GB2343670A - Patient movement aid - Google Patents

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GB2343670A
GB2343670A GB9824518A GB9824518A GB2343670A GB 2343670 A GB2343670 A GB 2343670A GB 9824518 A GB9824518 A GB 9824518A GB 9824518 A GB9824518 A GB 9824518A GB 2343670 A GB2343670 A GB 2343670A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1025—Lateral movement of patients, e.g. horizontal transfer
    • A61G7/1032—Endless belts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G2200/00—Information related to the kind of patient or his position
    • A61G2200/30—Specific positions of the patient
    • A61G2200/34—Specific positions of the patient sitting
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/001—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons with means for turning-over the patient

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Abstract

A patient movement aid for moving a patient from a first position on a surface to a second position on the surface. The movement aid is formed from a flexible sheet comprising a unitary tubular member of blown plastic sheeting having first and second open ends, and a unitary seamless flexible web extending substantially continuously and uniformly from the first end to the second end. The tubular member is arranged to lie flat under the weight of the patient so that opposed portions of the inner surface of the web are in sliding contact with one another.

Description

Patient Movement Aid The present invention is concerned with a patient movement aid for use in, for example, hospitals, nursing homes, disability centres or the like.
It is common practice to use a patient movement aid or a patient transfer sheet to move patients over a surface (such as across a bed or gurney) or from one surface to another (such as from a chair to a wheelchair). Such aids or sheets are usually of textile or fabric material and include seams, stitches, joins or the like. The presence of such seams or stitches may cause discomfort and pain to a patient as the patient is moved on such an aid or sheet.
An improved and cost-effective patient movement aid has now been devised.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a patient movement aid for moving a patient from a first position on a surface to a second position on the surface, the movement aid comprising a flexible sheet comprising a unitary tubular member of blown plastics sheeting having first and second open ends, and a unitary seamless flexible web extending substantially continuously and uniformly from said first end to said second end, said tubular member being arranged to lie flat under the weight of said patient such that opposed portions of an inner surface of said web are in sliding contact with one another.
It is preferred that the flexible web is seamless in a longitudinally extending direction of the web and/or in a transverse direction. More preferably, the flexible web is seamless both in the longitudinally extending direction and also in a transverse direction. Advantageously, the seamless nature of the sheet may help to minimise pain and discomfort to a patient when the latter is moved from one position to another.
It is desirable that the inner surface of the flexible web has a low coefficient of friction to enable facile sliding movement of opposed portions of the inner surface.
In one embodiment, the outer face of the web may have a higher coefficient of friction relative to the inner surface so as to substantially inhibit sliding movement between the outer face of the web and the supporting surface. In other words, the flexible sheet may be moved across a surface (such as the surface of a bed or gurney) substantially by sliding contact of opposed portions of the inner surface of the web (rather than sliding movement of the outer face of the web relative to the surface of the bed or gurney).
The outer face of the tubular member may be such that is has a higher friction coefficient relative to the inner surface of the web. Preferably, the inner surface and outer face of the web may be provided with means for distinguishing the inner face from the outer face. For instance, each respective face may be colour-coded or, alternatively, the outer face may include a graphical representation, logo or wording printed thereon.
Advantageously, the movement aid according to the invention may be substantially crease-resistant and may be foldable to allow storage. Furthermore, the movement aid may be cleaned, for example, by sponging or wiping down with alcohol or the like. The flexible sheet typically has a transverse dimension of about 65 centimetres and a longitudinal dimension of about 90 centimetres.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of moving a patient from a first position on a surface to a second position on a surface, the method comprising: providing a patient movement aid according to the first aspect of the invention, placing the patient movement aid on a surface such that the movement aid lies substantially flat on the surface; placing a patient on the patient movement aid ; and moving the patient such that opposed portions of an inner surface of the web slide relative to one another.
According to the present invention, the movement aid may be used to move a patient to a sitting position, or to roll a patient over onto a side or the like. In use, the movement aid may be placed on the surface of, for example, a bed, a gurney, a patient examination table, a chair or the like and substantially adjacent to the patient. The patient may be carefully placed, slid or rolled on to the movement aid, and the inner surface of the sheet may then be slidably moved (either by the patient or by a helper) to transfer the patient from one position to a second position. The movement aid may then be removed from under the patient.
The invention will now be further described in a specific embodiment by way of example only, and with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which: Figure 1 is a schematic representation of the patient movement aid according to the invention.
Referring to the drawing, there is illustrated a patient movement aid generally designated by reference numeral 1. The movement aid 1 comprises a flexible plastics sheet in the form of a unitary tubular member 2. The tubular member 2 has open ends 3,4 and a longitudinally extending flexible web 6 extending from one open end to the other open end. The flexible plastics sheeting of the tubular member 2 is seamless in a longitudinally extending direction and a transversely extending direction of the flexible web 6.
The web 6 has an inner face 5 and an outer face. The inner face 5 has a sufficiently low co-efficient of friction to allow opposed portions of the inner face 5 to slide relative to one another. A portion 5a may slide relative to an overlying portion of the inner face 5 to move the tubular member 2 (and the patient thereon) from one position to another.
The patient movement aid according to the invention may be used to move a patient from one position to another position across a surface or to another surface. Typically, such surfaces may be of a bed, a gurney, an examination table, a chair, a wheelchair or the like.

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  1. Claims: 1. A patient movement aid for moving a patient from a first position on a surface to a second position on the surface, the movement aid comprising a flexible sheet including: a unitary tubular member of blown plastics sheeting, said tubular member having longitudinally spaced first and second open ends, and a unitary seamless flexible web extending substantially continuously and uniformly from said first end to said second end, said tubular member being arranged to lie flat under the weight of said patient such that opposed portions of an inner surface of said web are in sliding contact with one another.
  2. 2. A patient movement aid according to claim 1, wherein the flexible web is seamless in at least one of a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction.
  3. 3. A patient movement aid according to claim 2, wherein the flexible web is seamless both in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction.
  4. 4. A patient movement aid according to any preceding claim, wherein the inner surface of the flexible web has a low coefficient of friction to enable facile sliding movement of opposed portions of the inner surface.
  5. 5. A patient movement aid according to any preceding claim, wherein the outer face of the web has a higher coefficient of friction relative to the inner surface so as to substantially inhibit sliding movement between the outer face of the web and the surface.
  6. 6. A patient movement aid according to any preceding claim, wherein the tubular member has an outer face and an inner surface, the outer face having a higher friction coefficient relative to the inner surface.
  7. 7. A patient movement aid according to claim 6, wherein the inner surface and outer face of the web is provided with means for distinguishing the inner face from the outer face.
  8. 8. A patient movement aid according to any preceding claim, which is substantially crease-resistant and/or is foldable to permit ease of storage.
  9. 9. A method of moving a patient from a first position on a surface to a second position on a surface, the method comprising : providing a patient movement aid according to any of claims 1 to 8; placing the patient movement aid on a surface such that the movement aid lies substantially flat on the surface; placing a patient on the patient movement aid; and moving the patient such that opposed portions of an inner surface of the web slide relative to one another.
  10. 10. A patient movement aid substantially as described hereinbefore with reference to the accompanying Figure.
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AU2003203892B2 (en) * 2002-05-01 2008-06-26 John Anthony Neville Bromberger Device for turning and sliding bed ridden patients
AU2008243264B2 (en) * 2007-11-15 2013-01-17 John Anthony Neville Bromberger Patient movement device
GB2534660A (en) * 2014-11-26 2016-08-03 Gbuk Ltd Apparatus
IT202100028751A1 (en) * 2021-11-11 2023-05-11 Edo Italy Srl Device for moving bedridden people

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GB2159047A (en) * 1984-05-22 1985-11-27 Kjell Roisaeth Arrangement for the support and displacement of a person on a base
US4944053A (en) * 1987-09-08 1990-07-31 Smith Mary E Fabric device in combination with a bed, resting surface or examining table for facilitating user turning and patient examinations
EP0469767A1 (en) * 1990-08-01 1992-02-05 Inventive Products, Inc. Patient shifter pad
GB2282126A (en) * 1993-09-25 1995-03-29 Phillip Walter Strong An aid particularly for the transfer of patients
WO1996029971A1 (en) * 1995-03-31 1996-10-03 Samarit Industries Aktiengesellschaft Sliding device for transporting patients
GB2300619A (en) * 1995-05-12 1996-11-13 Phillip Walter Strong Patent Transfer Aid
GB2300845A (en) * 1995-05-13 1996-11-20 Mangar International Ltd Apparatus for Assisting the Movement of Disabled Persons

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US4051565A (en) * 1976-07-26 1977-10-04 Trygve Berge Mat conveyor
GB2159047A (en) * 1984-05-22 1985-11-27 Kjell Roisaeth Arrangement for the support and displacement of a person on a base
US4944053A (en) * 1987-09-08 1990-07-31 Smith Mary E Fabric device in combination with a bed, resting surface or examining table for facilitating user turning and patient examinations
EP0469767A1 (en) * 1990-08-01 1992-02-05 Inventive Products, Inc. Patient shifter pad
GB2282126A (en) * 1993-09-25 1995-03-29 Phillip Walter Strong An aid particularly for the transfer of patients
WO1996029971A1 (en) * 1995-03-31 1996-10-03 Samarit Industries Aktiengesellschaft Sliding device for transporting patients
GB2300619A (en) * 1995-05-12 1996-11-13 Phillip Walter Strong Patent Transfer Aid
GB2300845A (en) * 1995-05-13 1996-11-20 Mangar International Ltd Apparatus for Assisting the Movement of Disabled Persons

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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AU2003203892B2 (en) * 2002-05-01 2008-06-26 John Anthony Neville Bromberger Device for turning and sliding bed ridden patients
AU2008243264B2 (en) * 2007-11-15 2013-01-17 John Anthony Neville Bromberger Patient movement device
GB2534660A (en) * 2014-11-26 2016-08-03 Gbuk Ltd Apparatus
US9782313B2 (en) 2014-11-26 2017-10-10 Gbuk Limited Apparatus for assisting in the movement of a body on a surface
GB2534660B (en) * 2014-11-26 2018-01-10 Gbuk Ltd Apparatus
IT202100028751A1 (en) * 2021-11-11 2023-05-11 Edo Italy Srl Device for moving bedridden people
WO2023084384A1 (en) * 2021-11-11 2023-05-19 Edo-Italy Srl Device for moving bedridden people

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