PATIENT TRANSFER SYSTEM

摘要

A system for transferring medical patients utilizes the concept of creating a "hollow space" between the patient and the surface on which he or she is supported. A patient support material mounted to a rigid frame positioned about a bed or other hospital furniture can have slots or openings extending laterally inward from at least one side of the patient support material and oriented substantially perpendicular to a line running from the head of the bed to the foot of the bed. The slots allow respective tines of a transport device, or straps from a patient transfer chair or device, to be inserted beneath a patient lying on the patient support material such that the tines or straps (or other elongated patient support/transfer components) can be lifted above through the slots and thus transfer the patient from the patient support material to the tines or straps of the patient transfer/transport device. Associated patient support chairs/devices, lift carts, lifts, carts, and other accessories can be used to lift and transport the patient.