Patent ID: 11883341
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method for pulling a patient horizontally on a bed, the method comprising:
having the patient lie on a slide sheet on the bed, the slide sheet having a low friction coating on an underside of the slide sheet, the slide sheet having a plurality of loops on all sides;
having two or more pull-straps each with a first end and a second end, with clips attached to the first end;
attaching each of the clips to one of the plurality of loops at a head side of the patient on the bed, the loops chosen being equally spaced from the patients sides;
having a pull rod with a motor system, attached to a post of the bed or a wall at the head side of the patient, the pull rod being attached at a height equal to a level of the patient;
attaching the second end of the pull straps to the pull rod;
rotating the pull rod in a pull direction using the motor system, by placing a pull-release switch to a pull position and depressing a push to engage safety switch, that is a push-on release-off switch that has to be kept depressed for the motor system to operate, the safety switch providing additional safety to the patient during puller operation;
rolling up the pull straps on the pull rod applies a horizontal pull force to the pull-straps and there from to the slide sheet, pulling up the slide sheet on the bed, thereby moving the patient horizontally up on his bed.