PATIENT LIFT AND TRANSPORT APPARATUS

摘要

A patient lift and transport apparatus with means for lifting a patient from a sitting position on a chair or bed to a transporting position in the apparatus. The apparatus is provided with retaining means for holding the patient in a sitting position during transportation, with the knees resting against a knee support and the seat of the patient resting against a lifting belt extending obliquely upwards over the region of the neck of the patient's femurs, said lifting belt being removably secured to two fastenings on the apparatus.