US 11,938,067 B2
Patient containment systems for use with patient transport apparatuses
Daniel V. Brosnan, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Melvin Gottschalk, Jr., Byron Center, MI (US); Zachary Baker, Scotts, MI (US); Scott I. Biba, Waunakee, WI (US); Erik P. Eagleman, Madison, WI (US); Cory P. Herbst, Shelbyville, MI (US); Nathan W. Matheny, Portage, MI (US); Trey Thomas Pfeiffer, Portage, MI (US); Kelly Sandmeyer, Mattawan, MI (US); Jeffrey R. Staszak, Deerfield, WI (US); John Wallace, Troy, MI (US); James K. Galer, Byron Center, MI (US); James Robert Tumavich, Jr., Kalamazoo, MI (US); Kevin M. Patmore, Plainwell, MI (US); and Scott Zufall, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/131,954.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/954,879, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0196535 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 5/10 (2006.01); A61G 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 3/0808 (2013.01) [A61G 5/10 (2013.01); A61G 2200/34 (2013.01); A61G 2203/70 (2013.01); A61G 2205/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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10. A patient transport system comprising:
a patient transport apparatus comprising a seat section and a back section for supporting the patient;
a patient containment system comprising:
an upper strap having a seat end coupled to said seat section, a back end, a shoulder region extending between said seat end and said back end, and a strap handle coupled to said shoulder region and arranged for engagement by the patient;
a lower strap having a thigh region, a waist region, and a connection region arranged between said thigh region and said waist region, wherein said connection region defines a connection width and said thigh region defines a thigh width larger than said connection width;
a connector coupled to said connection region of said lower strap; and
a coupling system to facilitate releasable attachment of said patient containment system to said patient transport apparatus, said coupling system comprising:
an anchor operatively attached to one of said patient transport apparatus and said lower strap;
a receiver shaped to releasably secure said anchor, said receiver operatively attached to the other of said patient transport apparatus and said lower strap; and
wherein said coupling system is operable between:
an engagement configuration to at least partially limit movement of said anchor relative said receiver; and
a disengagement configuration to release said anchor from said receiver.