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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Hans Lingegård, Eslöv, SE;
Bo Persson, Löddeköpinge, SE;
Håkan Hagström, Lund, SE;
Deni Dimovski, Eslöv, SE;
Arjo Hospital Equipment AB, Eslov, SE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for facilitating, in handicapped patients, undressing, dressing and access to body parts between the waist and knees of the patient. The apparatus includes a seat ( ) and a back support ( ) which between them form an open region ( ) in which a person located in the apparatus is not supported. The seat and the back support are disposed to be displaced between positions in which the person is placed in positions where the major proportion of the patient's weight is carried by the seat or in which the major proportion of the patient's weight is carried by the back support.