Emergency vehicle patient transport systems
First Claim
1. An emergency vehicle patient transport system comprising:
- a loading passage providing access to an interior of an emergency vehicle;
one or more tracks coupled to the interior of the emergency vehicle wherein, a travel path is delineated by the one or more tracks;
a chair slidingly engaged with the one or more tracks, and vertically positioned between a floor and a ceiling of the interior of the emergency vehicle, wherein the chair comprises a curved vertical member and a seat, and wherein;
the seat comprises an upper portion which contacts and supports an upper torso of a user when disposed in the chair, and a posterior support;
the curved vertical member forms a curve between the floor and the ceiling of the interior of the emergency vehicle;
the curved vertical member partially surrounds the seat; and
the entire seat tilts forward with respect to the curved vertical member.
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Abstract
Emergency vehicle patient transport systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an emergency vehicle patient transport system includes: a loading passage providing access to an interior of an emergency vehicle; one or more tracks coupled to a floor of the emergency vehicle, a ceiling of the emergency vehicle, a wall of the emergency vehicle or combinations thereof wherein, a travel path is delineated by the one or more tracks; and a chair slidingly engaged with the one or more tracks, and vertically positioned between the floor and the ceiling. The chair locks in one or more set positions. And, the one or more set positions are selected from a group consisting of an airway care position, an extended airway care position, a procedural care position, a responder position, a patient care position, and a patient load position.
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25 Claims
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1. An emergency vehicle patient transport system comprising:
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a loading passage providing access to an interior of an emergency vehicle; one or more tracks coupled to the interior of the emergency vehicle wherein, a travel path is delineated by the one or more tracks; a chair slidingly engaged with the one or more tracks, and vertically positioned between a floor and a ceiling of the interior of the emergency vehicle, wherein the chair comprises a curved vertical member and a seat, and wherein; the seat comprises an upper portion which contacts and supports an upper torso of a user when disposed in the chair, and a posterior support; the curved vertical member forms a curve between the floor and the ceiling of the interior of the emergency vehicle; the curved vertical member partially surrounds the seat; and the entire seat tilts forward with respect to the curved vertical member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An emergency vehicle patient transport system comprising:
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a loading passage providing access to an interior of an emergency vehicle; one or more tracks coupled to the interior of the emergency vehicle wherein, a travel path is delineated by the one or more tracks; a chair slidingly engaged with the one or more tracks, and vertically positioned between a floor and a ceiling of the interior of the emergency vehicle, wherein the chair comprises a curved vertical member and a seat, and wherein; the curved vertical member forms a curve between the floor and the ceiling of the interior of the emergency vehicle; the curved vertical member partially surrounds the seat; and the seat tilts with respect to the curved vertical member, wherein the chair comprises a seat support member engaged with the curved vertical member, and the seat comprises a posterior support coupled to the seat support member, and a lap bar disposed above the posterior support, and wherein the lap bar partially surrounds an aperture about the posterior support. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An emergency vehicle patient transport system comprising:
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a loading passage providing access to an interior of an emergency vehicle; one or more tracks coupled to the interior of the emergency vehicle wherein, a travel path is delineated by the one or more tracks; a chair slidingly engaged with the one or more tracks, and vertically positioned between a floor and a ceiling of the interior of the emergency vehicle, wherein the chair comprises a curved vertical member and a seat, and wherein; the curved vertical member forms a curve between the floor and the ceiling of the interior of the emergency vehicle; the curved vertical member partially surrounds the seat; the seat tilts with respect to the curved vertical member; and the chair comprises a video feed coupled to the curved vertical member and located above the seat.
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25. An emergency vehicle patient transport system comprising:
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a loading passage providing access to an interior of an emergency vehicle; one or more tracks coupled to the interior of the emergency vehicle wherein, a travel path is delineated by the one or more tracks; a chair slidingly engaged with the one or more tracks, and vertically positioned between a floor and a ceiling of the interior of the emergency vehicle, wherein the chair comprises a curved vertical member and a seat, and wherein; the curved vertical member forms a curve between the floor and the ceiling of the interior of the emergency vehicle; the curved vertical member partially surrounds the seat; the seat tilts with respect to the curved vertical member; the chair comprises a knee member for supporting the legs of an occupant that extends and retracts from the seat; and the chair comprises a knee actuator that extends the knee member from the seat in sync with tilting of the seat.
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