US 12,239,592 B2
Patient transfer mattress
Anna Grou, Gothenburg (SE); Patrick Rodzewicz, Gothenburg (SE); Conny Jakobsson, Lerum (SE); and Daniel Melin, Mölnlycke (SE)
Assigned to Mölnlycke Health Care AB, Mölndal (SE)
Appl. No. 17/781,183
Filed by Mölnlycke Health Care AB, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/085292
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/122226, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19216675 (EP), filed on Dec. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000704 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/1028 (2013.01) [A61G 7/1021 (2013.01); A61G 7/1026 (2013.01); A61G 2200/32 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient transfer mattress having a lateral (x) and a longitudinal (y) extension, wherein said mattress is configured to be arranged in each of a resting configuration and a lifting configuration; said mattress comprising a main mattress section and a bottom mattress section; said bottom mattress section having a smaller lateral (x) extension than said main mattress section, wherein said main mattress section comprises a first set of lifting straps arranged along a first lateral edge of said main mattress section and a second set of lifting straps arranged opposite of said first set of lifting straps along a second lateral edge of said main mattress section, wherein said bottom mattress section comprises at least one first lower lifting strap arranged on a first lateral edge of said bottom mattress section opposite of at least one second lower lifting strap arranged on a second lateral edge of said bottom mattress section; said lifting straps being configured to be connected to a patient lifting device, wherein said main mattress section comprises a first sealed compartment of air, wherein said bottom mattress section comprises a second sealed compartment of air and is configured to cover thighs of a patient in said lifting configuration, said first and said second sealed compartments of air being configured to overlap in an area of said main mattress section, wherein said mattress comprises a top layer and a bottom layer, wherein said first compartment of air is attached to said top layer and said second compartment of air is attached to said bottom laver.