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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2009
Dennis Rupar, Spring Lake, MI (US);
John Walwood, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Graham Weeks, Holland, MI (US);
Jeffrey L. Lewandowski, Delton, MI (US);
Cory P. Herbst, Shelbyville, MI (US);
Jeffrey M. Gorton, Portage, MI (US);
Joseph E. Mroz, Hastings, MI (US);
Martin Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Dennis Rupar, Spring Lake, MI (US);
John Walwood, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Graham Weeks, Holland, MI (US);
Jeffrey L. Lewandowski, Delton, MI (US);
Cory P. Herbst, Shelbyville, MI (US);
Jeffrey M. Gorton, Portage, MI (US);
Joseph E. Mroz, Hastings, MI (US);
Martin Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A patient repositioning system includes a drive unit, which is adapted for mounting to a head end of a patient support, and a clamp assembly. The clamp assembly is mounted to a headboard, which releasably mounts to the drive unit. The clamp assembly is mounted in the headboard in a stowed position and is configured for deployment from the headboard for coupling to a panel on the patient support. The drive unit includes a housing and a winding assembly supported in and enclosed by the housing. The winding assembly includes at least one tether, which is adapted to couple to the clamp assembly when the headboard is mounted to the drive unit and when the clamp assembly is deployed from the headboard. The tether is further optionally adapted to decouple from the clamp assembly when the clamp assembly is moved to its stowed position in the headboard.