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System for transporting a sick or injured person to a medical facility

  • US 6,175,977 B1
  • Filed: 05/11/1999
  • Issued: 01/23/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for continuously providing medical care to a patient who needs to be transported, said system comprising a portable module carrier that is for carrying a medical care module thereon and that comprises:

  • a support base body adapted to be removably mounted on a stretcher or a hospital bed;

    a module mount platform connected to said support base body and adapted to have a medical care module removably mounted thereon; and

    a carrying unit onto which said support base body is removably mounted to facilitate carrying of said module carrier by a person, wherein said carrying unit comprises a backpack member on which said support base body is removably mounted, and shoulder straps extending from said backpack member and adapted to be worn on the shoulders of a person who may carry said module carrier on the person'"'"'s back;

    wherein said module carrier is so configured and arranged so that the medical care module remains accessible and functional for use while said module carrier is being carried on the person'"'"'s back.

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