Patents by Inventor Zhi-Hao Shi

Zhi-Hao Shi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hospital bed apparatus for turning and repositioning plus shifting a patient to another bed
    Patent number: 7562403
    Abstract: A hospital bed apparatus includes a supporting frame, a lifting mechanism, and a horizontally moving mechanism; the lifting mechanism includes two horizontal rods on two sides of a hospital bed, and a sheet is disposed between and connected to the horizontal rods; either one of the horizontal rods can be lifted so as to turn and reposition the patient on the sheet; the horizontally moving mechanism includes linearly displaceable transverse rods, and connecting rods pivoted to the transverse rods and the lifting mechanism; the sheet and the horizontal rods of the lifting mechanism will be moved outside of the hospital bed when the horizontally moving mechanism is actuated after the sheet have been lifted off the hospital bed together with the horizontal rods; thus, the patient can be shifted to another hospital bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Southern Taiwan University of Technology
    Inventors: Ching-Hua Wei, Ting-Chun Tung, Zhi-Hao Shi, Whai-Shen Chen, Shen-Yuan Lin
  • Hospital bed apparatus for turning and repositioning plus shifting a patient to another bed
    Publication number: 20070151025
    Abstract: A hospital bed apparatus includes a supporting frame, a lifting mechanism, and a horizontally moving mechanism; the lifting mechanism includes two horizontal rods on two sides of a hospital bed, and a sheet is disposed between and connected to the horizontal rods; either one of the horizontal rods can be lifted so as to turn and reposition the patient on the sheet; the horizontally moving mechanism includes linearly displaceable transverse rods, and connecting rods pivoted to the transverse rods and the lifting mechanism; the sheet and the horizontal rods of the lifting mechanism will be moved outside of the hospital bed when the horizontally moving mechanism is actuated after the sheet have been lifted off the hospital bed together with the horizontal rods; thus, the patient can be shifted to another hospital bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Ching-Hua Wei, Ting-Chun Tung, Zhi Hao Shi, Whai-Shen Chen, Shen Yuan Lin