CN109223384B - Carrying device for emergency patients - Google Patents

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CN109223384B
CN109223384B CN201811024165.7A CN201811024165A CN109223384B CN 109223384 B CN109223384 B CN 109223384B CN 201811024165 A CN201811024165 A CN 201811024165A CN 109223384 B CN109223384 B CN 109223384B
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The invention discloses a carrying device for emergency patients, which comprises a base, wherein two correspondingly arranged stand columns are fixedly arranged on the base, movable clamping blocks are arranged on the stand columns in a sliding mode through movable clamping openings, a cross beam is fixedly connected between the movable clamping blocks on the stand columns at two ends, a winding roller is rotatably arranged in the middle of the cross beam, a traction rope provided with two joints is wound on the winding roller, a hook is fixedly connected at the tail end of the traction rope, lifting hydraulic cylinders are fixedly arranged at the end faces of the outer sides of the stand columns at two sides, the output ends of the lifting hydraulic cylinders are fixedly connected with end plates on the end faces of the inner sides of the stand columns, a supporting plate is. The patient carrying and transferring device is compact in structure and convenient to use, the carrying and transferring of the patient are achieved mechanically, the working strength of nurses is greatly reduced, the fatigue of the nurses is reduced, the nurses have sufficient energy to put into work, only one nurse is required to operate the device, and the labor is reduced.

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Carrying device for emergency patients
Technical Field
The invention relates to a carrying device, in particular to a carrying device for emergency patients, and belongs to the technical field of medical equipment.
Background
Patients often need to be transferred between a ward and an operating room, but because the patients themselves are inconvenient to move, the patients often need to be transferred between a sickbed and a cart and between an operating bed and a cart. Therefore, at least two nurses are required to carry the patient, the patient is transferred between the sickbed and the trolley and between the operating bed and the trolley, the working strength of the nurses is undoubtedly increased, the nurses are tired and difficult to put into work, the patient is easy to feel uncomfortable due to the fact that the patient is carried and transferred in a busy and messy mode, even the wound of the patient is torn, and the like, and great potential safety hazards exist.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provides a carrying device for emergency patients, which is used for mechanically carrying and transferring patients, greatly reducing the working strength of nurses, reducing the fatigue of the nurses, ensuring that the nurses have sufficient energy to put into work, generally only needing one nurse to operate and reducing the use of manpower.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
the invention relates to a carrying device for emergency patients, which comprises a base, wherein two correspondingly arranged upright posts are fixedly arranged on the base, a movable bayonet is arranged at the top of each upright post, a movable clamping block is arranged on each upright post in a sliding manner through the movable bayonet, a cross beam is fixedly connected between the movable clamping blocks on the upright posts at two ends, a winding roller is rotatably arranged at the middle part of the cross beam, a driving motor is fixedly arranged at the outer end face of the cross beam corresponding to the winding roller, the output end of the driving motor penetrates through the cross beam and is fixedly connected with the rotating end of the winding roller, a traction rope with two joints is wound on the winding roller, through holes are formed in the cross beam corresponding to two sides of the winding roller, two ends of the traction rope respectively penetrate through the corresponding through holes, and a hook is fixedly connected at the tail end of the traction rope, both sides equal fixed mounting in stand outside end face department has hydraulic cylinder, hydraulic cylinder output with the end plate fixed connection of stand medial extremity face, fixedly connected with backup pad between the end plate bottom, be provided with buffer spring in the backup pad, just fixed mounting has the backing plate on the buffer spring, the spout that is formed with corresponding setting is still seted up on backup pad both sides surface, just spout bottom with the backing plate intercommunication, the backup pad surface is provided with the bed board, just bed board bottom both ends seted up with the spout corresponds the slider that sets up, the bed board passes through the slider with in the backup pad spout sliding connection, just the slider passes the spout with backing plate in close contact with.
As a preferable technical scheme of the invention, hanging buckles corresponding to the hanging hooks above the bed board are fixed at two ends of the bed board, and the traction rope is hooked with the hanging buckles through the hanging hooks.
As a preferable technical scheme of the invention, a push handle is fixedly arranged on the end face of the side of the top of the upright post.
As a preferable technical scheme of the invention, a limiting roller is fixedly mounted on the beam between the through hole and the winding roller, and the traction rope penetrates through the surface of the limiting roller and is in sliding contact with the limiting roller.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, two correspondingly arranged hanging rods are fixed at the bottom of the cross beam above the bed plate, a sliding plate is slidably arranged between the hanging rods, and a transfusion bottle placing opening is formed in the sliding plate.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, the base is provided with the roller, and the roller is provided with the brake pad.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, the surface of the bed board is also attached with a layer of disinfection cushion, and the disinfection cushion is detachably connected with the bed board.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, the movable clamping block is fixedly connected with the output end of the jacking cylinder fixed at one end of the upright post, which is far away from the base.
The invention has the following beneficial effects: the invention has compact structure and convenient use, the bed board is lowered through the lifting hydraulic cylinder to facilitate the patient to be carried to the bed board, the bed board can play a good buffer role through the backing plate and the buffer spring in the support plate to prevent the patient from receiving secondary injury during carrying, after the patient is placed on the bed board, the bed board is lifted through the lifting hydraulic cylinder, medical staff lift the bed board to the position parallel to a sickbed through the lifting hydraulic cylinder when the bed board is conveyed to a sickroom through the pushing handle pushing devices at the two ends of the upright post, the bed board is hung on the hanging buckle of the bed board through the hook at the tail end of the traction rope, the winding roller is driven to rotate through the driving motor to wind the traction rope so as to lift the bed board, the movable clamping block is moved on the movable clamping opening so that the bed board is driven to translate, the bed board can be stably placed on the sickbed, the patient carrying transfer caused by the busy hands and feet is avoided, cause patient's uncomfortable easily, cause tearing etc. of patient's wound even, solved great potential safety hazard simultaneously, realize patient's transport by machinery and shift, reduce nurse's working strength by a wide margin, reduce nurse's fatigue, let the nurse have sufficient energy to put into work, also only need a nurse generally operate can, reduced the use of manpower.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;
fig. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure a of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a base; 2. a column; 3. a movable bayonet; 4. a movable clamping block; 5. a cross beam; 6. a wind-up roll; 7. a drive motor; 8. a hauling rope; 9. a limiting roller; 10. a through hole; 11. hooking; 12. a support plate; 13. a roller; 14. a brake pad; 15. a boom; 16. a slide plate; 17. a lifting hydraulic cylinder; 18. an end plate; 19. a buffer spring; 20. a base plate; 21. a chute; 22. a bed board; 23. a slider; 24. hanging and buckling; 25. a pushing handle.
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The technical scheme of the invention is clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
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As shown in fig. 1-2, a carrying device for emergency patients comprises a base 1, two upright posts 2 correspondingly arranged are fixedly mounted on the base 1, a movable bayonet 3 is disposed at the top of each upright post 2, a movable clamping block 4 is slidably disposed on each upright post 2 through the movable bayonet 3, a cross beam 5 is fixedly connected between the movable clamping blocks 4 on the upright posts 2 at two ends, a winding roller 6 is rotatably mounted at the middle of the cross beam 5, a driving motor 7 is fixedly mounted at the outer end face of the cross beam 5 corresponding to the winding roller 6, the output end of the driving motor 7 penetrates through the cross beam 5 and is fixedly connected with the rotating end of the winding roller 6, a traction rope 8 forming two joints is wound on the winding roller 6, through holes 10 are disposed on the cross beam 5 corresponding to two sides of the winding roller 6, and two ends of the traction rope 8 respectively penetrate through the corresponding through holes 10, a hook 11 is fixedly connected at the tail end of the traction rope 8, a lifting hydraulic cylinder 17 is fixedly mounted on the outer end faces of the two sides of the upright post 2, the output end of the lifting hydraulic cylinder 17 is fixedly connected with an end plate 18 on the inner end face of the upright post 2, a support plate 12 is fixedly connected between the bottoms of the end plates 18, a buffer spring 19 is arranged in the support plate 12, a backing plate 20 is fixedly mounted on the buffer spring 19, sliding grooves 21 which are correspondingly arranged are formed on the surfaces of the two sides of the support plate 12, the bottoms of the sliding grooves 21 are communicated with the backing plate 20, a bed plate 22 is arranged on the surface of the support plate 12, sliding blocks 23 which are correspondingly arranged with the sliding grooves 21 are arranged at the two ends of the bottom of the bed plate 22, the bed plate 22 is in sliding connection with the sliding grooves 21 on the support plate 12 through, the two ends of the bed plate 22 are fixed with hanging buckles 24 which are arranged corresponding to the hanging hooks 11 above the bed plate, the hauling cable 8 is hooked with the hanging buckle 24 through the hook 11, a push handle 25 is fixedly arranged on the end face of the top side of the upright post 2, a limiting roller 9 is fixedly arranged on the beam 5 between the through hole 10 and the winding roller 6, the hauling cable 8 passes through the surface of the limiting roller 9 and is in sliding contact with the limiting roller, two correspondingly arranged hanging rods 15 are fixed at the bottom of the cross beam 5 above the bed plate 22, a sliding plate 16 is slidably arranged between the hanging rods 15, a transfusion bottle placing opening is arranged on the sliding plate 16, a roller 13 is arranged on the base 1, the roller 13 is provided with a brake block 14, the surface of the bed plate 22 is also adhered with a layer of disinfection soft cushion, and the disinfection cushion with be detachable connection between the bed board 22, activity fixture block 4 with the fixed jacking cylinder output fixed connection of base one end is kept away from to stand 2.
Specifically, when in use, when a patient is transported, the bed board 22 is lowered through the lifting hydraulic cylinder 17, the patient can be conveniently moved to the bed board 22, the bed board 22 can play a good buffering role through the base plate 20 and the buffer spring 19 in the supporting plate 12, the patient is prevented from receiving secondary damage in the process of transportation, after the patient is placed on the bed board 22, the bed board 22 is lifted through the lifting hydraulic cylinder 17, medical staff lift the bed board 22 through the pushing handles 25 pushing devices at the two ends of the stand column 2, when the patient is transported to a ward, the bed board 22 is lifted to the position parallel to a sickbed through the lifting hydraulic cylinder 17, the hook 11 at the tail end of the traction rope 8 is hung on the hanging buckle 24 of the bed board 22, the winding roller 6 is driven to rotate through the driving motor 7, the traction rope 8 is wound, then the bed board 22 is wound, and the movable clamping block 4 is moved on the movable clamping opening 3, so that the traction rope 8, the bed board 22 can be stably placed on a sickbed, the patient is prevented from being carried and transferred in a busy and messy way, the patient is easy to feel uncomfortable, even the wound of the patient is torn, and the like, and meanwhile, the great potential safety hazard is solved.
The patient carrying and transferring device is compact in structure and convenient to use, the carrying and transferring of the patient are achieved mechanically, the working strength of nurses is greatly reduced, the fatigue of the nurses is reduced, the nurses have sufficient energy to put into work, only one nurse is required to operate the device, and the labor is reduced.
Finally, it should be noted that: although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that changes may be made in the embodiments and/or equivalents thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The carrying device for the emergency patients is characterized by comprising a base (1), wherein two upright posts (2) which are correspondingly arranged are fixedly mounted on the base (1), each upright post (2) is provided with a movable bayonet (3) at the top, the upright posts (2) are slidably provided with movable clamping blocks (4) through the movable bayonet (3), two ends of a beam (5) are fixedly connected between the movable clamping blocks (4) on the upright posts (2), a winding roller (6) is rotatably mounted in the middle of the beam (5), a driving motor (7) is fixedly mounted on the outer end face of the beam (5) corresponding to the winding roller (6), the output end of the driving motor (7) penetrates through the beam (5) and is fixedly connected with the rotating end of the winding roller (6), and a traction rope (8) which is provided with two joints is wound on the winding roller (6), the winding roller is characterized in that through holes (10) are formed in the cross beam (5) corresponding to two sides of the winding roller (6), two ends of the traction rope (8) penetrate through the corresponding through holes (10) respectively, a hook (11) is fixedly connected to the tail end of the traction rope (8), lifting hydraulic cylinders (17) are fixedly mounted on the outer end faces of the stand columns (2) on two sides, the output end of each lifting hydraulic cylinder (17) is fixedly connected with an end plate (18) of the inner end face of each stand column (2), a supporting plate (12) is fixedly connected between the bottoms of the end plates (18), a buffer spring (19) is arranged in each supporting plate (12), a backing plate (20) is fixedly mounted on each buffer spring (19), sliding grooves (21) correspondingly arranged are formed in the surfaces of two sides of each supporting plate (12), and the bottoms of the sliding grooves (21) are communicated with, backup pad (12) surface is provided with bed board (22), just bed board (22) bottom both ends seted up with slide block (23) that spout (21) correspond the setting, bed board (22) pass through slide block (23) with in backup pad (12) spout (21) sliding connection, just slide block (23) pass spout (21) with backing plate (20) in close contact with.
2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the two ends of the bed plate (22) are fixed with hooks (24) corresponding to the hooks (11) above the bed plate, and the traction rope (8) is hooked with the hooks (24) through the hooks (11).
3. An emergency patient handling device according to claim 1, wherein a push handle (25) is fixedly mounted at the top side end face of the upright (2).
4. An emergency patient handling device according to claim 1, wherein a stop roller (9) is fixedly mounted on the cross beam (5) between the through hole (10) and the wind-up roller (6), and the traction rope (8) passes through the surface of the stop roller (9) and is in sliding contact with the stop roller.
5. The device for transporting emergency patients as claimed in claim 1, wherein two corresponding suspension rods (15) are fixed at the bottom of the cross beam (5) above the bed plate (22), and a sliding plate (16) is slidably mounted between the suspension rods (15), and a hanging bottle placing opening is opened on the sliding plate (16).
6. An emergency patient handling device according to claim 1, wherein said base (1) is provided with rollers (13), and said rollers (13) are provided with brake pads (14).
7. The handling device of an emergency patient according to claim 1, wherein a layer of disinfection cushion is further attached to the surface of the bed plate (22), and the disinfection cushion is detachably connected to the bed plate (22).
8. The handling device for emergency patients as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movable clamping block (4) is fixedly connected with the output end of the lifting cylinder fixed at the end of the upright (2) far away from the base.
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