Abstract: Method and device for raising or moving a person from a seated position to a standing position, or vice versa. With this arrangement use is made of a movable frame to which an articulated construction is fixed, which construction consists of a lifting arm which is hingeably connected to the frame via an auxiliary arm. By independently controlling the movement of the lifting arm and the auxiliary arm, it is possible to execute a movement which is adapted to the circumstances of the person who has to be moved, which raising movement can differ from that required when lowering again.

Abstract: A method of moving a person to a standing position from a seated position on a seat including the steps of providing an attachment member for engagement with the person, moving the person who is connected to the attachment member slightly upwardly and thereafter in an essentially horizontal direction, and thereafter moving the person in an essentially vertical direction to a standing position, returning the person from a standing position to the seated position by moving the person essentially horizontally to above the seat, and then moving the person essentially vertically onto the seat. The method also includes steps of counting or recording the number of times the person has been moved from one to the other of the seated and standing positions, and storing the identity of the person that has been so moved.

Abstract: A device for moving a person to and from a seated position including a frame, an auxiliary arm having first and second ends and extending laterally outwardly from the frame, a first pivotal connection between the frame and the first end of the auxiliary arm, a lifting arm having first and second ends, a second pivotal connection between the first end of the lifting arm and the second end of the auxiliary arm, a first motor connected between the frame and the auxiliary arm, and a second motor connected to the lifting arm.