The present invention relates to the area of mobile stretchers and especially to intensive-care stretchers that are adapted for a fixed placing of medical instruments such as suction units, patient monitor including defibrillator, ventilator/respirator units, oxygen unit as well as infusion pump in direct connection to the stretcher.
A previously known mobile intensive-care stretcher is formed with an instrument placing under the stretcher with each instruments being manoeuvrable and readable from the side.
Another previously known mobile intensive-care stretcher is formed with an instrument placing at the head-end of the stretcher where also manoeuvring and monitoring takes place.
Such prior instrument placings do, on one hand, not act disturbing on medical actions since the instruments are located at a distance from the action area, but on the other hand, these placings represent difficulties upon certain actions by virtue of the distance from the action location. Thus, these instruments in these known stretchers may be difficult to quickly be able to monitor and manoeuvre during an action.
The present invention aims at providing a mobile intensive-care stretcher having an improved medical instrument placing, an improved instrumental manageability and clearness at the same time as the instrument placing does not constitute an obstacle for moving a lying patient to and from the stretcher and which furthermore neither constitutes an obstacle for different types of medical actions.
By the present invention, such as the same appears the independent claim, the above-mentioned object is fulfilled. Suitable embodiments of the invention are defined in the dependent claims.
The invention relates to a mobile stretcher comprising a rack in the foot-end thereof, which rack carries mounting devices for medical instruments in such a way that the instruments will be placed centred midwise above the foot-end of the stretcher as well as enable space for a patient to lie under said instruments with his/her legs. Furthermore, the rack is so formed that no part of the rack constitutes an obstacle for handling the legs and feet of the patient upon movement and medical actions.
Furthermore, the rack is formed so that a patient in a lying position may be lifted up on the stretcher generally laterally in a stretched-out position without neither rack nor instrumentation blocking the same.
The rack is formed with two rear support legs, which are fixedly connected to the frame of the stretcher and having such strength that all instruments may be carried by these as well as with two front support legs, which are individually foldable in the backward direction but also individually lockable to the frame of the stretcher in a lowered position.
The rack is further formed so that the height between the bed face of the frame and the bottom side of an instrument is in the interval of 30-50 cm and is provided with a shelf on which instruments may be placed.
The rack is furthermore provided with crash bows, protective hoods or the like in order to protect each instrument upon a possible tipping of the stretcher.
Furthermore, the rack co-operates with a directly adapted to transparency specially adapted spineboard that is adapted to the stretcher for x-ray, CT scan and computer tomography and that is manufactured from a composite material in such a way that said spineboard may transversally while having a patient on the top laterally be inserted under the rack and be locked to the bed face of the frame. Furthermore, said spineboard is provided with a mattress, which also is fastened at the stretcher by means of, e.g., Velcro®. Furthermore, there are bands or belts in order to strap a patient to the stretcher.
Furthermore, the mobile stretcher is manufactured in carbon fibre material and high-tensile aluminium, which implies that a complete stretcher having chassis, spineboard, mattress, medical instruments, gas and electrics/electronics will weigh only approx. 70 kg.
The invention will now be described closer by means of embodiment examples, reference being made to the accompanying drawings where,
As is also seen in the figure, the rack is provided with a front crash bow 27, which surrounds the sides and the top. side of the medical instrument 13. Also a rear crash bow 29 is connected to the shelf in order to protect the instruments being carried by the shelf. From the middle of the rear crash bow 29, a longitudinal protective bow 30 runs. As an alternative to the shown crash bows, the instruments may be protected by one or more metal envelopes.
The instruments that are intended to be placed on the rack 11 are two suction units 31 in order to drain liquids, e.g. Laerdal™ Suction Unit (LSU). Furthermore, a patient monitor, in combination with a defibrillator 33, e.g. Zoll M-series CCT®, is placed on the rack 11. The patient monitor is formed in a way that enables a 30° deviating observation angle in relation to straight from the front. Also said ventilator/respirator is mounted on the rack. The suction units are easily detachable in order to be possible to be moved quickly, while the other instruments also are detachable but by means of tools. Furthermore, an infusion equipment, e.g. Alaris Medsystem III DLE®, is also included, which is fastened at the rack (not shown).
The head-end 7 of the frame is provided with front telescopic carrying handles 35 and the foot-end 9 of the frame is correspondingly provided with rear telescopic carrying handles 37. The figure shows the carrying handles telescoped.
The figure also schematically shows a specially adapted spineboard 39, which is screenable and provided with locking devices for fixation of the same to the bed face of the frame. Said spineboard manufactured from composite is further formed with a back that can be raised in a 15° position and a 30° position. The foot-end thereof may furthermore be raised in parallel approx. 12 cm in order to counteract a state of shock. On top of said spineboard, a mattress 41 lies, which also is fastened with said spineboard by means of Velcro®. Furthermore, the stretcher is provided with tightening belts in order to fix a patient (not shown).
Furthermore, the stretcher is provided with a locking shaft 43, which constitutes a part of a locking system for fixing the stretcher in an ambulance. At both the foot-end 9 and the head-end 7, combination wheels 45 are arranged, which wheels can be pulled out from the frame and may assume four positions, a first position with the wheels entirely retracted as the figure shows, the wheels being entirely inactive. A second position where the wheels are lowered 2 cm in order to be able to roll the stretcher on a substratum, a third position where the wheels are lowered 3-6 cm as well as a fourth position where the wheels are lowered 10-30 cm in order to roll the stretcher over thresholds etc.
Within the scope of the subsequent claims, a number of embodiments are feasible, which have not been shown here in detail but which easily may be realized with the aid of the description above.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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0301678-9 | Jun 2003 | SE | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/SE04/00887 | 6/7/2004 | WO | 1/22/2007 |