Patents Assigned to Stretchair Patient Transfer Systems, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for patient transfer
    Patent number: 7337477
    Abstract: A patient transfer method and apparatus designed to efficiently move a patient from one surface to another. A set of straps connected at one end to a winch are passed beneath the patient and attached to a padded support rod on the other side of the patient. The winch is used to pull the straps, and hence the padded support rod, thereby pulling the patient from the first surface to the second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Stretchair Patient Transfer Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Emil A. Scordato, J. Michael Doust, Scott Hadley