Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Hyunki In

Keri Kim

Myungjoong Lee

Seung Jun Lee

Jeongryul Kim

Yonghwan Moon

Hong Jun Cho

Jonggyu Choi

Yong Hwan Moon

A smart sling for patient transfer assistance includes a first driving unit, a second driving unit, a wire part and a sling unit. The first driving unit is configured to provide a rotational driving force. The second driving unit is spaced apart from the first driving unit by a predetermined distance. The wire part extends between the first driving unit and the second driving unit. The sling unit is configured to unfold toward the second driving unit from a folded state into the first driving unit along the wire part, to position a patient on the sling unit.

Smart sling for patient transfer assistance

A smart sling device includes a body; a support rod installed at the body; and a sling member installed at the support rod and inserted under a patient to support the patient therebelow, and the sling member includes an expanding unit having an accommodation space for accommodating air therein, the expanding unit expanding due to a pneumatic pressure generated by the accommodated air to support the patient therebelow; and an expansion limiting unit installed at the expanding unit to limit expansion of the expanding unit in one direction.

Smart sling device using pneumatically driven growth mechanism

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Hyunki In