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

Claim 0:
1. A method for turning a patient, on the patient's side, horizontally on a bed, the method comprising:
having a patient on a sheet, the sheet having a plurality of loops on sides of the sheet;
using two or more pull-straps having a first end and a second end, with clips attached to the first end;
attaching each of the clips at the first end of the pull-straps each to a different one of the plurality of loops on one long side of the slide sheet, parallel to the patient;
having a pull rod, over and parallel to the patient on the bed, attached to a motor system;, attaching the second end of the pull-strap to the pull rod;, rotating the pull rod in a pull direction using a pull-release switch and a safety switch, by setting the pull-release switch to a pull position and pushing to engage the safety switch;
wherein the rotating pull-rod rolls up the pull-straps attached to the pull rod to exert the necessary pull force on the sheet via the clips connected to the pull-straps to help turn the patient, on the patient's side, horizontally on the bed.