TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS FOR PATIENTS

• US 20160106608A1
• Filed: 12/09/2013
• Published: 04/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Catholic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
• Original Assignee: Catholic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
• Inventors: OH, Young Min
• Application Number:
  US14/651,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20160106608A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/14 Joysticks
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/018 Control or drive mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1025 Lateral movement of patients, e.g. horizontal transfer
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/103 Transfer boards
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1032 Endless belts
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1034 Rollers, rails or other means
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1036 facilitating loading and unloading of the patient, e.g. using flaps or additional tilting
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1046 Mobile bases, e.g. having wheels

Abstract

The present invention relates to a transportation apparatus for patients, which is a transportation apparatus that transfers and moves a patient that is on a main body frame in which the legs thereof are mounted with moving wheels. The present invention includes: a sliding plate that is moved to slide to both sides along the widthwise direction, by a sliding and moving means, on the upper surface of the main body frame; a transport conveyor that is coupled to the upper portion of the sliding plate so as to be moved to slide with the sliding plate, and has a conveyor belt which rotate in the forward direction or reverse direction by a rotating and moving means, after the movement; and an operation unit that is disposed on the front surface of the main body frame in the lengthwise direction so as to operate the sliding plate and the transport conveyor by means of the sliding and moving means and the rotating and moving means. According to the present invention, polytrauma patients, spinalized patients, or the like can be transported swiftly, safely, and conveniently.

Claims

1. A transportation apparatus for patients, which places a patient on a main body frame having legs equipped with moving wheels and which transports the patient, the transportation apparatus comprising:

a sliding plate, which is slid to both sides thereof on an upper surface of the main body frame in the widthwise direction thereof by a sliding and moving means;

a transport conveyor, which is coupled to an upper part of the sliding plate so as to slide together with the sliding plate, wherein after the sliding of the transport conveyor, a conveyor belt is rotated forward or reverse by a rotating and moving means; and

an operation unit, which is installed on a front surface of the main body frame in the longitudinal direction thereof, so as to operate the sliding plate and the transport conveyor by means of the sliding and moving means and the rotating and moving means.

2. The transportation apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

rail recesses, which are formed at both sides of a lower surface of the sliding plate in the widthwise direction thereof, respectively; and

sliding rails, which are installed on an upper part of the main body frame and are coupled to the rail recesses, respectively, to guide the sliding of the sliding plate.

3. The transportation apparatus of claim 2, wherein the sliding and moving means comprises:

latch recesses formed in the widthwise direction in the middle between the rail recesses;

a latch gear installed on the upper part of the main body frame to engage with the latch recesses;

a sliding decelerator connected to a gear central shaft of the latch gear; and

a sliding motor connected to the sliding decelerator and electrically connected to the operation unit.

4. The transportation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transport conveyor comprises:

rotation shafts connected through bearings to both sides of the upper part of the sliding plate and individually and longitudinally installed;

a conveyor belt wound around the rotation shafts to rotate;

pulleys installed on end parts of the rotation shafts at both sides thereof; and

a rotation belt that connects the pulleys to each other.

5. The transportation apparatus of claim 4, wherein the rotating and moving means comprises:

a conveyor decelerator connected to any one of the rotation shafts; and

a conveyor motor connected to the conveyor decelerator and electrically connected to the operation unit.

6. The transportation apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the operation unit is a stick-type handle equipped with a trigger and a button, wherein the stick-type handle operates the sliding plate, and the trigger installed at the front side of the stick-type handle, and the button installed on an upper surface of the stick-type handle rotate the conveyor belt of the transport conveyor forward or reverse.

7. The transportation apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein each of the legs of the main body frame is folded inward to be in tight contact with a lower surface of the main body frame.