PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15956734
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["005", "086100"]

Abstract:
The embodiments herein provide a patient transfer system for transferring a patient form one surface to another with a single attendant/caretaker. The system comprises a main base with wheels, a column actuator for height adjustment and a patient resting surface. The patient resting surface comprises two surfaces made of a mattress and a sheet. During transfer of patient from one surface to another, the system is attached/locked to a firm surface like floor, wall or ceiling using mechanical attachment devices for providing stability. The sheet when pulled lengthwise is transformed into an almost hard surface. A frame with sheet carrying patient is moved horizontally or vertically for transferring the patient. The sheet is made out of radiolucent material to avoid any effects due to radiations during X-ray, CT scans, MRI etc. The system is also convertible into a wheelchair using actuators when needed.

Claim (Index 14):
A method of using the patient transfer system for transferring a patient form one surface to another, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:\n placing the patient transfer system carrying a patient near to another surface/bed on which the patient needs to be transferred; locking the patient transfer system to a firm surface using one or more mechanical attachment devices; adjusting a height of the patient transfer system using a column actuator to match up with another surface; stretching the sheet in lengthwise with one or more actuators for transforming the sheet into a hard surface to lift the weight of the patient during patient transfer, and wherein a caretaker needs to insert the plurality of pins present in one or more rails of the patient resting surface into the plurality of holes in the sheet for attaching the sheet; raising the sheet and the patient using one or more actuators slightly above a mattress; moving the sheet over one or more rails for transferring the patient from the patient transfer system to another surface; and lowering the sheet carrying the patient onto another surface using one or more actuators and detaching the plurality of pins form the plurality of sheet holes to complete the patient transfer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81395
- Patent Class: 5.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12350210', '11232164', '11052490', '11999738', '12788392']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7839517290661184
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.459244052120459
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7514809613715525
- Mean Citation Score: 181.02255
- Max Citation Score: 186.20998
- Similarity Product: 155.32954402513624

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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