DEVICE FOR LIFTING AND TRANSPORTING PATIENTS Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medical equipment.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to equipment aimed at rehabilitation of patients with locomotor system troubles. Proposed device for lifting and transporting patients contains turnable carriage whose lower platform is mounted on pair of wheels, flexible carrying suspension, vertical post for guiding the wire rope, mounting brackets for fastening post to inner wall of room and electric drive with control system built around electric circuit. Circuit contains control circuit and drive circuit. Electric drive is formed by electric motor with reduction gear. Open gear train with internal meshing of drive pinion and driven gear is mounted on output shaft of reduction gear. Driven gear is coupled with wire rope by pull hub which is mounted on axle in bearings. Axle is secured on bracket installed on lower platform of turnable carriage. Vertical post is installed under pull hub in one plane with wheels with displacement towards one of wheels. Control system contains devices to protect equipment from leakage current and provide starting protection of electric motor.

EFFECT: simplified design with provision of mobility of device and operation reliability, reduced cost.

7 cl, 9 dwg