Patient handling device

US9107783B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Stryker Corporation · US

Inventors

• William D. Childs · Plainwell, US
• Steven L. Birman · Gaylord, US
• William V. Bleeker · Plainwell, US
• Paul M. Radgens · Vicksburg, US
• Dickson J. Brubaker · Climax, US
• Anish Paul · Portage, US
• Dennis Meyer · Augusta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 12, 2009
• Grant date: Aug 18, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G7/018
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A patient handling device, such as a bed, stretcher, cot, or the like, includes a deck on which a patient may lie and which is surrounded by siderails. Control panels may be mounted on the siderails in a staggered fashion to improve the ease of accessing the control panels. A handle assembly may be included near the top of the Fowler section of the deck which allows a pair of handles to be squeezed independently for manual pivoting of the Fowler section. Squeezing one handle does not increase the force required to subsequently squeeze the other handle. The pivoting of the Fowler section may also be carried out automatically through an electrical actuator. The raising of the deck may be carried out through an electrical pump that pumps hydraulic fluid, and which may be activated near the top end of the stroke of a reciprocating pedal.