Patient transfer device

摘要

A patient transfer device for transferring a patient resting on a sheet from a first resting device to a second resting device.

主权项

1. A patient transfer device for transferring a patient resting on a sheet from a first resting device to a second resting device, the patient transfer device comprising:
a bottom assembly disposed at a bottom portion of the patient transfer device and including wheels or casters for transporting the patient transfer device; a top assembly disposed at a top portion of the patient transfer device and including pulleys; a height adjust member connected to the bottom assembly and the top assembly and configured to adjust vertical position of the top assembly and thus the pulleys; wherein the top assembly includes a bumper assembly including a bumper surface for contacting the second resting device, the bumper assembly disposed on a front side of the patient transfer device such that the bumper surface is disposed on the front side away from the height adjust member at least as far as a footprint of the bottom assembly, vertical position of the bumper surface being adjustable by operation of the height adjust member; a motor disposed at or adjacent the bottom assembly at the bottom portion of the patient transfer device at an opposite side of the height adjust member from a side of the height adjust member at which the bumper surface is disposed; and a power transfer assembly including a sheet engaging assembly for engaging the sheet, the power transfer assembly in mechanical communication with the motor, the pulleys and the sheet for transferring power from the motor at the bottom of the patient transfer device to the top of the patient transfer device and through the pulleys to the sheet, whereby activation of the motor causes the power transfer assembly to pull on the sheet for the sheet to slide from the first resting device towards the second resting device while the bumper contacts the second resting device thereby transferring the patient.