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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2018
Next Health, Llc, Rowayton, CT (US);
Rory Alan Cooper, Gibsonia, PA (US);
David Beckstrom, Roxbury, CT (US);
Raymond A. Curatolo, New Milford, CT (US);
Garrett Grindle, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Richard Kovacsics, Hazleton, PA (US);
NextHealth, LLC, Rowayton, CT (US);
University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention includes methods and apparatuses for patient transfer from a rollable chair to a bed and back. A rollable chair includes a first frame having a seat; a second frame coupled to the first frame, the second frame having a backrest configured to move relative to the first frame; and a third frame coupled to the first frame, the third frame having a track having a curvilinear length configured to allow the first frame to rotate and to translate relative to the third frame. A bed includes a chair-receiving frame configured to couple to the first frame of the rollable chair. The rollable chair and the bed work in tandem to transfer a patient, for example using coordinated, automated motions.