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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sylvain Rodier, St-Ours, CA;
Jean Bergeron, Canton Magog, CA;
Assignee:
Arjo Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/10 ;
Abstract
A rail mounted patient lift comprises a ceiling mounted rail, a carriage mounted for displacement along said rail, power operated drive means for displacing the carriage along the rail, a sling hanger secured to a flexible elongate support element, power operated lifting means for extending and retracting the elongate support element relative to the carriage, a manually operable controller and control circuit means for moving said carriage to a selected one of a plurality of different positions along the rail in response to a first command signal from the controller.