lower frame is disclosed. The lift mechanism permits a single attendant to raise the cot from a lowered position to a raised position, and an infinite number of positions therebetween, and to raise the wheeled base relative to the support frame to situate the cot onto an elevated surface such as the transport deck of an ambulance. |
153 |
Ambulance cot and hydraulic elevating mechanism therefor |
US11172434 |
2005-06-30 |
US07398571B2 |
2008-07-15 |
Chad Souke; Dennis A. Reed; Christopher B. Way |
An ambulance cot is disclosed and the ambulance cot having a base frame configured for support on a surface, a litter frame configured for supporting thereon a patient and an elevating mechanism interconnecting the base frame and the litter frame and configured to interconnect the litter frame and the base frame in order to facilitate movement of the base frame and the litter frame toward and away from each other. A control mechanism is provided on the cot which is configured to facilitate the movement of the base frame and the litter frame toward each other and at differing speeds predicated on at least one of whether the base frame is supported on the surface and the litter frame is supported by an external support separate from the elevating mechanism. |
154 |
POSITIVE LOCK FOR HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE AMBULANCE COT |
US11779301 |
2007-07-18 |
US20080028527A1 |
2008-02-07 |
Richard J. Lewis |
A positive lock for an ambulance cot and method thereof which requires lifting an upper frame of the ambulance cot, in order to permit a spring actuator to clear an interference fit of the positive lock, are provided. If the upper frame is not lifted, then the spring force used to pull on the positive lock is insufficient to overcome the interference fit. Clearing the interference fit permits the cot to be height adjusted. Optionally, a light indicator may be provided which illuminates if the cot has not been positively locked in a height adjusted position. |
155 |
Locking mechanism for a roll-in cot |
US11825131 |
2007-07-03 |
US20080005842A1 |
2008-01-10 |
Steve Schrand; Richard Habermehl |
A locking mechanism for a roll-in cot which is conveniently hand operated by the same attendant using an aft release handle used to lower the roll-in cot from its upright or elevated positions. The locking mechanism includes a stationary portion and a movable portion rotatably mounted on the stationary portion such that the movable portion is movable in a substantially vertical direction from a securing position to a release position, and vice-versa. The locking mechanism also includes a catch lever to hold the movable portion in the release position when so placed. The movable portion is biased in the securing position such that release of the aft release handle causes the movable portion to transition back into the securing position. To operate the aft release handle, the attendant must manually place the movable portion of the locking mechanism in the release position. |
156 |
Docking station for patient support |
US11318689 |
2005-12-27 |
US07243386B2 |
2007-07-17 |
Dennis J. Gallant; Dennis M. Lanci; John P. Biondo |
According to the present disclosure, a transfer top adapted to carry a patient is transferable between a mobile base and a docking station in a hospital room. Thus, instead of transferring a patient between a stretcher and a hospital bed, the entire transfer top with the patient thereon is transferred between the mobile base and the docking station. |
157 |
MULTIPLE LEVEL ROLL-IN COT |
US11556796 |
2006-11-06 |
US20070056104A1 |
2007-03-15 |
Richard Ferneau; William Benedict; Eugene Dyne; Elroy Bourgraf; Irvin Pollock |
A multiple level elevating cot adapted to be rolled into emergency vehicles, the cot having a wheeled undercarriage supporting a cot frame having a leading end and a trailing end, The leading end comprises a drop frame adapted to be positionable in extended, middle, collapsed, and lengthened positions. Leg members interconnect the cot frame and the undercarriage. A latching device is adapted to selectively secure the leg members in a plurality of elevational positions. The cot further comprises a pair of sidearm supports provided to the cot frame between the leading end and the trailing end, each of the sidearm supports being adapted to be positionable in vertically-up, vertically-down, substantially horizontal, and folded positions relative to the cot frame. |
158 |
Stretcher |
US10547812 |
2004-02-27 |
US20060207027A1 |
2006-09-21 |
Sigeyuki Matunaga; Noriyuki Matunaga; Kazuyuki Goto |
A highly safe stretcher that can be moved up and down smoother and where are stopper mechanism is more reliable, so that the stretcher can be correctly handled by ambulance crews. A stretcher (100) has casters on front legs (15) and rear legs (17), an upper frame (11) on the upper part of which a stretcher body is placed, constant load springs (28,29) in a slide mechanism for vertically varying the position of the upper frame (11), and mechanical locking devices (32,33) for stopping the upper frame at desired positions. The stretcher (100) further has a lock mechanism (31) for locking front leg-assisting frames (16), for supporting the front legs, so as not to slide, and has rear leg-assisting frames (18) for supporting the front legs (15), the front leg-assisting frames (16), and the rear legs (17). The stretcher (100) is characterized in that rollers (36) are provided between supporting portions of the lock mechanism (31) and of the rear leg-assisting frames (18) and a center rail (14). The rollers (36) smoothen the slide motion between the supporting potions and the center rail (14). |
159 |
Low profile hospital bed |
US11351459 |
2006-02-10 |
US20060123545A1 |
2006-06-15 |
Michael Johnson |
A low profile hospital bed includes a mattress support frame and pivotably mounted wheel frames. Lift actuators connecting between the mattress support frame and the wheel frames move the wheel frames between a folded position and an unfolded position. When the wheel frames are in the folded position, the lift actuators are relatively horizontal and thus unable to provide enough vertical force to move the wheel frames. Accordingly, connecting between the actuators and the wheel frames are leverage members which rotate and urge the wheel frames away from mattress support frame during an initial, first stage of movement as the wheel frames partially unfold. After the first stage of movement, the leverage members function as simple mechanical links between the lift actuators and the wheel frames as the lift actuators continue to power the complete unfolding of the wheel frames. |
160 |
Transportable medical apparatus |
US10652671 |
2003-08-29 |
US06976696B2 |
2005-12-20 |
Jason M. O'Krangley; David M. Kruithoff |
An undercarriage for transporting a stretcher includes a support base, which is adapted for supporting a stretcher, a first pair of legs pivotally mounted to the support base, and a second pair of legs pivotally and slidably mounted to the support base. The first pair of legs is independently pivotal about the support base from the second pair of legs. In addition, a journaled member is provided at the distal ends of each leg. The undercarriage also includes a control system that is adapted to selectively pivot the first pair of legs to a stowed position and to selectively pivot the second pair of legs to a stowed position. The control system is further adapted to selectively lengthen or shorten the legs to adjust the height of the support base. |