| US 7,540,043 B2 | ||
| Portable patient conveyor and methods related thereto | ||
| Mark A. Stackley, St. Croix Falls, Wis. (US); Arthur G. Erdman, New Brighton, Minn. (US); Ryan Buesseler, Fergus Falls, Minn. (US); and Shivakumar Hanubal, Leesburg, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 02, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/293,884. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/633055, filed on Dec. 03, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0225202 A1, Oct. 12, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61G 1/003 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 5—81.1C | 39 Claims |
| 1. A portable assembly for transferring a subject from a first support surface to an second support surface, the assembly
comprising:
a first roller;
a second roller parallel with, and spaced apart from, the first roller;
an assembly frame longitudinally extending from a frame first end, positioned adjacent a first end of the first and second
rollers, to a frame second end, positioned adjacent a second end of the first and second rollers, the frame ends supporting
and suspending the first and the second rollers through the longitudinal dimension therebetween;
a substantially flat belt support coupled to the assembly frame between the first and the second rollers, the belt support
including an upper support surface and a lower support surface;
a continuous belt comprising a belt underside surface and a belt conveying surface, the belt underside surface mounted, in
part, on an outer surface portion of the first and second rollers and extending outside both the upper and lower support surfaces
of the belt support, the belt conveying surface contacting the subject and the first and second support surfaces during a
transfer process;
a motor coupled to the belt; and
a power source, coupled to the motor.
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