序号 专利名 申请号 申请日 公开(公告)号 公开(公告)日 发明人
201 Automated Systems, Devices, and Methods for Transporting and Supporting Patients US13630531 2012-09-28 US20140090172A1 2014-04-03 Roderick A. Hyde; Stephen L. Malaska
Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an imager operably coupled to one or more of a power source, a steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., and having one or more modules operable to control the power source, steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., so as to maintain an authorized operator in the image zone.
202 Additional roller in a fixed frame US12224069 2007-02-08 US08662217B2 2014-03-04 Wolfgang Block; Gunther Hofrichter
A hospital bed with a chassis and with four rollers arranged on the chassis has at least one further auxiliary roller that can be brought into contact with the floor or that can alternatively be driven. The auxiliary roller is mounted on a rigid frame and, together with the frame, can be raised or lowered relative to the chassis by pivoting. A drive motor is secured on the frame and drives the auxiliary roller. A separate pivot drive is provided for raising and lowering the auxiliary roller. The separate pivot drive is secured entirely on the frame and pivots with the frame.
203 PERSON SUPPORT APPARATUS POWER DRIVE SYSTEM US13795404 2013-03-12 US20140041119A1 2014-02-13 Mahesh Kumar Thodupunuri; Brian Guthrie; John G. Byers
A person support apparatus comprises a lower frame, an upper frame, a drive structure, and a control system. The upper frame is movably supported above the lower frame. The drive structure is coupled to the upper frame and configured to selectively engage a surface to, when activated, propel the person support apparatus along the surface. The control system is configured to determine an engagement status of the drive structure with the surface and trigger a response based on the engagement status.
204 PIECE OF FURNITURE, SUCH AS AN ADJUSTABLE BED, HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE PLATFORM US14111317 2012-04-11 US20140033435A1 2014-02-06 Robert Jutras
An adjustable bed includes a main frame which supports a mattress platform, a fixed frame base having wheels mounted thereto for displacement thereof on a floor surface, and a lift mechanism interconnecting the main frame and the fixed frame base. The lift mechanism supports the main frame and is actuated to displace and position the main frame between a fully collapsed position and a fully elevated position relative to the fixed frame base without any longitudinal displacement of the bed. The main frame, the fixed base and the lift mechanism collapse into a low profile bed configuration in the fully collapsed position, such that the mattress platform is located at a minimum vertical height of at most 9 inches above the floor surface.
205 Patient Support and Transport System of a Multimodality Medical Suite US14019732 2013-09-06 US20140000025A1 2014-01-02 Stephen G. Hushek
A patient support and transport system for a multi-modality medical suite includes a track system with one track in one room aligned with another track in another room. A support carriage coupled to the track system and configured to move between the two rooms. A duplex socket interface module attached to the support carriage and flexible raceway including a first conduit management system coupled to the support carriage and configured to automatically couple with and decouple with the duplex socket interface module. A second conduit management system is coupled to electrical and data ports and include a conduit interface module configured to automatically couple with and decouple with the duplex socket interface module. The patient support and transport system also includes a vertical support member coupled to the support carriage and a support assembly coupled to the vertical support member configured to selectively articulate a patient bed.
206 PATIENT CARE AND TRANSPORT ASSEMBLY US14011321 2013-08-27 US20130340167A1 2013-12-26 Deepak Raj Karwal; Ricky C. Simmonds; Tomas Bubilek
A versatile patient care and transport assembly having a patient support frame constructed of multiple sections, each including pluralities of individual patient sensors, and which can be cooperatively tilted or otherwise inter-articulated to a variety of support positions. Pull-out/expandable side and end railings are provided for patient safety. Power and drive components are incorporated into a base module upon which the patient support module is mounted in multiple elevatable and/or articulating fashion. Also provided is paired side-by-side docking of two identical assemblies such as for facilitate patient transfer and in order to drastically reduce the risks associated with handling of patients by caregivers.
207 Latching motion transfer mechanism US13487356 2012-06-04 US08590073B2 2013-11-26 Robert R. Bly; Kevin S. Wysocki; Michael A. Gregory
Latching motion transfer arrangements may be used to raise an object up and out of the engagement with the ground or other support surface and to lower the object back onto the ground or other support surface. In one exemplary embodiment, the mechanism is caused to lift and latch by applying force in a first direction, a first time, and is caused to release and lower by applying force in the first direction, a second time.
208 AUXILIARY ROLLER US13981403 2012-01-24 US20130299252A1 2013-11-14 Wolfgang Block; Guenther Hofrichter
The invention relates to an additional roller having a rigid frame (3), with a drivable wheel (2) which is mounted in the frame (3) and has an axle (12), wherein the wheel (2) together with the frame (3) can be raised or lowered by pivoting relative to a chassis, on which the additional roller is to be mounted, and a compression spring (13) which is coupled rotatably at one end to the chassis is provided, in order, in the lowered position, to load the wheel (2) in respect of ground contact. In order to provide a simple and effective arrangement of the compression spring with regard to the wheel and the frame accommodating the wheel, it is proposed that a transverse connection (6) connecting two frame parts (4, 5) in the direction of an axle (12) of the wheel (2) is provided, that the compression spring (13) is coupled at the other end to the transverse connection (6), and that the compression spring (13) together with the frame (3) pivots about the chassis-mounted pivot point during raising and lowering of the wheel (2).
209 Patient support with improved control US13034303 2011-02-24 US08544126B2 2013-10-01 Derick Elliott; David Mayen Moreno; Martin Plante; Chad Rohrer; David Kim Soui Wan Fong; Annie Désaulniers
A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a patient support surface supported in the frame, and a plurality of functional components associated with the patient support surface or the frame. The apparatus further includes a control system, with a controller, incorporated into the patient support surface or the frame and in operative communication with at least one of the functional components for controlling the component. The control system further includes a touch-screen in communication with the controller for controlling the functional component, which is positioned in the barrier around the patient support surface, and accessible at the exterior or interior surface of the barrier for access by a user. The touch-screen is configured to allow the user to select one or more of the functional components and control a parameter associated with the selected functional component. In addition, an icon is generated at the touch-screen representative of the parameter associated with the selected functional component, and with icon changing in response to the user adjusting the parameter associated with the selected functional component wherein the change in the icon gives the user feedback on the degree of change made by the user to the parameter associated with the selected functional component.
210 User interface for power drive system of a patient support apparatus US13024617 2011-02-10 US08474073B2 2013-07-02 Stephen R. Hamberg; Robert M. Zerhusen; Christian H. Reinke
A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a patient support coupled to the frame, a plurality of casters and a wheel coupled to the frame, a motor coupled to the wheel and operable to rotate the wheel to propel the patient support apparatus along a floor, and an electrical system comprising a controller configured to signal operation of the motor to rotate the wheel to propel the patient support apparatus along the floor. The electrical system further includes user inputs adjacent at least one end of the frame and adjacent at least one side of the frame. The user inputs including forward and reverse switches that are engaged to determine whether the patient support apparatus is propelled in a forward direction or a rearward direction, respectively.
211 Patient support apparatus with drive wheel speed control US13118811 2011-05-31 US08260517B2 2012-09-04 Aziz A. Bhai
A control system for a self-propelled patient-support apparatus includes a controller that utilizes a power drive speed control algorithm to control the power output to a motor of a drive mechanism for driving the patient-support apparatus across a floor. The control algorithm normalizes a force input by a user on a user input device, the force indicative of a desired drive speed. The algorithm varies the responsiveness of the output to the drive mechanism based on the current operating conditions of the drive mechanism.
212 PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS WITH POWERED WHEEL US13400363 2012-02-20 US20120144586A1 2012-06-14 Richard H. Heimbrock; Thomas M. Webster; John Vogel
A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a plurality of casters coupled to the frame, and a wheel supported with respect to the frame and movable between a lowered position engaging a floor and a raised position spaced from the floor. The patient support apparatus also has a drive assembly with a first mode of operation coupled to the wheel and operable to drive the wheel to propel the patient support apparatus along the floor and a second mode of operation decoupled from the wheel so that the wheel is free to rotate when the wheel is in the lowered position and the patient support apparatus is moved along the floor. A first user input is provided to move the wheel between the raised and lowered positions and a second user input is provided to signal the drive assembly to drive the wheel.
213 Latching motion transfer mechanism US12246634 2008-10-07 US08191940B2 2012-06-05 Robert R. Bly; Kevin S. Wysocki; Michael A. Gregory
Latching motion transfer arrangements may be used to raise an object up and out of engagement with the ground or other support surface and to lower the object back onto the ground or other support surface. In one exemplary embodiment, the mechanism is caused to lift and latch by applying force in a first direction, a first time, and is caused to release and lower by applying force in the first direction, a second time.
214 HOSPITAL BED HAVING CASTER BRAKING ALARM US13362780 2012-01-31 US20120124743A1 2012-05-24 David W. Hensley; Jean-Bernard Duvert; Sebastien Gemeline; Patrick Weizman; Gary S. Siegle; Barbu Olivier; Le Boeuf Guenael
A patient support is connectable to an external power source. The patient support includes a bedframe supported on a floor, a plurality of wheels coupled to the bedframe, and a brake configured to prevent the bed from moving on the floor. The brake is moveable between a braked position and an unbraked position. The patient support also includes a controller configured to activate an alarm when the brake is moved to the unbraked position when the bed is connected to the external power source.
215 Guiding wheel assembly, especially for a hospital bed US12447094 2007-09-25 US08109525B2 2012-02-07 Michal Salus
A guiding wheel assembly, mainly for a hospital bed, including a wheel (1) with a horizontal rotation axis (6) installed on an arm (7) that is fixed to the frame (5) with the use of an axis (4) allowing swinging in the vertical plane. The wheel (1) is firmly fixed in the straight direction. The arm (7) is provided with a track (3), against which a pressing element (8) leans. The pressing element (8) is fixed with a pin (9) to the frame (5) in a swinging way.
216 MOTORIZED TRACTION DEVICE FOR A PATIENT SUPPORT US13243627 2011-09-23 US20120012408A1 2012-01-19 John David Vogel; Thomas W. Hanson; Craig Crandall; Joseph A. Kummer; Michael M. Frondorf; David P. Lubbers; Ronald P. Kappeler; Bradley T. Wilson; Darrell L. Metz; Doug K. Smith; Jeffrey A. Ruschke; John Vodzak; Terry J. Stratman; Eric W. Oberhaus
A patient support including a traction device for powered movement of the patient support.
217 GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A MEDICAL FACILITY US13024974 2011-02-10 US20110214588A1 2011-09-08 Peter Grübling; Klaus Herrmann; Ulrich Weber
A guidance system for a medical facility includes at least one floor element that extends along a path of the medical facility and is arranged in a floor area of the path. The at least one floor element is configured for magnetic interaction such that through the magnetic interaction of the floor element with a magnetic guide element arranged on a mobile transport device, a magnetic attraction is generated. The mobile transport device is guided along the at least one floor element by the generated magnetic attraction during forward motion of the mobile transport device along the path through the medical facility.
218 Caster locking system for medical transport cart US12932289 2011-02-23 US20110179625A1 2011-07-28 Steven M. Falk; Roopesh Edavana
A transport cart for attaching to a patient care apparatus having a locking system that converts the forward caster of the transport cart from an omni-directional pivotable caster to a fixed directional device by restraining its pivoting about a vertical axis. The forward caster is located at about the center of the footprint of the combined transport cart/patient care apparatus and the fixed directional movement of the forward caster provides stability in moving the combined apparatus. The locking mechanism may be internal to the caster or may have a pair of pivotable lock arms that contact the patient care apparatus as the two are brought together and the pivotable lock arms pivot to a locked position where they sandwich the caster therebetween to restrain its ability to pivot. The locking mechanism automatically or manually releases the forward caster to again freely pivot when the transport cart/patient care apparatus are separated.
219 PATIENT SUPORT WITH IMPROVED CONTROL US13034303 2011-02-24 US20110144548A1 2011-06-16 Derick Elliott; David Mayen Moreno; Martin Plante; Chad Rohrer; David Kim Soui Wan Fong; Annie Désaulniers
A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a patient support surface supported in the frame, and a plurality of functional components associated with the patient support surface or the frame. The apparatus further includes a control system, with a controller, incorporated into the patient support surface or the frame and in operative communication with at least one of the functional components for controlling the component. The control system further includes a touch-screen in communication with the controller for controlling the functional component, which is positioned in the barrier around the patient support surface, and accessible at the exterior or interior surface of the barrier for access by a user. The touch-screen is configured to allow the user to select one or more of the functional components and control a parameter associated with the selected functional component. In addition, an icon is generated at the touch-screen representative of the parameter associated with the selected functional component, and with icon changing in response to the user adjusting the parameter associated with the selected functional component wherein the change in the icon gives the user feedback on the degree of change made by the user to the parameter associated with the selected functional component.
220 USER INTERFACE FOR POWER DRIVE SYSTEM OF A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS US13024617 2011-02-10 US20110126354A1 2011-06-02 Stephen R. Hamberg; Robert M. Zerhusen; Christian H. Reinke
A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a patient support coupled to the frame, a plurality of casters and a wheel coupled to the frame, a motor coupled to the wheel and operable to rotate the wheel to propel the patient support apparatus along a floor, and an electrical system comprising a controller configured to signal operation of the motor to rotate the wheel to propel the patient support apparatus along the floor. The electrical system further includes user inputs adjacent at least one end of the frame and adjacent at least one side of the frame. The user inputs including forward and reverse switches that are engaged to determine whether the patient support apparatus is propelled in a forward direction or a rearward direction, respectively.
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