Cart for transporting, storing and charging medical manikins

摘要

Disclosed is a cart having a number of stretcher-like platforms suitable for placement and storage of a medical training manikin. The platforms are mounted to the cart such that they may be substantially pulled out in a direction parallel to their width, so as to facilitate easy loading and unloading of the manikins as well as to provide user access to the manikin when in its proper position on the platform if needed. The cart may include a series of electrical connectors for powering and/or charging the manikins during storage. Additionally, the electrical connectors may be selectively fed by an on-board battery which would enable the manikins to be powered and/or charged even during transport. The cart also preferably includes a motorized lift system, powered by an on-board battery, which raises and lowers the various platforms to allow the height of each platform to be brought to a loading level.

主权项

1. A cart for storing and transporting medical manikins comprising:
a frame supported off the ground by a set of wheels to facilitate transportability of the cart; a plurality of generally rectangular support platforms mounted to said frame in a vertical stack, each of said support platforms comprising a generally horizontal surface suitable for receiving a medical manikin on an upper surface of said platform;
wherein at least one platform in said plurality is mounted to said frame so as to be laterally extendable from a retracted position in vertical alignment with the remaining support platforms in said plurality to an extended position in which said first platform is displaced a distance of at least one-half of a first width of the first platform in a horizontal direction along said first width and generally away from a central axis of said cart;wherein the upper surface of at least one of said support platforms is molded so as to generally conform to the substantially human-like shape of said medical manikin; a motor mounted to said cart, the motor configured to adjust the height of at least one of said plurality of support platforms with respect to said cart; and a battery for storing electrical power mounted to said frame, said battery providing power to said motor.