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Patient transporting and turning gurney

  • US 4,939,801 A
  • Filed: 12/22/1988
  • Issued: 07/10/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A gurney for moving a hospital patient between a hospital bed having widely spaced supporting legs and an operating table supported from a central pedestal base, said gurney comprising:

  • a base, said base being horizontally disposed and U-shaped, said U-shaped base having spaced apart protruding arms connected by a central member, said spaced apart arms adapted to fit under and between the supporting legs of the hospital bed and straddle around the outside of the central pedestal base of the operating table;

    said base supporting a plurality of wheels whereby said base can be rolled from support underneath the hospital bed to support around the central pedestal base of the operating table;

    a stretcher support;

    means for supporting said stretcher support from said base including a lifting ram connected to the base at the lower end and to the stretcher to support at the upper end whereby the stretcher support may be raised and lowered with respect to the base;

    a stretcher frame elongate about a central longitudinal axis, said stretcher frame disposed for surrounding and supporting a patient within said stretcher frame;

    means for rotatably connecting said stretcher frame to said stretcher support at the longitudinal axis of said stretcher frame, said means for rotatably connecting said stretcher frame to said stretcher support permitting the rotating of said frame about said longitudinal axis between distal ends of said stretcher support;

    first and second tensile sheet members for being disposed on said patient at opposite sides of said patient, each said tensile sheet member being sufficiently strong to support said patient from said stretcher frame under tension;

    first means for detachably supporting under adjustable tension one of said tensile sheet members form said stretcher frame;

    second means for detachably supporting under adjustable tension said second tensile sheet embers from said stretcher frame whereby the patient is secured between said first and second tensile sheet members is trapped to said stretcher frame for rotation with said stretcher frame.

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