Abstract: A safety ambulatory support system for providing support for a patient. The support system includes a support garment attached by a tether line to a support carrier carried by an overhead system. The overhead system allows the support carrier to travel within the confines of the overhead system so that the support carrier may be located above a patient at any time. The support garment is configured so that the tether line extends from the patient adjacent the vertex of the patient's head thereby preventing the tether line from contacting the patient about the neck and shoulders when a support force is applied to the tether. The support system supplies a passive fall interruption device which restrain freefalling of the patient. The restraint system allows the patient, once falling, to be lowered slowly to the ground.

Abstract: An ambulatory support system for providing support for a patient. The support system includes an overhead system which allows a support carrier to travel within its confines so that it may be located above a patient at any time. The support system supplies a passive fall interruption device which restrain freefalling of a patient. The restraint system allows a patient, once falling, to be lowered slowly to the ground. In addition, the overhead support system of the present invention provides an accessory mount in which folding tables, IVs, monitors, and the like may be suspended from the ceiling and may be moved anywhere in the region underneath the overhead system.