Abstract: A system for loading/unloading (100) an ambulance patient transport equipment (50) onto/from a loading surface (L) of an ambulance (V), wherein the system (100) comprises: a loading/unloading apparatus (60) of a patient transport equipment (50) associable with the loading surface (L), wherein the loading/unloading apparatus (60) comprises: at least one safety hook (611) which can be rigidly fixed to the loading surface (L); a patient transport equipment (50) comprising: an undercarriage (20) equipped with a support frame (21) and a plurality of legs (22,23) articulated to the support frame (21) and provided with rest wheels (221,231); an additional patient support device (30) configured to be mounted in a releasable manner on the undercarriage (20), wherein the additional device (30) comprises a load-bearing structure (31) to which a fixing block (315) is rigidly fixed adapted to detachably constrain the additional device (30) to the undercarriage (20); a rigid constraint body (250) rigidly fixed to th

Abstract: A patient transport system (10) that comprises: at least one mobile undercarriage (20) provided with rest wheels (221,231) and equipped with a fixing arrangement (252); a plurality of additional devices (30) for supporting the patient, wherein the additional devices (30) of the plurality of additional devices are structurally different from each other; wherein each additional device (30) is equipped with a relative fixing block (315), wherein each fixing block (315) is configured to selectively engage with the fixing arrangement (252) of the undercarriage (20), so that any one of the additional devices (30) can be selectively mounted on the same undercarriage (20) by means of the connection between the fixing arrangement (252) of the undercarriage (20) with the fixing block (315) of the respective additional device (30).

Abstract: A stretcher, which comprises: a support frame for supporting a patient; a pair of front legs rotatably coupled to the support frame around a first rotation axis, wherein each front leg supports a front wheel holder frame hinged to the respective front leg around a first oscillation axis parallel to the first rotation axis and supporting a front wheel resting on a rest plane, wherein the front wheel pivots around a respective first pivot axis orthogonal to the first oscillation axis; a pair of rear legs rotatably coupled to the support frame around a second rotation axis, wherein each rear leg supports a rear wheel holder frame hinged to the respective rear leg around a second oscillation axis parallel to the second rotation axis and supporting a rear wheel resting on a rest plane, wherein the front wheel pivots around a respective second pivot axis orthogonal to the second oscillation axis; a handling arrangement for the front wheel holder frame and the rear wheel holder frame; a control module configured

Abstract: An ambulance stretcher, which comprises: a support frame for supporting a patient; a pair of front legs, each having a front wheel; a pair of rear legs, each having a rear wheel; a front coupling body connected to a front end of the support frame; characterized in that the coupling body comprises a spherical or hemispherical coupling head arranged on a vertical longitudinal median plane of the support frame.

Abstract: An ambulance stretcher, which comprises: a support frame for supporting a patient; a pair of front legs, each having a front wheel; a pair of rear legs, each having a rear wheel; an actuation arrangement provided with a front actuator, which moves the pair of front legs and a rear actuator, which moves the pair of rear legs; and a front coupling body connected to a front end of the support frame; a control unit of the coupling body provided at least a first sensor connected to the coupling body and configured to detect a correct positioning of the coupling body in a respective support coupling of an automatic loading/unloading apparatus of an ambulance, and at least a second sensor connected to the coupling body configured to detect a load bearing on the coupling body; at least one release arrangement arranged at the front end of the support frame and configured to operate a release between the coupling body and the support coupling; and an electronic control unit operatively connected to the actuation arr

Abstract: An auxiliary loading device of a stretcher including a winch having a support frame rotatably supporting a spool, a tow strap wound on the spool and having a tow hook attachable to the stretcher, and a motor connected and configured to rotate the spool in a first direction for winding the tow strap on the spool and in a second direction for unwinding the tow strap from the spool. A sensor is connected to the winch to detect a value of a parameter indicative of a tension of a unwound section of the tow strap including the tow hook, and an electronic control unit operatively connected to the sensor unit and the motor of the winch to stop rotation of the spool when operated to rotate in the second direction if the value of the parameter indicative of the tension is less than or equal to a reference value.

Abstract: An auxiliary loading device (10) of a stretcher (20) on a loading plane (30), for example fixed or removable, comprising: a winch (11) which includes: a support frame (110) which rotatably supports a spool (111); a tow strap (112) wound on the spool (111) and provided with a tow hook (113) that can be attached to the stretcher (20); and a motor (114) connected to the spool (111) and configured to rotate the spool (111), in a first rotation direction for winding the tow strap (112) on the spool (111) and in an opposite second rotation direction for unwinding the tow strap (112) from the spool (111); the auxiliary loading device (10) further comprising: a sensor unit (12) connected to the winch (11) and configured to detect a value of a parameter indicative of a tension of a section of the tow strap (112) comprising the tow hook (13) and unwound from the spool (111); and an electronic control unit (100) operatively connected to the sensor unit (12) and to the motor (114) of the winch (11), wherein the e

Abstract: A rapid water ambulance for transport of patients, comprising a sick bay solidly constrained to a structure of the water ambulance and support apparatus (10) for a stretcher, the support apparatus (10) comprises: a support column (20), a carriage (30) slidable along the column (20) in the direction of the axis (A) thereof, a support plane (11) for a stretcher, borne projectingly by the carriage (30) and solidly constrained thereto, a damped suspension device (33), constrained to the carriage (30) and to the column (20), which supports the support plane (11) at an operating height, wherein the axis (A) of the support column (20) is inclined with respect to the perpendicular direction to a floor (P) plane of the sick bay and lies in a vertical plane parallel to the motion direction of the water ambulance.

Abstract: A rapid water ambulance for transport of patients, comprising a sick bay solidly constrained to a structure of the water ambulance and support apparatus (10) for a stretcher, the support apparatus (10) comprises: a support column (20), a carriage (30) slidable along the column (20) in the direction of the axis (A) thereof, a support plane (11) for a stretcher, borne projectingly by the carriage (30) and solidly constrained thereto, a damped suspension device (33), constrained to the carriage (30) and to the column (20), which supports the support plane (11) at an operating height, wherein the axis (A) of the support column (20) is inclined with respect to the perpendicular direction to a floor (P) plane of the sick bay and lies in a vertical plane parallel to the motion direction of the water ambulance.

Abstract: A vehicle for transport of injured persons, patients and the like, which comprises: a sanitary compartment including a treading plane raised with respect to a ground surface, and an upper zone, opposite the treading plane; a lifting device for loading and unloading a stretcher located between a first extracted position in which the stretcher is resting on the ground and a second housed position in which it is arranged internally of a sanitary compartment; in which the lifting device comprises: collecting means configured to pick up the stretcher and being mobile between a lowered configuration below the level of the treading plane and a raised configuration; movement means of the collecting means, internally associable to the sanitary compartment at the upper zone for moving the stretcher between the first position and the second position and being destined to maintain the collected stretcher suspended above the treading plane.

Abstract: A vehicle for transport of injured persons, patients and the like, which comprises: a sanitary compartment including a treading plane raised with respect to a ground surface, and an upper zone, opposite the treading plane; a lifting device for loading and unloading a stretcher located between a first extracted position in which the stretcher is resting on the ground and a second housed position in which it is arranged internally of a sanitary compartment; in which the lifting device comprises: collecting means configured to pick up the stretcher and being mobile between a lowered configuration below the level of the treading plane and a raised configuration; movement means of the collecting means, internally associable to the sanitary compartment at the upper zone for moving the stretcher between the first position and the second position and being destined to maintain the collected stretcher suspended above the treading plane.

Abstract: A modular system, for realising chambers that are joined to one another, includes a plurality of walls delimiting chambers and a plurality of joint elements, each configured to fasten two walls of the chamber to one another at a longitudinal corner of the chamber. Each of the joint elements includes a tubular body provided with at least an axial cavity, open at least at an end of the tubular body and conformed such as to be external of the chamber. Interconnectors are further provided, for interconnecting two chambers, including plugs configured to interconnect two joint elements of respective chambers, each plug being configured to be solidly associated to two tubular bodies of two reciprocally-facing joint elements, internally of the respective cavities, for joining two joint elements head to head.

Abstract: A stretcher for transporting patients, comprising a rest plane (2) for supporting a patient in a substantially lying position, and means for raising (3, 35) for raising the rest plane (2) with respect to the surface on which the stretcher (1) is resting, comprising at least two distinct support elements (3) which rest on a ground surface, each of which is connected to the rest plane (2) such as to be able to move, independently of the other thereof, between a respective closed position and a respective open position, such that when both the support elements (3) are in a closed position, the rest plane (2) is supported at a lower height, and when both the support elements (3) are in an open position, the rest plane (2) is supported at a greater height, and motor means (35) for moving the support elements (3) from the respective closed positions into the respective open positions, such as to raise the rest plane (2).

Abstract: A stretcher for transporting patients, comprising a rest plane (2) for supporting a patient in a substantially lying position, and means for raising (3, 35) for raising the rest plane (2) with respect to the surface on which the stretcher (1) is resting, comprising at least two distinct support elements (3) which rest on a ground surface, each of which is connected to the rest plane (2) such as to be able to move, independently of the other thereof, between a respective closed position and a respective open position, such that when both the support elements (3) are in a closed position, the rest plane (2) is supported at a lower height, and when both the support elements (3) are in an open position, the rest plane (2) is supported at a greater height, and motor means (35) for moving the support elements (3) from the respective closed positions into the respective open positions, such as to raise the rest plane (2).

Abstract: An apparatus for loading stretchers into an ambulance which includes a loading table for the front end of the stretcher bed portion and by which the stretcher is transferred into the ambulance transporting compartment the loading table being positioned with its rear edge in a position projecting outwards from the rear surface of the ambulance; an auxiliary device applied to the rear edge of the loading table having a transverse horizontal abutment element which is positioned at a height lower than the rear end of the upper surface of the loading table in order to engage the front legs of the stretcher, starting from their erect position.