Patent ID: 7568240
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A device to assist in patient care comprising: a substantially rigid frame defining a patient-support area within an area bounded by the frame, the frame being adapted to be positioned with respect to a patient bed such that the patient support area substantially lies on a plane substantially parallel to a plane of an upper patient receiving surface of the bed; and a patient support material mounted to the frame so as to extend within the patient support area of the frame, the patient support material having at least two openings extending laterally inward from at least one side of the patient support material and oriented substantially perpendicular to a line running from the head of the bed to the foot of the bed; wherein the openings allow at least two respective elongated patient transfer components of a transfer device to be inserted beneath a patient lying on the patient support material such that the elongated patient transfer components can be lifted above through the openings and thus transfer the patient from the patient support material to the elongated patient transfer components; and wherein the patient support material includes a plurality of straps extending laterally across the patient-support area, the straps defining the openings between adjacent straps.