AN APPARATUS DEVICE TO AID IN EARLY PATIENT MOBILITY

摘要

The invention provides a modular mobility device of the walker style for hospital patients. It contains a frame with handlebars that are foldable, with vertical support bars that attach to lower foldable bars. The frame has a set of casters and, working with a set of modular cast attachments, which attach to the lower bars; it can be used as a walker. The frame also has a series of latches to attach it to an equipment cart forming a single unit. The latches can also be used for auxiliary items, such as IV poles. The lower bars can accommodate modular wheelchair attachments, allowing it to be attached to a wheelchair. This, in conjunction with the latches attached to an equipment cart, can create a single unit of wheelchair - mobility device - equipment cart to ease patient movement and rehabilitation.