Patent ID: 6568003
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A device for handling a patient, such as raising the patient from a sitting position to a standing position or vice versa, and/or moving the person from one location to another, said device comprisingtop mounting means (51, 52) for suspending the device from suspension means (5), and frame means (1, 2, 3) for supporting the patient, said frame means comprising a supporting lower frame portion (2) comprising a feet support assembly (6) and a knee support (7), an upper frame portion (1) comprising the mounting means (51, 52) and means (12) for attaching a sling (9), and an intermediate frame linkage portion (3) connecting the upper and lower frame portions (1, 2) in such a way that the upper frame portion (1) is vertically moveable in relation to the lower frame portion (2).