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Patient transporter and method of using it

  • US 5,708,993 A
  • Filed: 12/01/1995
  • Issued: 01/20/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A patient transporter device comprising:

  • a frame that supports a drive wheel and a chair movably attached to the frame;

    a lift mechanism attached to the frame, the lift mechanism including a screw, motor means for moving the screw, and an arm vertically moved by the screw;

    a motorized pivoting mechanism attached to the arm of the lift mechanism for pivoting the arm radially about the screw; and

    a swivel mechanism attached to the arm of the lift mechanism, said swivel mechanism including a motor adapted to rotate, around a vertical axis, a patient suspended from said swivel mechanism.

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