EP0948953A2 - Dispositif de transport pour malades - Google Patents

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EP0948953A2
EP0948953A2 EP99106407A EP99106407A EP0948953A2 EP 0948953 A2 EP0948953 A2 EP 0948953A2 EP 99106407 A EP99106407 A EP 99106407A EP 99106407 A EP99106407 A EP 99106407A EP 0948953 A2 EP0948953 A2 EP 0948953A2
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patient transport
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Susanne Eppler
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00Stretchers
    • A61G1/02Stretchers with wheels
    • A61G1/025Stretchers with wheels having auxiliary wheels, e.g. wheels not touching the ground in extended position
    • A61G1/0262Stretchers with wheels having auxiliary wheels, e.g. wheels not touching the ground in extended position having loading wheels situated in the front during loading
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00Stretchers
    • A61G1/02Stretchers with wheels
    • A61G1/0206Stretchers with wheels characterised by the number of supporting wheels if stretcher is extended
    • A61G1/02122 pairs having wheels within a pair on the same position in longitudinal direction, e.g. on the same axis
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00Stretchers
    • A61G1/02Stretchers with wheels
    • A61G1/0237Stretchers with wheels having at least one swivelling wheel, e.g. castors
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00Stretchers
    • A61G1/02Stretchers with wheels
    • A61G1/025Stretchers with wheels having auxiliary wheels, e.g. wheels not touching the ground in extended position
    • A61G1/0268Stretchers with wheels having auxiliary wheels, e.g. wheels not touching the ground in extended position having deployable or retractable wheels
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00Stretchers
    • A61G1/04Parts, details or accessories, e.g. head-, foot-, or like rests specially adapted for stretchers
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00Stretchers
    • A61G1/04Parts, details or accessories, e.g. head-, foot-, or like rests specially adapted for stretchers
    • A61G1/042Suspension means
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G2210/00Devices for specific treatment or diagnosis
    • A61G2210/30Devices for specific treatment or diagnosis for intensive care
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G3/00Ambulance aspects of vehicles; Vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances, e.g. for facilitating access of, or for loading, wheelchairs
    • A61G3/006Means for reducing the influence of acceleration on patients, e.g. suspension systems of platforms
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/002Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons having adjustable mattress frame
    • A61G7/005Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons having adjustable mattress frame tiltable around transverse horizontal axis, e.g. for Trendelenburg position
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/002Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons having adjustable mattress frame
    • A61G7/012Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons having adjustable mattress frame raising or lowering of the whole mattress frame

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  • the invention relates to a patient transport device a stretcher with handles, arranged on wheels is.
  • Such a stretcher is for example in the DE 195 46 822.8.
  • the stretcher presented there already has a slope compensation between the Wear and a padded couch that can be inserted into it. Slight inclinations, as they occur in vehicles or airplanes, can be compensated for satisfactorily at any time. When transporting the patient in sloping terrain or across ramps are the slope compensation options the known stretcher is no longer sufficient.
  • the present invention proposes a patient transport device of the type mentioned before, which is characterized in that the Wheels arranged individually and / or in pairs adjustable in height are. This also means that the terrain is leveled out It is possible to retract the corresponding wheel or wheels. Preferably can adjust the height of the wheels sensor-controlled take place so that the patient transport device automatically is always kept in a horizontal position. Another, significant advantage can be achieved that the Wheels can be retractable into the underside of the stretcher, so that it does not or only to a small extent about the The bottom of the stretcher protrudes downwards. The device can then be easily pushed into an ambulance, without lifting the stretcher by hand would.
  • the sinking of the Wheels can also be sensor controlled and fully automatic.
  • the wheels can for example on telescopic supports be arranged.
  • the telescopic supports can expediently be retractable and extendable hydraulically or electrically.
  • the telescopic supports are quite long, they can be used Bottom of the stretcher can be pivoted so that simply to sink the wheels into the bottom of the stretcher can be folded.
  • At least in the head area of the Stretcher can have at least one slider on the bottom of the stretcher, preferably a roller, which is the postponement the stretcher relieved on a tub of an ambulance. Such a role can also be in the middle range the stretcher. If the wheels are not complete can be sunk into the underside of the stretcher also to facilitate the insertion of the stretcher on the Serve tub.
  • the wheels can either be directly on the Stretcher or be arranged on a chassis from which the stretcher is removable. When arranged on a chassis can preferably the stretcher from two sides on the Chassis can be opened.
  • the wheels can be frosted and also be steerable and foldable for good off-road mobility to achieve the device. If the wheels also have one have a relatively large diameter and resiliently mounted even stairs can be overcome with the device become. It is also just for overcoming stairs advantageous if the wheels can be equipped with a chain drive are.
  • the stretcher itself can be a padded couch, which is preferred made of plastic or a carbon fiber composite can be made, be arranged removably.
  • Such Lounger is very light and yet sufficiently stable.
  • the Lying can also be in the transverse direction in at least one place foldable and be equipped with straps, so that an ambulance is possible in a sitting position.
  • For tilt and shock compensation can preferably be a sensor-controlled hydraulic or electrical system between the stretcher and the bed be. All can be used to facilitate handling Functions of the device with a control device Two-hand operation can be controlled. The operation can expediently take place in the area of the handles so that the functions even when pushing or carrying the stretcher are operable.
  • a seriously injured patient can also be carried in the ambulance connected to the monitoring and treatment facilities and as it passes through the stations a clinic, such as shock room, computer tomography and operating room be left on the device. Even after the Surgery can put the patient back on the transport device be bedded and monitored and treated. You can do this on the device infusion and / or syringe pumps Pulse oximeter, a capnograph and a secretion aspirator are provided be. Also recordings for masts with monitors, syringe pumps, Lighting devices etc. can be at the Install the device. If the device in this way is even equipped to accommodate the patient the intensive care unit become superfluous.
  • the entire device forms a self-sufficient unit that does not connect to fixed installed devices in the hospital and therefore everywhere can be set up and easily transported.
  • For the Power supply can be one or more batteries and / or one Mains connection should be provided. This also means secondary transports possible in other clinics without changing the patient's bed.
  • the patient transport device 10 has one Handles 11 provided stretcher 12 on the underside 12.1 wheels 13 are arranged on telescopic supports 14.
  • Stretcher 12 can be used a bed, not shown.
  • the Lounger is placed on a substructure 15, which with a Shock and tilt compensation system is provided.
  • the push and Tilt compensation system can as well as the telescopic supports 14 a hydraulic or electrical system and sensor-controlled be.
  • On the bottom 12.1 of the stretcher 12 are also two rollers 16 and 17 arranged, with the help of the Device 10 on a pull-out pan 18 of an ambulance 19 can be pushed on. While the stretcher is being pushed open 12 on the tub 18, the wheels 13 are retracted so far that they no longer or only slightly over the bottom 12.1 protrude.
  • Retracting or collapsing the wheels 13 are sensor-controlled and fully automatic.
  • the device 10 can thus without any physical Effort by the rescue personnel in the ambulance 19 be invited.
  • the Wheels also fully automatic when pulling the stretcher down the ambulance tub extended again. Also for that This is an advantage for patients because it can be pushed in and out the stretcher 12 can be made much gentler than that Loading and unloading conventional stretchers that are lifted by hand and have to be discontinued.
  • the telescopic supports 14 of the wheels However, 13 not only enable gentle and energy-saving Loading the device 10 into an ambulance 19, but they also serve to compensate for inclinations in uneven terrain or when transporting the patient over ramps.
  • the telescopic supports 14 are automatically extended or retracted so far, that the stretcher 12 always remains in a horizontal position. That in Substructure 15 of stretcher 12 integrated inclination and impact compensation system ensures when transporting the device in one Ambulance or a plane for a horizontal and vibration free Position of the patient so that the device 10 optimal conditions even for very seriously injured patients offers.
  • the support frame 30 is particularly suitable for use in Clinics thought and therefore provided with relatively small wheels 31.
  • the wheels 31 are adjustable in height and complete retractable in the base of the frame 30, so that too Carrying frame 30 can be easily loaded into an ambulance is.
  • handles 32 are arranged on both narrow sides.
  • the by arranged under covers 33 of the support frame 30 Vibration and shock absorption devices mechanically decoupled is supported by the frame 30.
  • the frame 30 itself are several monitoring and maintenance facilities the vital signs of a patient are integrated, of which Keypads 34 to 36 are shown for operation.
  • the Keypads 35 and 36 are also with display elements 37, 38 provided.
  • masts 41 On the side guides 39 of the frame 30 are on the top receiving openings 40 for Masts 41 with monitors 42 or 44 arranged for syringe pumps.
  • masts 41 can also be used
  • Devices such as infusion containers, etc. can be arranged.

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DE29806422U DE29806422U1 (de) 1998-04-08 1998-04-08 Krankentransportvorrichtung

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