Patent ID: 7980511
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: A61G,B64D

Abstract:
1. A device for the transport and medical care of a patient as well as for the provision of emergency medical care in an aircraft, which device can be permanently installed inside the passenger cabin of an aircraft, comprising: a stretcher and medical care equipment, and lateral elements adapted to at least partially shield the patient from the environment, wherein the device is enveloped on all sides by the lateral elements and forms a separated compartment relative to the passenger cabin, wherein, when the compartment is installed inside the passenger cabin of the aircraft, the volume of the compartment can be temporarily enlarged by shifting at least one lateral section of the lateral elements between a first, emergency medical care mode, and a second, expanded mode for patient transport, wherein the stretcher is horizontally arranged within the compartment in the first and second modes such that the patient can be received on the stretcher, and such that space is available for a medical assistant inside the compartment.