A patient handling apparatus (10) comprising abase (30) with a frame (31) and a patient support device (20), the patient support device (20) being movable relative to the base (30). The patient support device (20) is movably mounted to the frame (31) between an upright and an inclined position, in which the patient support device (20) is inclined backwards or forwards in the inclined position relative to the upright position by means of a guiding arrangement (70). The guiding arrangement (70) comprises at least one frame guiding element (72, 84) mounted to the frame (31) and a support guiding element (71) mounted to the patient support device (20).

A lift device and method of operation thereof including two vertical extendible tower members supporting a horizontal extendible transverse member, a payload lifting device and a traveler carriage configured to translate the payload between the two vertical extendible tower members along the horizontal extendible transverse member, an omnidirectional wheel assembly, a navigation control system configured to provide navigation control to the lift device via the omnidirectional wheel assembly based on a navigation path, one of a proximity sensing system and a machine vision system configured to determine one of a presence of an obstacle or an absence of a previously detected obstacle relative to the navigation path, and a motion control system configured to provide a smooth motion control signal and a retract or expand signal to the respective members of the lift device.

A lift transporting a person into and out from a water-containing structure having an interior wall includes a waterproof base assembly attached to the wall and having at least a portion thereof submerged in the structure, a waterproof seat assembly and a drive assembly. The seat assembly includes a lifting beam movably disposed with respect to a base housing and defining a seat arm chamber and a chair assembly comprising a chair arm movably connected to the lifting beam within the seat arm chamber to travel between a stowed position and a deployed position and a chair movably connected to the chair arm to travel between a stowed position and a deployed position. The drive assembly is operatively connected at least to the lifting beam and raises and lowers the lifting beam with respect to the lifting arm chamber and rotates the lifting beam with respect to the lifting arm chamber.

A stationary type caring lift includes a base plate arranged on a floor part at each of head and foot sides of a bed for a care receiver along each short-side side of the bed, four supports erected on the base plates in the vicinity of four corners of the bed, a pair of guide rails supported above the bed by the four supports and arranged in parallel along both long-side sides of the bed, a longitudinally moving body arranged between the guide rails and capable of being moved in a longitudinal direction of the bed while being guided by the guide rails, a slide rail attached movably, a laterally moving body attached movably in the lateral direction of the bed, and a lifting drive mechanism attached in the laterally moving body for hanging down the care receiver and having a worm reduction gear with a self-lock function.

A toilet comprising a frame; a bowl supported by the frame; a seat also supported by the frame; a shroud for covering the frame; at least one lift mechanism supported by the frame for adjusting the position of the bowl or seat; at least one sensor for capturing at least one property of a user; and a processor adapted to analyze the at least one property to determine a characteristic of the user is disclosed.

Disclosed herein is a variable-stiffness floating spring mechanism. The variable-stiffness floating spring mechanism can change its stiffness without changing an energy stored by a spring. The variable-stiffness floating spring mechanism can amplify an output of a human user. The variable-stiffness floating spring mechanism can enable augmentation of physical performance beyond the physical capabilities of the human user.

In a method for managing human waste collection for a bed-ridden user, a pelvic support member with an aperture and another opening is suspended over a mattress. A bag fitting the aperture is removably attached to the pelvic support member below the aperture. The pelvic support member is adjusted to change a geometric parameter of the aperture and/or the opening. The pelvic support member includes longitudinally extending flexible elongate elements each slidably attached to transverse edge elements of the pelvic support member and further includes transversely extending flexible elongate elements each slidably attached to longitudinal edge elements of the pelvic support member. The adjusting of the pelvic support member includes sliding at least one of the flexible elongate elements along respective ones of the transverse edge elements and the longitudinal edge elements.

A toilet includes a base, a cover, and a seat. The seat is rotatably coupled to the base, and the cover is rotatably coupled to the seat. The cover and the seat define an angled axis that is oriented upward and forward toward a front end of the base. The cover and the seat are each configured to rotate about the angled axis between a lowered position in which the cover and the seat are located adjacent the base and a stowed position in which the cover and the seat are oriented in an upward direction.

A mover device for the body of persons with reduced mobility, suitable and configured for being positioned above an installation. The device comprises a frame and a motor-driven operating portion at least partially overhanging the installation, which comprises a plurality of support elements movable according to at least one degree of freedom and configured for at least partially supporting the weight of a person, for moving at least a respective part of the person's body with respect to the remaining parts of the body. The device also comprises at least one housing and gripping element to house and grip parts and/or joints of a body which can be engaged by a respective support element and configured for operating at least between a rest condition wherein it can engage a part of a body and a grip condition wherein it engages a part of a body.

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a lift chair assembly for assisting a user to transition between sitting and standing. The assembly includes a frame body, a backrest member coupled to the frame body, a seat member coupled to the frame body and configured to pivot about an axis relative to the frame body independently from the backrest member such that the seat member pivots between a neutral position and an elevated position, a motor that selectively pivots the seat member, and a controller that selectively engages the motor to pivot the seat member