Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
0058101T0 | Hand-held sling or flexible patient surrounding pad or sheet (e.g., for turning) | 19 |
20080209630 | Patient Repositioning System - A system and method for repositioning a patient. The system comprises a first layer that is liquid impermeable and vapor permeable. The system also comprises a second layer that has a tensile strength that is greater than the first layer. The tensile strength of the second layer is sufficient to allow the system to lift a person being repositioned. The system also comprises a plurality of handles distributed around the sheet. | 09-04-2008 |
20090094743 | MATTRESS - The object is to provide a mattress that can be used as a stretcher when a disaster occurs and can also be used as an ordinary mattress when it is not used as a stretcher. | 04-16-2009 |
20090144894 | Patient adjustment device - A patient adjustment device with a plurality of handles placed on the edges of the device to facilitate a patient's movement. In addition to the handles there is provided studs and snaps for additional tethers or items that enable positioning of the patient. | 06-11-2009 |
20090183309 | Device for positioning bedridden individuals - A bedridden individual positioning device, the device having a pad member with at least two sets of turning members attached on its sides and at least one line of perforations or the like extending laterally across the pad member such that the lower portion of the pad member can be separated from the remainder portion if the lower portion becomes soiled. | 07-23-2009 |
20100299830 | PATIENT ASSISTANCE DEVICE - An improved device for assisting a caregiver in lifting and moving a patient. The device comprises a unitary garment member having a front panel section, a rear panel section and an interconnecting central or middle panel section. The device further includes a plurality of integral, reinforced support straps that enhance the structural integrity of the garment member. The rear panel section includes two flap portions extending laterally on opposing sides of the rear panel section. The two flap portions can be pulled forward and attached to the front panel section whereby the device becomes a vest-type garment that completely surrounds the patient's torso. The improved patient assistance device includes a plurality of strategically positioned hand holds, which provide enhanced leverage enabling a caregiver to more easily assist a patient wearing the device to move from one position to another. | 12-02-2010 |
20120011649 | Spring Retractable Transfer Belt Apparatus - A transfer belt for assisting in moving patients includes a transfer belt, a mechanism to retract the belt into a compact unit and a mechanism to fix the belt in a fixed loop around a patient at the size desired. | 01-19-2012 |
20120311781 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT TURNING AND REPOSITIONING WITH SIMULTANEOUS OFF-LOADING OF THE BONY PROMINENCES - The present invention relates to a system and method for sacral and trochanteric support and off-loading. The system provides a ultra low pressure plenum and a positioner. The patient body size and size and corresponding surface area of the positioner control the amount of gas which is displaced evenly against the walls of the ultra low pressure plenum to allow the combination of the ultra low pressure plenum and the positioner to slightly lift a patient from a bed surface, thereby offloading the sacrum and trochanter. | 12-13-2012 |
20130160204 | Single Patient Disposable Lift Strap Device And Method To Use The Device - A lift strap device and method of use for a human patient. The device and method are configured for single-use applications with disposable materials. The device comprises: a main support member consisting of a Velcro® (or the like) compatible fabric and adapted for positioning above a person's knee or below the person's knee; one or more Velcro® (or the like) surfaces secured to the bottom of the main support member; nylon webbing (or the like) secured to the bottom of the main support member; and one or more eye member(s) secured to the top of the main support member and the nylon webbing (or the like), wherein the eye member(s) has a plurality of eyelets enabling device attachment at a plurality of patient leg lift settings. | 06-27-2013 |
20130198950 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT TURNING AND REPOSITIONING WITH SIMULTANEOUS OFF-LOADING OF THE BONY PROMINENCES - The present invention relates to a system and method for sacral and trochanteric support and off-loading. The system provides a ultra low pressure plenum and a positioner. The patient body size and size and corresponding surface area of the positioner control the amount of gas which is displaced evenly against the walls of the ultra low pressure plenum to allow the combination of the ultra low pressure plenum and the positioner to slightly lift a patient from a bed surface, thereby offloading the sacrum and trochanter. The positioner can be an ultra low pressure bladder. | 08-08-2013 |
20130254987 | WAIST TRANSFER BELT - A transfer belt ( | 10-03-2013 |
20140325754 | TRANSFER COVER - An appliance for working with patients, includes an essentially sheet-like basic structure and includes as a combination a layer ( | 11-06-2014 |
20140338121 | PATIENT POSITIONING DEVICE - A positioning device includes a planar sheet having first and second side edges and a top surface. A patient is positioned on the top surface where the first and second side edges are adjacent to the patient's legs. A first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate are coupled to the respective first and second side edge of the sheet and are capable of wrapping around an adjacent leg of the patient creating a wrapped engagement. This wrapped engagement of the patient's legs prevents heat loss during pre-surgery, surgery, post-surgery or transport of the patient. Handles coupled to the sheet may be utilized for lifting or moving the sheet when the patient is supported by the sheet. | 11-20-2014 |
20150047120 | BODY ROTATION AND SECURING SLING AND METHODS OF USE - A body rotation and securing sling having a flat sheet configured with a plurality of edges dimensioned to accommodate a side laying person's back, torso, hips and upper legs, wherein at least two edges are angled, curved, or slanted to transition between other sets of edges, a plurality of straps configured to reposition and secure the side laying person and, thus to enable a service personnel to reposition a bed ridden person by tugging or pulling on the straps to reposition and roll the laying patient from side-to-side and to secure the side laying person on one side or angled side until time for rotation to the other side. | 02-19-2015 |
20150143628 | Apparatus and System for Turning and Positioning a Patient - A patient positioning system for use with a patient on a bed includes a sheet having a bottom surface configured to be placed above the supporting surface of the bed and a top surface opposite the bottom surface, and a wedge having a base wall, a ramp surface, and a back wall, with the ramp surface joined to the base wall to form an apex. The wedge is positioned under the sheet such that the base wall confronts the supporting surface of the bed and the ramp surface confronts the bottom surface of the sheet. The bottom surface of the sheet and the ramp surface of the wedge have engagement members forming a selective gliding assembly that resists movement of the sheet with respect to the wedge in at least one direction and permits movement of the sheet with respect to the wedge in at least one other direction. | 05-28-2015 |
20150342811 | Manual Lifting Sling Apparatus - Disclosed is a manual lifting sling apparatus ( | 12-03-2015 |
20160089290 | PATIENT TRANSFER SYSTEM - A patient transfer system includes a patient transfer assembly and a patient transfer device. The assembly includes a sheet of corrugatable material, at least one stiffener that resists corrugation of the sheet in a first dimension when the patient transfer assembly including the sheet corrugated in a second dimension is inserted between the patient and a surface of a first resting device on which the patient rests. The sheet includes portions at which pulling in a direction along the second dimension decorrugates the sheet between the patient and the surface and fasteners. The device includes a sheet engaging assembly that pulls at least one of the fasteners in a direction along the first dimension to slide the decorrugated sheet relative to the surface thereby transferring the patient. | 03-31-2016 |
20160095777 | Patient Transport Device with Strap Concealment Apparatus and Corresponding Methods - A patient transport device includes an inflatable torso support and one or more straps coupled to sides of the inflatable torso support. Each strap can be configured at least as a single loop. A strap concealment device can be coupled to the inflatable torso support to span a major face of the inflatable torso support. The strap concealment device can include a central panel spanning the major face and one or more side panels extending from a perimeter of the central panel. The one or more side panels can terminate at an edge distally disposed from the central panel at a bunch-gathering binding. The one or more side panels can be selectively foldable between a first position concealing the inflatable torso support and some or all of the one or more straps and a second position exposing the inflatable torso support and the one or more straps. | 04-07-2016 |
20160184154 | SUPPORT SURFACE SYSTEM - A cover system includes a base sheet, which is adapted to cover an underlying mattress, and a top sheet configured to wick away moisture and to cooperate with the base sheet to reduce shear on a patient supported on the cover system. | 06-30-2016 |
20160374883 | BODY SLING AND PATIENT HANDLING SHEETS - A body sling with patient handling sheets allowing a single caregiver to provide perineal care and skin integrity assessment to a bedridden patient, and further providing the capability to lift, turn, and reposition the patient with the use and aid of a patient lift. | 12-29-2016 |