US 12,263,129 B2
Patient handling apparatus
Richard Nilsson, Lund (SE); Jörgen Per Jönsson, Harlösa (SE); Anders Lundquist, Genarp (SE); and Jon Backman, Malmö (SE)
Assigned to ARJO IP HOLDING AKTIEBOLAG, Malmö (SE)
Appl. No. 18/014,496
Filed by Arjo IP Holding Aktiebolag, Malmö (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/066412
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/008193, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2050849-5 (SE), filed on Jul. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0263679 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/1003 (2013.01) [A61G 7/1019 (2013.01); A61G 7/1046 (2013.01); A61G 7/1059 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient handling apparatus comprising a base with a frame and a patient support device, the patient support device being movable relative to the base,
wherein the patient support device is movably mounted to the frame between an upright and an inclined position, in which the patient support device is inclined backwards or forwards in the inclined position relative to the upright position by means of a guiding arrangement,
whereby said guiding arrangement comprises at least one frame guiding element mounted to the frame and a support guiding element mounted to the patient support device,
wherein the support guiding element is movably connected to the frame guiding element and at least one of the at least one frame guiding element and the support guiding element has a continuously arched portion concave relative the patient support device in the upright position, said continuously arched portion being arranged to guide a relative movement between the support guiding element and the frame guiding element for providing movement of the patient support device between the upright and inclined position, and
wherein one of the at least one frame guiding element comprises a curved gear rack and the support guiding element comprises a pinion interfacing with said curved gear rack,
wherein a toothed surface of the curved gear rack interfacing with the pinion faces the patient support device, and
wherein, upon movement of the patent handling apparatus, a contact force is caused onto the pinion towards the gear rack.