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Med-tec Iowa, Inc.

Charles B Reinert

Clayton P Korver, Ii

Dana M Dawson

John G Schmitz

A patient transfer system is provided for quick, easy and comfortable movement of a patient between horizontal and vertical positions and between lateral locations for medical procedures. The system includes a gurney with a patient positioning board pivotally mounted thereon for movement between horizontal and upright positions. The board is adapted to receive a patient mold. A footrest is provided at the lower end of the board such that a patient can step onto the footrest when the board is in the upright position and lean against the board. The board is then lowered to a horizontal position on the gurney. The gurney can be wheeled into position adjacent a treatment table in a treatment room, such as for radiation therapy, and docked to the table. Laterally extending guide rails on the gurney and on the treatment table are aligned such that the board can be laterally moved from the gurney guide rails to the table guide rails, thereby quickly and easily transferring the patient from the gurney to the treatment table in an indexed known position, which can be duplicated in future treatment procedures.

System for vertical to horizontal movement and lateral movement of a patient

An injector to deliver a variable dose into a living creature, such as an animal, the injector having a mounting element with an elongated, straight handle to be gripped by the user, a cylinder fixed to the mounting element, a piston movably associated within the cylinder to define a variable volume working space, a tube connected to the piston and fluidly connected to the space through the piston, a needle fluidly communicating with the space, check valves controlling the flow of fluid, a pad associated with the needle and the mounting element, the pad having a face with an oblique angle of engagement with the animal, the piston movable to a cocked position by the tube where it is retained until automatically released upon said pad contacting the animal and being moved toward the body, and thereby permitting the needle to be inserted into the animal, the pad engaging a latch binding the tube in the cocked position for releasing the tube and piston for passage of fluid from the space through the needle, a pawl for holding the latch in a non-tube binding position until a full dose of fluid has been ejected through the needle and further ensuring full needle penetration, and an element connected to the tube for engagement with the handle for varying the amount of the working space.

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Alton, IA, United States of America

Charles B Reinert