Patent · US Expired

Trauma stretcher

US4873732A · kind A · utility

25Cited by
10References
8Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 24, 1988
Grant dateOct 17, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 24, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S414/134
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A trauma stretcher for use in transferring a patient to and from stretcher to bed or operating table. The stretcher includes a wheeled chassis, platform mounted thereon, patient litter slidably positioned atop said platform, extension arms with means for sliding a litter across, and stabilizer legs to prevent tipping.

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