A combination patient-transfer air-inflated pad and intraoperative heater device has first and second interlocking chambers laterally fused together. The air-inflated pad has a top surface and a bottom surface formed by way of the first and second interlocking chambers. The first interlocking chamber is formed as a comb-type structure having a main spine with two or more prongs alternately separated by valleys. The second interlocking chamber is a mirror comb-type structure to the first interlocking chamber. The device is fabricated from two thin layers of plastic material, selectively configured and fused. With this construction, the bulk of the device, as well as the cost of manufacture, are reduced. The device is affordable for single use, obviating the difficulty and possible incompleteness of sterilization between uses. The first interlocking chamber has an inlet appointed to be supplied with regulated, controlled low pressure and controlled temperature heated or cooled air. The second interlocking chamber has a plurality of air venting apertures in said bottom surface of said air-inflated pad. The second interlocking chamber has an inlet appointed to be supplied with ambient air at a regulated, controlled pressure to facilitate lifting and lateral displacement during patient transfer. The device may be easily re-employed when the patient is transferred from one location to another and may function as an alternating pressure mattress if needed.

The patient transfer device comprises a base, a central pole, a ceiling support, a lift system, a horizontal handle, and a support belt. The patient transfer device may be adapted to assist a caregiver in moving a patient from a first seated location to a second seated location by holding the patient in an elevated seated position while the patient is moved from a first rotational orientation to a second rotational orientation. The base may rest on a floor to provide stability. The central pole may rise vertically upwards to the ceiling support. The central pole may be extended using the lift system to press the ceiling support against a ceiling to provide additional support. The horizontal handle and the support belt may be adapted to hold the patient in the elevated seated position while the patient is moved.

A trauma gurney includes a base connected to a frame by a vertical adjustment mechanism. The base is configured that it can be maneuvered over a receiving table. The frame holds a detachable platform suitable for the positioning of a patient thereon. Actuation of the adjustment mechanism allows the frame to be lowered and the patient platform to be detached. The patient platform is configured to be non-interfering with various procedures such as MRI procedures so the patient platform can remain with the patient after the patient has been transferred without adverse effects to the procedures. The patient platform can also be reattached to the frame after it has been removed. The trauma gurney beneficially allows a patient to be transferred from the gurney to another surface, such as for imaging, without requiring a conventional lateral transfer. Similarly, the trauma gurney allows a patient to be transferred back to the gurney.

A bed step stool for assisting a user into and out of bed including opposite sides, a head, and a foot, comprising a first support to be disposed closer to the head of the bed; a second support to be disposed closer to the foot of the bed; wheels configured to allow the bed step stool to roll on a surface; a step assembly supported by the wheels and supported between the first support and the second support, the step assembly to enable the user to step thereon for assisting the user into and out of the bed; a seat assembly disposed above the step assembly, the seat assembly configured to be moved between a deployed position where the user can rest thereon and a stored position.

A frame includes a left upright member with a longitudinal open-ended tube at its lower end, a right upright member with a longitudinal open-ended tube at its lower end, and cross member(s) connecting together the upright members in a transversely spaced-apart arrangement wide enough to straddle a person's thighs or hips between the left and right tubes. A sheet of flexible material has left and right pairs of collinear sleeves, with gaps therebetween, attached to lower portions of corresponding left and right edges of the sheet. Left and right rods inserted through the corresponding sleeves, and through the corresponding tubes in the gaps between the sleeves, and attachment of an upper portion of the sheet to an upper portion of the frame, form an upright seat for supporting and lifting a person.

A cradle lift assist harness for assisting patients who are unable to independently get up from the floor to return to a chair, a bed or ambulation is disclosed. The harness includes a first tension member having a first handle. Further, the harness includes second and third tension members, each being longitudinally extended and having a first end respectively coupled to an end of the first tension member. The second and third tension members each respectively have a second end releasably coupled one to the other to form a cradle support about a patient. A second handle is disposed proximate to the second end of one of the second and third tension members. The cradle that is formed is configured to have a respective intermediate portion thereof be in contiguous contact with portions of a patient's buttocks as tension forces are applied to the first and second handles.

An apparatus that is configured to assist a helper to move a seated person from a first, seated position to a second, standing position, includes a lifting/assisting device, the lifting/assisting device being comprised of: a rigid elongated member, the elongated member having a longitudinal axis, a first proximal end and a second distal end, the first proximal end being adapted for being positioned on a floor; an offset section, the offset section being offset from the longitudinal axis a distance X and being located along the elongated member between the first proximal end and the second distal end; and, a lateral grasping member for the person, the grasping member being positioned distally of the offset section; a second offset member, the second offset member being of a dimension to approximately match the first offset section; and, a grab member positioned distally of the second offset member for use by the helper.

A harness assembly to assist in and secure a fireman's carry of a victim. The harness assembly includes an adjustable strap to be secured around the victim and an adjustable strap to be secured over the shoulder and under the armpit of a carrier. A harness system includes two harness assemblies with one harness assembly being attached around a leg of the victim and one shoulder of the carrier and the other harness assembly being attached around the chest of the victim and the other shoulder of the carrier. The straps are adjustable so that they can be cinched.

A device that can be quickly and easily mounted on a wheelchair for assisting a wheelchair user to safely exit or enter a wheelchair that includes a support having a horizontal top rail, the top rail having a first end and a second end, a first leg depending downwardly from the first end, and a second leg arranged opposite and parallel to the first leg, the second leg depending downwardly from the second end. The device further includes a bracket attached to the wheelchair, the bracket is constructed to engage with a bottom of the first leg such that when the bracket and bottom of the first leg are engaged, the device may be used to enter or exit the wheelchair.

There is described a patient lift apparatus comprising a supporting frame, a boom portion connected to the supporting frame via a pivot joint (PJ1) to allow the boom portion to pivot with respect to the supporting frame about a pivot axis (PA1), and a boom actuator to mechanically assist pivotal movement of the boom portion with respect to the supporting frame. The boom portion is configured as a telescopic arm comprising an outer member and an inner member that is telescopically received inside the outer member to allow displacement of the inner member with respect to the outer member and adjustment of an effective length of the telescopic arm. The patient lift apparatus further comprises a centering system configured to center the inner member with respect to the outer member and suppress a clearance between the inner member and outer member. The centering system includes a first centering element mounted on the outer member and interposed between an inner side of the outer member and an outer periphery of the inner member, and a second centering element mounted on the inner member and guided inside the outer member. The first and second centering elements are configured to suppress the clearance between the outer member and inner member. The first centering element is configured as a bushing member mounted on a distal end portion of the outer member, a portion of which bushing member extends between the inner side of the outer member and the outer periphery of the inner member. The second centering element is configured as a guiding member mounted on a distal end portion of the inner member and guided inside the outer member.