US3811433A - Traction apparatus for a stretcher - Google Patents

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US3811433A
US3811433A US00229734A US22973472A US3811433A US 3811433 A US3811433 A US 3811433A US 00229734 A US00229734 A US 00229734A US 22973472 A US22973472 A US 22973472A US 3811433 A US3811433 A US 3811433A
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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
    • A61G3/00—Ambulance aspects of vehicles; Vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances, e.g. for facilitating access of, or for loading, wheelchairs
    • 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
    • A61G1/00—Stretchers
    • 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
    • A61G1/00—Stretchers
    • A61G1/04—Parts, details or accessories, e.g. head-, foot-, or like rests specially adapted for stretchers

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  • Pulley means are supported on the stretcher frame [56] Refer nces Cit d whereby cordson the harnesses may be tensioned to UNITED STATES PATENTS I apply traction t0 the patient.
  • the present invention relates to a stretcher-intended in particular for the transport of persons with an injury to their spine or fracture of the neckor of the femur.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a stretcher of particularly simple and inexpensive construction, enabling injured persons to be removed in satisfactory manner.
  • the object of the present invention is also to provide a stretcher-which takes up very little space and which, for that reason, can be carried in any ambulance.
  • the stretcher comprises i in addition means of maintaining-and holding securely v the hips and the head of the injured person.
  • the frame 1, made of tubes for example comprises some handles 11 for transporting the stretcher.
  • Supports (not shown) on which the stretcher can rest may also be provided.
  • the receiving surface 2, fixed on the long members 12, is'provided along the whole length of the stretcher to receive the injured person.
  • FIG. I shows an injured person lying on his side, his left leg immobilized to avoid all rocking movements.
  • This position is necessary when the injured person is suffering from shock. When conscious the injured person may be transported lying on his back. This position as well as the arrangeent of the maintaining members are virtually the same as in the preceding'case; the difference is explained later.
  • FIG. 3 Securing a patient around the chest is effected with a long strap or chest belt, such as is illustrated in FIG. 3.
  • a belt 5 comprises a main part 51 fitted with a harness in the form of four short straps 52 andtensioning cords 53. These straps areattached at one end to the chest belt at right angles thereto, FIG. .3, and the cords are attached to the opposite ends of the straps.
  • the straps 52, FIG. I embrace the shoulders of the patient, a pair for each shoulder, FIG. 1.
  • Belt 5 closes with the aid of thin straps 54 and buckles 55, girdling the chest.
  • the further object of the invention is to provide detachable pulling members which are fixed on the stretcher, which enables these to be made and distributed to equip already existing stretchers.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide means to simplify not only the distribution of this type of stretcher, while reducing costs, but also to reduce considerably the space they take up.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the stretcher according to the invention, maintaining an injured person GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • the stretcher according to the invention is intended.
  • the-stretcher comprises aframe l with a receiving surface 2- on which the injured person rests;
  • the stretcher comprises some pulling members 3, 4 provided at the extremities of the frame I permitting a pull of the required strength to be exerted on the spine between the armpits and the extremities of the lower members to enable the injured person to be transported.
  • the main part 51 of the chest belt is placed directly under the armpits whereuponthe cords 53 are gathered together and passed over the central pulley 31 and secured around the hooks 33.
  • the extremities of the lower members, substantially at the level of the ankles also are secured with the aid of a belt 6 which is appreciably of the same type as the belt 5.
  • Belt 6 comprises a central or main part 61 and a harness provided by two thin straps 62 attached at one end thereto and each terminating with a cord 63.
  • the tensioning cords 63, attached to the foot harness are passed over the central pulley 41 andaspecific pressure is exerted. To maintain this pressure at a specified strength, the cord is passed around the books 42.
  • an inflatable belt 9 made at least in part of inflatable tubes, passing around the long members 12 of the stretcher and securing the hips and if necessary the knees of the injured person.
  • the lenght of the belt 9 is such that in no case does it reach the level of the thorax or cause discomfort to the injured person;
  • the securing-member 3 comprises a transverse bar 34 provided with'a means of adjusting the'distance separating 35-35, 36-36 and with a central pulley 31 and two lateral pulleys 32.
  • the means of adjustement 35 enable the device 3 to be adapted to various widths of stretcher, and consist of a threaded rod which is an integral part of the securing member 36.
  • This threaded rod is screwed into a thread provided at the extremity of the transverse bar 34.
  • a counter-nut 351 and a securing washer 352 are provided. These means .are provided at both extremities of the bar 34. Howl Knurled head 363..
  • This screw passes through the outer branch of the stirrup 361.
  • the free extremity of the screw includes a support surface 363 enabling the long members of thestretcher represented in cross-section in this figure, to be secured more effectively.
  • Each central pulley as 31 turns on a horizontal axis and is fixed on the transverse bar 34 by means of two brackets 311 and anaxle 312.
  • the lateral pulleys as 32 turns on vertical axis and are mounted directly, by means of an axle onto the transverse bar 34.
  • a pair of transverse bars each adapted at the opposite ends to be anchored to the longitudinal members of the stretcher; r 1 traction strap attachment means mounted to said transverse bars so that a tension can be applied to the head, feet or chest of the body; an inflatable belt passing around the longitudinal members of the stretcher adapted to contain a body so as to support at least the pelvic. portion of the body; and,
  • each bar has a central pulley for receiving the tensioning cords.
  • I v I 4 Traction apparatus according to claim 3 in which the central pulley turns on a-horizorital axis, each bar supporting a pair of lateral pulleys turning on vertical axes.

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US4301791A (en) * 1980-02-19 1981-11-24 Franco Iii Adolph S Body transfer unit
US4890605A (en) * 1987-12-04 1990-01-02 Rosendale Robert W Cervical traction device
US5060324A (en) * 1990-07-23 1991-10-29 Marinberg Boris V Inflatable apparatus for immobilizing and changing positions of a patient
US20090177130A1 (en) * 2007-12-07 2009-07-09 Wegher-Thompson Seth M Deep pressure methods, apparatus and systems for autism therapy and other therapies
US20110098616A1 (en) * 2009-10-13 2011-04-28 Mego Afek Ac Ltd. Compression bag
US20140214044A1 (en) * 2013-01-27 2014-07-31 Ivan L. Robinson Portable assembly and method for treating desiccated and injured spinal discs
CN106388987A (zh) * 2015-09-26 2017-02-15 程毅然 一种腰突症凹形牵引装置和使用方法
US11491070B2 (en) 2018-10-04 2022-11-08 Richard J. Fox Spine board
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US2449767A (en) * 1945-08-02 1948-09-21 Charles C Carpenter Stretcher with skeletal traction facilities
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US2377940A (en) * 1942-12-29 1945-06-12 Robert C Hughes Stretcher
US2511061A (en) * 1945-01-29 1950-06-13 Robert C Hughes Stretcher
US2449767A (en) * 1945-08-02 1948-09-21 Charles C Carpenter Stretcher with skeletal traction facilities
US2675564A (en) * 1949-07-13 1954-04-20 Robert C Hughes Stretcher
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US4301791A (en) * 1980-02-19 1981-11-24 Franco Iii Adolph S Body transfer unit
US4890605A (en) * 1987-12-04 1990-01-02 Rosendale Robert W Cervical traction device
US5060324A (en) * 1990-07-23 1991-10-29 Marinberg Boris V Inflatable apparatus for immobilizing and changing positions of a patient
US20090177130A1 (en) * 2007-12-07 2009-07-09 Wegher-Thompson Seth M Deep pressure methods, apparatus and systems for autism therapy and other therapies
US20110098616A1 (en) * 2009-10-13 2011-04-28 Mego Afek Ac Ltd. Compression bag
US8622943B2 (en) * 2009-10-13 2014-01-07 Mego Afek Ac Ltd. Compression bag
US20140214044A1 (en) * 2013-01-27 2014-07-31 Ivan L. Robinson Portable assembly and method for treating desiccated and injured spinal discs
US9308036B2 (en) * 2013-01-27 2016-04-12 Ivan L. Robinson Portable assembly and method for treating desiccated and injured spinal discs
CN106388987A (zh) * 2015-09-26 2017-02-15 程毅然 一种腰突症凹形牵引装置和使用方法
US11491070B2 (en) 2018-10-04 2022-11-08 Richard J. Fox Spine board
US11504284B2 (en) * 2018-10-04 2022-11-22 Northwall S.R.L. Spinal immobilization table

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