Ferno-washington, Inc.

Timothy Robert Wells

Timothy Paul Schroeder

Nicholas Vittorio Valentino

Robert L Potak

Zhen Y Shen

Joshua James Markham

Matthew Michael Palastro

Brian Michael Magill

Joseph G Bourgraf

Timothy J Dietz

Gavin Lee Broadley

Alan Raymond Cambridge

Derick C Robinson

Michael Jeffries

Michael D Clark

Preeti Sar

Colleen Q Blickensderfer

Christopher Way

Matthew Palastro

Brian M Magill

Kemal Burc Oz

Elroy Edwin Bourgraf, Jr

Jeffrey A Szekely

Abraham M Arnold, Jr

David N Fager

A cot can include a support frame that extends between a front end and a back end. A front leg and a back leg can be slidingly coupled to the support frame. A front actuator can be coupled to the front leg and slide the front leg to retract and extend the front leg. A back actuator can be coupled to the back leg and slide the back leg to retract and extend the front leg. One or more processors can execute machine readable instructions to receive signals from one or more sensors indicative of the front end of the cot and the front leg. The one or more processors can actuate the back actuator to extend the back leg to raise the back end of the cot, when the front end of the cot is supported by a surface and the front leg is retracted a predetermined amount.

Automated systems for powered cots

Cot fastener

According to one embodiment, a roll-in cot may include a support frame, a pair of front legs, a pair of back legs, and a cot actuation system. The pair of front legs may be slidingly coupled to the support frame. Each front leg includes at least one front wheel. The pair of back legs may be slidingly coupled to the support frame. Each back leg includes at least one back wheel. The cot actuation system includes a front actuator that moves the front legs and a back actuator that moves the back legs. The front actuator and the back actuator raises or lowers the support frame in tandem. The front actuator raises or lowers the front end of the support frame independently of the back actuator. The back actuator raises or lowers the back end of the support frame independently of the front actuator.

Powered cots

Cot fastening systems which fix and hold an emergency cot to a crash stable, cot fastener track included in the system and provided within an emergency vehicle and methods of affixing the emergency cot thereto are disclosed. The track has a longitudinal length with first and second ends, open side rails longitudinally extending between the ends, and a channel centrally located between the rails. The side rails align, accommodate and guide a first fixture of the cot towards the first end as the cot is rolled within the vehicle and to retain the first fixture adjacent the first end at least vertically and laterally therein. The channel accommodates therein and retains a second fixture adjacent the second end at least vertically and laterally therein. A securing mechanism releasably prevents removal of the first fixture from the open side rails and removal of the second fixture from the channel.

Cot fastening system having a crash stable, cot fastener track and method of affixing an emergency cot thereto

According to one embodiment, a roll-in cot may include a support frame, a pair of back legs, a pair of front legs, and a cot actuation system. The pair of back legs and the pair of front legs can be slidingly coupled to the support frame. Each of the pair of front legs can include a front wheel and an intermediate load wheel. The intermediate load wheel is offset from the front wheel by a load wheel distance. A front actuator can raise the pair of front legs such that the front wheel and the intermediate load wheel of each of the pair of front legs are aligned along a loading level. The intermediate load wheel of each of the pair of front legs can be offset from the pair of back legs by a loading span. The load wheel distance can be greater than the loading span.

Powered roll-in cots

A powered ambulance cot and methods of raising and lowering the cot as well as loading and unloading the cot are disclosed. The cot includes a support frame and legs, each leg having a wheel. An actuator of an actuation system interconnects the frame and legs, and is configured to effect changes in elevation of the frame relative to the wheel of each of the legs. A control system controls activation of the actuation system, and detects both the actuator at a first location relative to the frame, where the first location is remote from a second location and which situates an end of the actuator that is remote from each wheel closer to the frame, and a presence of a signal requesting a change in elevation of said support frame to thereby cause the legs to move relative to the support frame.

Powered ambulance cot with an automated cot control system

Cot fastening systems () which fix and hold an emergency cot () to a crash stable cot fastener track () provided within an emergency vehicle (). The track () has a longitudinal length with front () and back ends (), open side rails () longitudinally extending between the ends, and a channel () centrally located between the rails. The side rails () align, accommodate and guide a forward fixture () of the cot towards the front end () as the cot () is rolled within the vehicle to retain the forward fixture () adjacent the front end () at least vertically and laterally. The channel () accommodates and retains a rearward fixture () adjacent the back end () at least vertically and laterally. A securing mechanism () releasably prevents removal of the forward fixture () from the open side rails and removal of the rearward fixture () from the channel ().

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.

Emergency vehicle patient transport systems

Powered ambulance COT with an automated COT control system

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Hillsboro, OH, United States of America

Timothy Robert Wells