Patient handling apparatus and method

A soft-walled inflatable cradle (10) has a seat section (14), a back-support section (16), and a pair of opposed side panel sections (18, 20) extending between respective sides of the back-support and the seat. The cradle is positioned about a patient in an un-inflated condition and inflated to defi...

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Hauptverfasser:	Owens, Austin William, Garman, David Edmund Talbot
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY FUNERAL DEVICES HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS
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Zusammenfassung:	A soft-walled inflatable cradle (10) has a seat section (14), a back-support section (16), and a pair of opposed side panel sections (18, 20) extending between respective sides of the back-support and the seat. The cradle is positioned about a patient in an un-inflated condition and inflated to define a self-supporting seat structure. The cradle may be formed in at least two separable parts which can be positioned about a patient and connected together prior to inflation. The cradle may be used in co-operation with apparatus which include rollers over which the inflated cradle is moved. Methods of handling a patient using the cradle are also disclosed.