EP3585344B1 - Height adjustable stretcher - Google Patents

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EP3585344B1
EP3585344B1 EP18707333.3A EP18707333A EP3585344B1 EP 3585344 B1 EP3585344 B1 EP 3585344B1 EP 18707333 A EP18707333 A EP 18707333A EP 3585344 B1 EP3585344 B1 EP 3585344B1
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Max Eichenbrenner
Maximilian Fuhr
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00—Stretchers
    • A61G1/02—Stretchers with wheels
    • A61G1/0293—Stretchers with wheels stretcher supports with wheels, e.g. used for stretchers without wheels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00—Stretchers
    • A61G1/017—Stretchers convertible into chairs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00—Stretchers
    • A61G1/04—Parts, details or accessories, e.g. head-, foot-, or like rests specially adapted for stretchers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00—Stretchers
    • A61G1/06—Supports for stretchers, e.g. to be placed in or on vehicles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00—Stretchers
    • A61G1/013—Stretchers foldable or collapsible

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  • the invention relates to a patient transport device which is used in particular for operations outside of a hospital or a clinic.
  • the known ambulance devices are generally height-adjustable and thus have a height-adjustable underframe in addition to the lying surface, which is typically provided with castors and / or swivel castors.
  • a simple way of realizing a height-adjustable underframe concerns the use of scissor lifting devices. Single scissor rods are used that have two pairs of intersecting struts.
  • WO-A-02/39944 describes an ambulance transport device with a chassis and a bed, wherein the bed can be converted into a movable bed when it is removed from the chassis.
  • the bed has, among other things, foldable legs with castors.
  • the chair function can only be assumed without a chassis.
  • the underframes In order to be able to achieve a sufficient lifting height with such single scissor lifting devices, the underframes must be made relatively long. An underframe with a comparatively large longitudinal extension is, however, impossible or difficult to maneuver in tight spaces.
  • a double or generally multiple scissors lift is provided as the lifting device, which consists of at least two single scissors lift units arranged one above the other.
  • This enables the lifting heights required in the ambulance sector to be achieved with shortened underframes.
  • the reclining surface now projects with its backrest part and its lower leg / foot part over the ends of the same lying in the longitudinal extension of the underframe. It is useful in this respect if the underframe or a frame of the lying surface has extendable extension elements with handle ends at its upper end, so that the underframe has longitudinal spars at its upper end, like a stretcher, which extend along the entire lying surface and possibly around the handle extend the lying surface out. But it is also possible to use the upper area of the underframe to leave it shortened and to realize the increase in length on the frame of the lying surface.
  • Each scissor lift unit of the lifting device of the patient transport device has two (scissor arm) pairs each comprising a first and a second strut (scissor arm). These two struts (scissor arms) cross each other and are pivotably connected to each other. Both strut or pair of scissors are arranged laterally offset from one another and are, so to speak, on a common level and are also arranged parallel to one another. According to the invention, at least one second scissor-lift unit is connected to such a scissor-lift unit, the respective pairs of struts, which are arranged one above the other, being articulated to one another at the ends of their struts facing one another.
  • the lower scissor lift unit is now connected to the lower part of the underframe, which is designed as a lower frame.
  • the upper scissor lift unit is connected to the upper part of the underframe, which is designed as an upper frame.
  • a third scissor lift unit can be located between the two scissor lift units.
  • the two scissor lift units can also, as described above, be directly connected to one another in an articulated manner via the mutually facing ends of their intersecting struts.
  • the upper frame can be inclined to the lifting device or the lifting device can be inclined to the lower frame or the lifting device can be designed to be inclined; in all three cases the lying surface can be inclined
  • An essential feature of the invention is to be able to realize the underframe in a compact manner, against the background of maintaining the lowest possible height, ie the lowest possible lower floor position (so that a patient lying on the floor hardly needs to be lifted to get on the lying surface to be able to be moved,) while at the same time enabling the highest possible position of the patient transport device.
  • the lower frame of the underframe has two longitudinal frame sections and two transverse frame cross sections, the first frame cross section facing the head end of the bed surface and the second frame cross section facing the foot end of the bed surface.
  • the lower frame of the underframe is designed to be longer on the foot side than the upper frame, whereby it is provided according to the invention that the two longitudinal frame sections of the lower frame each protrude beyond its second frame cross section, whereby In each of these protruding sections of the longitudinal frame sections a steering and / or running roller is arranged, and that the lower leg / foot part of the lying surface can be immersed at its foot end in the free space between the two protruding sections when folded down towards the lower frame of the undercarriage.
  • the lifting device can be operated automatically by means of a drive. It is useful if the drive has a motor with an actuator that can be moved by the motor and the drive is mechanically coupled between two adjacent scissor lift units and thus acts on these two scissor lift units to change the height of the lifting device.
  • first ends of the first struts are coupled to one another and the first ends of the second struts are coupled to one another per scissor lift unit and that the second ends of the first struts and / or the second ends of the second struts per scissor lift unit are in each case free from mechanical coupling with one another.
  • the lying surface of the patient transport device according to the invention which has a head-side end, which is usually formed by a backrest, and a foot-side end, which is usually formed by a foot part, can be designed differently.
  • the lying surface has a holding frame or some other holding structure and can preferably be detachably fixed on and / on the upper frame of the undercarriage.
  • the upper frame or the holding structure of the lying surface can be adjustable in length.
  • the lying surface comprises a central part with a first end facing the head-side end of the lying surface and a second end facing the foot-side end of the lying surface, a backrest part articulated to the first end of the central part, which is pivotable about a first pivot axis which runs transversely to the longitudinal extension of the lying surface defined by the head-side end and the foot-side end of the lying surface, and a lower leg / foot part pivoted relative to the middle part about a second pivot axis parallel to the first pivot axis, the second pivot axis viewed in the longitudinal extension of the lying surface is arranged outside the upper frame of the undercarriage.
  • a reclining surface partitioned in this way with the previously described positioning of the second pivot axis relative to the upper frame allows the lower leg / foot part to be folded down by 90 °, so that when the backrest is folded up, a chair-style seat is created.
  • the lying surface can thus be redesigned as a chair surface without the longitudinal extension of the upper frame or, if present, the longitudinal extension of the frame or the support structure of the lying surface extending towards the foot area beyond the lower leg foot part.
  • the hospital chair designed in this way can now be conveniently moved to a suitable height and lowered sufficiently.
  • the lower frame which is shortened due to the lifting device according to the invention, is also not disruptive.
  • On the foot side there are no "stumbling blocks" or similar constructions of the underframe.
  • the patient transport device Due to the changeability of the patient transport device between lying transport and seated transport the possibility of using the patient transport device according to the invention is expanded.
  • the patient transport device can be used in confined spaces, such as, for example, in tight curves in stairwells or corridors and in particular in elevators.
  • the upper frame has two longitudinal frame sections and two transverse frame sections, the first transverse frame section facing the head-side end of the lying surface and the second frame transverse section facing the foot-side end of the lying surface, and the pivot axis when viewing the lying surface from above, is positioned on the side of the second frame transverse section facing away from the first frame transverse section of the upper frame.
  • the middle part of the lying surface can have a seat part and a lower leg part which can be pivoted relative to the seat part about a third pivot axis parallel to the first and second pivot axis and to which the lower leg / foot part is pivotably connected about the second pivot axis .
  • the first ends of the first struts of the lower scissor lift unit which are rotatably connected to the lower frame of the undercarriage, are close to or on one frame cross section of the lower frame and the pivotable with the lower frame and slidably guided on the lower frame first ends of the second struts of the lower scissor lift unit in the lowest stroke position of the lifting device close to or on the other frame cross section of the lower frame.
  • first ends of the first which are rotatably connected to the upper frame of the undercarriage Struts of the upper lifting scissor unit close to or on one frame cross section of the upper frame and the first ends of the second struts of the upper lifting scissor unit, which are pivotably guided with the upper frame and slidably guided on the upper frame, in the lowest stroke position of the lifting device close to or on the other frame cross section of the upper one Frame are arranged.
  • the lying surface has two lateral profiles arranged on both sides of the lying surface with pull-out sections with grips for manually carrying the lying surface and / or for manually moving the underframe with the lying surface.
  • the frame or the holding structure of the lying surface can also have this feature.
  • both the upper frame and the frame or a corresponding holding structure of the lying surface can be variable in length.
  • the pull-out sections are guided in the profiles of the lying surface and can be pulled out of these via their ends facing away from one another and pushed into the profiles via these ends.
  • the ambulance transport device 10 comprises a height-adjustable underframe 12 and a lying surface 14 which is arranged above the underframe 12 and, if necessary, can be removed from it.
  • the subframe 12 has a lower frame 16 with running and / or four steering rollers 18.
  • the subframe 12 further comprises an upper frame 20. Between the two frames there is a lifting device 22 which has two single scissor units arranged one above the other, namely a lower scissor lift unit 24 and an upper scissor lift unit 26.
  • the lower scissor lift unit 24 is with the lower frame 16 coupled rotatably on the one hand and pivotably and longitudinally displaceably on the other hand, while the upper scissor lift unit 26 is mechanically coupled to the upper frame 20 in the same way. Both scissor lift units 24, 26 are articulated to one another at their ends facing one another. The two scissor lift units 24, 26 can be adjusted in height via a drive 28, which has a motor 30 and an actuator 32.
  • each lifting scissor unit 24 and 26 has two (scissor arm) pairs 34 of each intersecting first and second struts 36, 38 (scissor arms).
  • the struts are pivotally connected to one another at 40.
  • the first end 42 of the first strut 36 is rotatably connected to the lower frame 16 at 44, while the first end 46 of every other strut 38 Is guided longitudinally on the frame 16 (see at 48).
  • first ends of the first struts 36 of the upper scissor lift unit 26 are rotatably connected to the upper frame 20 (see at 50), while the first ends 46 of the second struts 38 are pivotably guided on the upper frame 20 as shown at 52 .
  • both scissor lift units 24, 26 are articulated to one another.
  • the reclining surface 14 has a middle part 62 which comprises an immovable seat part 64 and a thigh part 66 articulated therewith.
  • the central part 62 Towards the head end 68 of the reclining surface 14, the central part 62 has a first end 70 which is pivotably connected to a backrest part 74 of the reclining surface 14 via a first pivot axis 72.
  • the middle part 62 also has a second end 76 which faces the foot-side end 78 of the lying surface 14 and which is articulated via a second pivot axis 80 to a lower leg / foot part 82 of the lying surface 14.
  • a third pivot axis 83 is located between the thigh part 66 and the stationary seat part 64.
  • Figs. 36 and 37 it is shown how the lying surface 14 can be converted into a chair surface.
  • the lower leg / foot part 82 plunges into a recess, that is, into a free space on the lower frame 16 when, in its function as a hospital chair, the underframe 12 is lowered so far that the foot-side end 78 of the lower leg / Foot part 82 is close to the ground on which the sub-frame 12 is moved.
  • Both frames 16, 20 each have two frame longitudinal sections 84, 85 (on the lower frame 16) and 86, 87 (on the upper frame 20) and two frame transverse sections 88, 89 and 90, 91, respectively. While the upper frame 20 is substantially rectangular, the lower frame 16 has on its The frame transverse section 89 on the foot side has an overhang, which is produced by overhang sections 92 of the frame longitudinal sections 84, 85. In other words, the longitudinal frame sections 84, 85 protrude outwardly beyond the transverse frame section 89 on the foot side by the protruding sections 92.
  • pull-out sections 96 With the handle pieces 98 of the holding frame 98 for the lying surface 14, such as Fig. 35 shows. These pull-out sections 96 can be pushed into the longitudinal frame sections 99 (profiles) of the holding frame 98 and pulled out of them.
  • Figs. 1 to 10 a first variant of the stretcher according to the invention, in which the lying surface can be adjusted independently of the shortening of the lying surface frame.
  • Figs. 11 to 18 a second variant of the patient transport device according to the invention is shown, in which the lying surface changes automatically when the lying surface frame is changed in length.
  • FIGs. 19 to 26 Another embodiment of a stretcher according to the invention is shown in which the lying surface can be adjusted independently of the length of its frame and the joint between the lower leg part and the thigh part of the lying surface can be optionally locked.
  • a further embodiment of the invention is shown in which the lying surface is adjusted when its frame length changes.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Krankentransportvorrichtung, die insbesondere für Einsätze außerhalb eines Krankenhauses bzw. einer Klinik eingesetzt werden. Die bekannten Krankentransportvorrichtungen sind im Regelfall höhenverstellbar und weisen somit neben der Liegefläche ein höhenverstellbaren Untergestell auf, das typischerweise mit Lauf- und/oder Lenkrollen versehen ist. Eine einfache Möglichkeit der Realisierung eines höhenverstellbaren Untergestells betrifft den Einsatz von Scheren-Hubeinrichtungen. Dabei werden Einfach-Scherengestänge eingesetzt, die zwei Paar aus sich kreuzenden Streben aufweisen. Diese beiden Paare aus sich jeweils kreuzenden Streben liegen nebeneinander, wobei die einen Enden der vier Streben mit einem unteren Teil des Untergestells und die anderen Enden der vier Streben mit einem oberen Teil des Untergestells bzw. mit einer Liegefläche oder dem Rahmen eine Liegefläche verbunden sind. Die Verbindung zu den zuvor genannten Elementen ist dabei derart gewählt, dass jeweils zwei Streben an ihren einen Enden gelenkig und an ihren anderen Enden drehbar sowie verschiebbar angeordnet sind. Beispiele für Einfach-Scherengestänge sind in WO-A-2006/036980 und US-A- 2002/0056162 beschrieben. Eine Krankentransportvorrichtung mit Doppel-Scherengestänge ist bekannt aus DE4317149 .The invention relates to a patient transport device which is used in particular for operations outside of a hospital or a clinic. The known ambulance devices are generally height-adjustable and thus have a height-adjustable underframe in addition to the lying surface, which is typically provided with castors and / or swivel castors. A simple way of realizing a height-adjustable underframe concerns the use of scissor lifting devices. Single scissor rods are used that have two pairs of intersecting struts. These two pairs of intersecting struts lie next to each other, one ends of the four struts being connected to a lower part of the underframe and the other ends of the four struts to an upper part of the underframe or to a lying surface or the frame a lying surface. The connection to the aforementioned elements is selected such that two struts are hinged at one end and rotatable and displaceable at their other ends. Examples of single scissor linkages are in WO-A-2006/036980 and US-A-2002/0056162 described. A patient transport device with double scissor linkage is known from DE4317149 .

In WO-A-02/39944 ist eine Krankentransportvorrichtung mit einem Fahrgestell und einer Krankenliege beschrieben, wobei die Krankenliege im vom Fahrgestell abgenommenen Zustand in einen verfahrbaren Krankenstuhl wandelbar ist. Dazu weist die Krankenliege unter anderem abklappbare Beine mit Rollen auf. Die Krankenstuhlfunktion kann also bei der bekannten Krankentransportvorrichtung nur ohne Fahrgestell eingenommen werden.In WO-A-02/39944 describes an ambulance transport device with a chassis and a bed, wherein the bed can be converted into a movable bed when it is removed from the chassis. For this purpose, the bed has, among other things, foldable legs with castors. In the known patient transport device, the chair function can only be assumed without a chassis.

Um bei derartigen Einfach-Scheren-Hubeinrichtungen eine ausreichende Hubhöhe realisieren zu können, müssen die Untergestelle relativ lang ausgeführt sein. Ein Untergestell mit vergleichsweise großer Längserstreckung lässt sich allerdings bei beengten Platzverhältnissen gar nicht oder nur schwierig manövrieren.In order to be able to achieve a sufficient lifting height with such single scissor lifting devices, the underframes must be made relatively long. An underframe with a comparatively large longitudinal extension is, however, impossible or difficult to maneuver in tight spaces.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, eine diesbezüglich verbesserte höhenverstellbare Krankentrage zu schaffen. Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe wird mit der Erfindung eine höhenverstellbare und insbesondere auch verfahrbare Krankentransportvorrichtung vorgeschlagen, die versehen ist mit

  • einem Untergestell mit einem mit Lenk- und/oder Laufrollen versehenen unteren Rahmen, einem oberen Rahmen und mit einer Hubeinrichtung,
  • wobei die Hubeinrichtung zwischen dem unteren Rahmen und dem oberen Rahmen angeordnet und zur Veränderung ihres gegenseitigen Abstands zwischen einer Niedrigsthubposition und Höchsthubposition vorgesehen ist,
  • wobei die Hubeinrichtung zwei in Wirkverbindung stehende Hubschereneinheiten aufweist, die übereinander angeordnet sind und von denen die untere Hubschereneinheit mit dem unteren Rahmen und die obere Hubschereneinheit mit dem oberen Rahmen des Untergestells gekoppelt ist,
  • wobei jede Hubschereneinheit zwei Paare (Scherenarmpaare) aus jeweils einer ersten und einer zweiten Strebe (d.h. Scherenarm) aufweist, die sich kreuzen und schwenkbar miteinander verbunden sind, und beide Paare seitlich versetzt auf einem gemeinsamen Niveau sowie parallel zueinander ausgerichtet angeordnet sind,
  • wobei ein erstes Ende jeder ersten Strebe der unteren Hubschereneinheit drehbar mit dem unteren Rahmen verbunden und ein erstes Ende jeder zweiten Strebe der unteren Hubschereneinheit schwenkbar mit sowie verschiebbar an dem unteren Rahmen geführt ist,
  • wobei ein erstes Ende jeder ersten Streben der oberen Hubschereneinheit drehbar mit dem oberen Rahmen verbunden und ein erstes Ende jeder zweiten Strebe der oberen Hubschereneinheit schwenkbar mit sowie verschiebbar an dem oberen Rahmen geführt ist,
  • wobei die den ersten Enden der zuvor genannten Streben jeweils abgewandten zweiten Enden dieser Streben beider Hubschereneinheiten entweder direkt miteinander gelenkig oder mittels mindestens der ersten und der zweiten Streben einer weiteren, mittleren Hubschereneinheit und damit indirekt gelenkig gekoppelt sind und
  • einer ein kopfteilseitiges Ende und ein fußteilseitiges Ende aufweisenden Liegefläche an und/oder auf dem oberen Rahmen, die mit dem oberen Rahmen verbunden oder mit dem oberen Rahmen abnehmbar verbindbar ist,
  • wobei der untere Rahmen (16) des Untergestells (12) zwei Rahmenlängsabschnitte (84,85) und zwei quer dazu verlaufende Rahmenquerabschnitte (88,89) aufweist, wobei der erste Rahmenquerabschnitt (88) dem kopfseitigen Ende (76) der Liegefläche (14) und der zweite Rahmenquerabschnitt (89) dem fußseitigen Ende (78) der Liegefläche (14) zugewandt ist,
  • wobei die beiden Rahmenlängsabschnitte (84,85) des unteren Rahmens (16) jeweils über dessen zweiten Rahmenquerabschnitt (89) überstehen, wobei in diesen Überstandsabschnitten (92) der Rahmenlängsabschnitte (84,85) jeweils eine Lenk- und/oder Laufrolle (18) angeordnet ist, und
  • wobei das Unterschenkel-/Fußteil (82) der Liegefläche (14) an dessen fußseitigen Ende (78) im zum unteren Rahmen (16) des Untergestells (12) hin abgeklappten Zustand in den Freiraum (93) zwischen den beiden Überstandsabschnitten (92) eintauchbar ist.
The object of the invention is to create a height-adjustable stretcher which is improved in this regard. To solve this problem, the invention proposes a height-adjustable and, in particular, also movable patient transport device which is provided with
  • an underframe with a lower frame provided with castors and / or castors, an upper frame and a lifting device,
  • wherein the lifting device is arranged between the lower frame and the upper frame and is provided for changing their mutual distance between a lowest stroke position and a maximum stroke position,
  • wherein the lifting device has two operatively connected lifting scissor units which are arranged one above the other and of which the lower lifting scissor unit is coupled to the lower frame and the upper lifting scissor unit is coupled to the upper frame of the undercarriage,
  • Each lifting scissor unit has two pairs (scissor arm pairs) each comprising a first and a second strut (ie scissor arm) which cross and are pivotably connected to one another, and both pairs are arranged laterally offset on a common level and aligned parallel to one another,
  • wherein a first end of each first strut of the lower scissor lift unit is rotatably connected to the lower frame and a first end of every second strut of the lower scissor lift unit is pivotably guided with and slidably on the lower frame,
  • wherein a first end of each first strut of the upper scissor lift unit is rotatably connected to the upper frame and a first end of every second strut of the upper scissor lift unit is pivotably guided with and slidably on the upper frame,
  • wherein the second ends of these struts of both scissor lift units facing away from the first ends of the aforementioned struts are either directly articulated to one another or by means of at least the first and second struts of a further, central scissor lift unit and thus indirectly articulated and
  • a lying surface on and / or on the upper frame, having an end on the head part side and an end on the foot part side, which is connected to the upper frame or can be detachably connected to the upper frame,
  • wherein the lower frame (16) of the underframe (12) has two longitudinal frame sections (84, 85) and two transverse frame sections (88, 89) running transversely thereto, the first transverse frame section (88) being the head end (76) of the lying surface (14) and the second frame transverse section (89) faces the foot-side end (78) of the lying surface (14),
  • wherein the two frame longitudinal sections (84, 85) of the lower frame (16) each protrude beyond its second frame transverse section (89), wherein in these protruding sections (92) of the frame longitudinal sections (84, 85) each has a steering and / or running roller (18) is arranged, and
  • The lower leg / foot part (82) of the lying surface (14) can be immersed in the free space (93) between the two protruding sections (92) at its foot end (78) in the folded-down state towards the lower frame (16) of the underframe (12) is.

Nach der Erfindung ist als Hubeinrichtung eine Doppel- oder allgemein Mehrfach-Hubschere vorgesehen, die aus mindestens zwei übereinander angeordneten Einzel-Scheren-Hubeinheiten besteht. Dadurch kann man die im Krankentransportbereich erforderlichen Hubhöhen bei verkürzten Untergestellen erreichen. Die Liegefläche steht nun mit ihrem Rückenlehnenteil und ihrem Unterschenkel-/Fußteil über die in Längserstreckung des Untergestells liegenden Enden desselben über. Zweckmäßig ist es insoweit, wenn das Untergestell oder ein Rahmen der Liegefläche an seinem oberen Ende ausziehbare Verlängerungselemente mit Griffenden aufweist, so dass das Untergestell an seinem oberen Ende wie bei einer Krankentrage Längsholme aufweist, die sich entlang der gesamten Liegefläche und gegebenenfalls um die Griffstück über die Liegefläche hinaus erstrecken. Es ist aber auch möglich, den oberen Bereich des Untergestells verkürzt zu belassen und die Längenvergrößerung am Rahmen der Liegefläche zu realisieren.According to the invention, a double or generally multiple scissors lift is provided as the lifting device, which consists of at least two single scissors lift units arranged one above the other. This enables the lifting heights required in the ambulance sector to be achieved with shortened underframes. The reclining surface now projects with its backrest part and its lower leg / foot part over the ends of the same lying in the longitudinal extension of the underframe. It is useful in this respect if the underframe or a frame of the lying surface has extendable extension elements with handle ends at its upper end, so that the underframe has longitudinal spars at its upper end, like a stretcher, which extend along the entire lying surface and possibly around the handle extend the lying surface out. But it is also possible to use the upper area of the underframe to leave it shortened and to realize the increase in length on the frame of the lying surface.

Jede Hubschereneinheit der Hubeinrichtung der erfindungsgemäßen Krankentransportvorrichtung weist zwei (Scherenarm-)Paare aus jeweils einer ersten und einer zweiten Strebe (Scherenarm) auf. Diese beiden Streben (Scherenarme) kreuzen einander und sind schwenkbar miteinander verbunden. Beide Streben- bzw. Scherenpaare sind seitlich versetzt zueinander angeordnet und befinden sich sozusagen auf einem gemeinsamen Niveau und sind darüber hinaus parallel zueinander angeordnet. Mit einer derartigen Hubschereneinheit ist nun erfindungsgemäß mindestens eine zweite Hubschereneinheit verbunden, wobei die jeweiligen Strebenpaare, die übereinander angeordnet sind, an den einander zugewandten Enden ihrer Streben gelenkig miteinander verbunden sind. Die untere Hubschereneinheit ist nun mit dem unteren Teil des Untergestells verbunden, der als unterer Rahmen ausgeführt ist. Die obere Hubschereneinheit ist mit dem oberen Teil des Untergestells verbunden, der als oberer Rahmen ausgebildet ist. Zwischen beiden Hubschereneinheiten kann sich eine dritte Hubschereneinheit befinden. Alternativ können die beiden Hubschereneinheiten aber auch, wie oben beschrieben, über die einander zugewandten Enden ihrer sich kreuzenden Streben direkt gelenkig miteinander verbunden sein.Each scissor lift unit of the lifting device of the patient transport device according to the invention has two (scissor arm) pairs each comprising a first and a second strut (scissor arm). These two struts (scissor arms) cross each other and are pivotably connected to each other. Both strut or pair of scissors are arranged laterally offset from one another and are, so to speak, on a common level and are also arranged parallel to one another. According to the invention, at least one second scissor-lift unit is connected to such a scissor-lift unit, the respective pairs of struts, which are arranged one above the other, being articulated to one another at the ends of their struts facing one another. The lower scissor lift unit is now connected to the lower part of the underframe, which is designed as a lower frame. The upper scissor lift unit is connected to the upper part of the underframe, which is designed as an upper frame. A third scissor lift unit can be located between the two scissor lift units. Alternatively, however, the two scissor lift units can also, as described above, be directly connected to one another in an articulated manner via the mutually facing ends of their intersecting struts.

Der obere Rahmen kann neigbar zur Hubeinrichtung oder die Hubeinrichtung kann neigbar zum unteren Rahmen oder aber die Hubeinrichtung kann neigbar ausgeführt sein; in allen drei Fällen ist die Liegefläche neigbarThe upper frame can be inclined to the lifting device or the lifting device can be inclined to the lower frame or the lifting device can be designed to be inclined; in all three cases the lying surface can be inclined

Ein wesentliches Merkmal der Erfindung ist es, das Untergestell kompakt realisieren zu können, und zwar vor dem Hintergrund der Einhaltung einer möglichst geringen Niederigsthöhe, d.h. einer möglichst geringen unteren Bodenposition(, so dass ein auf dem Boden liegender Patient kaum angehoben werden muss, um auf die Liegefläche verbracht werden zu können,) bei gleichzeitigem Ermöglichen einer möglichst hohen Höchstposition der Krankentransportvorrichtung.An essential feature of the invention is to be able to realize the underframe in a compact manner, against the background of maintaining the lowest possible height, ie the lowest possible lower floor position (so that a patient lying on the floor hardly needs to be lifted to get on the lying surface to be able to be moved,) while at the same time enabling the highest possible position of the patient transport device.

Nach der Erfindung weist der untere Rahmen des Untergestells zwei Rahmenlängsabschnitte und zwei quer dazu verlaufende Rahmenquerabschnitte auf, wobei der erste Rahmenquerabschnitt dem kopfseitigen Ende der Liegefläche und der zweite Rahmenquerabschnitt dem fußseitigen Ende der Liegefläche zugewandt ist.According to the invention, the lower frame of the underframe has two longitudinal frame sections and two transverse frame cross sections, the first frame cross section facing the head end of the bed surface and the second frame cross section facing the foot end of the bed surface.

Um der Krankentransportvorrichtung nach der Erfindung eine weiterhin verbesserte Standfestigkeit und Stabilität zu verleihen, ist der untere Rahmen des Untergestells fußseitig länger ausgeführt sein als der obere Rahmen, wobei erfindungsgemäß vorgesehen ist, dass die beiden Rahmenlängsabschnitte des unteren Rahmens jeweils über dessen zweiten Rahmenquerabschnitt überstehen, wobei in diesen Überstandsabschnitten der Rahmenlängsabschnitte jeweils eine Lenk- und/oder Laufrolle angeordnet ist, und dass das Unterschenkel-/Fußteil der Liegefläche an dessen fußseitigen Ende im zum unteren Rahmen des Untergestells hin abgeklappten Zustand in den Freiraum zwischen den beiden Überstandsabschnitten eintauchbar ist.In order to give the ambulance device according to the invention a further improved stability and stability, the lower frame of the underframe is designed to be longer on the foot side than the upper frame, whereby it is provided according to the invention that the two longitudinal frame sections of the lower frame each protrude beyond its second frame cross section, whereby In each of these protruding sections of the longitudinal frame sections a steering and / or running roller is arranged, and that the lower leg / foot part of the lying surface can be immersed at its foot end in the free space between the two protruding sections when folded down towards the lower frame of the undercarriage.

In einer Weiterbildung der Erfindung ist die Hubeinrichtung automatisch mittels eines Antriebs betreibbar. Zweckmäßig ist es, wenn der Antrieb einen Motor mit einem vom Motor verfahrbaren Stellglied aufweist und der Antrieb mechanisch zwischen zwei benachbarten Hubschereneinheiten gekoppelt ist und somit auf diese beiden Hubschereneinheiten zur Höhenveränderung der Hubeinrichtung einwirkt.In a further development of the invention, the lifting device can be operated automatically by means of a drive. It is useful if the drive has a motor with an actuator that can be moved by the motor and the drive is mechanically coupled between two adjacent scissor lift units and thus acts on these two scissor lift units to change the height of the lifting device.

Bei der erfindungsgemäßen Krankentransportvorrichtung kann ferner mit Vorteil vorgesehen sein, dass pro Hubschereneinheit die ersten Enden der ersten Streben untereinander und die ersten Enden der zweiten Streben untereinander gekoppelt sind und dass pro Hubschereneinheit die zweiten Enden der ersten Streben und/oder die zweiten Enden der zweiten Streben jeweils frei von einer mechanischen Kopplung untereinander sind.In the ambulance transport device according to the invention it can also be advantageously provided that the first ends of the first struts are coupled to one another and the first ends of the second struts are coupled to one another per scissor lift unit and that the second ends of the first struts and / or the second ends of the second struts per scissor lift unit are in each case free from mechanical coupling with one another.

Die Liegefläche der erfindungsgemäßen Krankentransportvorrichtung, die ein kopfseitiges Ende, welches im Regelfall von einer Rückenlehne gebildet wird, und ein fußseitiges Ende aufweist, welches im Regelfall von einem Fußteil gebildet wird, kann unterschiedlich ausgebildet sein. Die Liegefläche weist im Regelfall einen Halterahmen oder eine sonstige Haltestruktur auf und ist an und/auf dem oberen Rahmen des Untergestells vorzugsweise abnehmbar fixierbar. Wie bereits oben erwähnt, kann der obere Rahmen oder aber auch die Haltekonstruktion der Liegefläche längenveränderbar sein. Typischerweise und bei der Erfindung mit Vorteil umfasst die Liegefläche ein Mittelteil mit einem dem kopfseitigen Ende der Liegefläche zugewandten ersten Ende und einem dem fußseitigen Ende der Liegefläche zugewandten zweiten Ende, ein mit dem ersten Ende des Mittelteils gelenkig verbundenes Rückenlehnenteil, das um eine erste Schwenkachse schwenkbar ist, die quer zur durch das kopfseitige Ende und das fußseitige Ende der Liegefläche definierten Längserstreckung der Liegefläche verläuft, und ein um eine zur ersten Schwenkachse parallele zweite Schwenkachse relativ zum Mittelteil schwenkbar angeordnetes Unterschenkel-/Fußteil, wobei die zweite Schwenkachse in Längserstreckung der Liegefläche betrachtet außerhalb des oberen Rahmens des Untergestells angeordnet ist. Eine derartig partitionierte Liegefläche mit der zuvor beschriebenen Positionierung der zweiten Schwenkachse relativ zum oberen Rahmen erlaubt es, das Unterschenkel-/Fußteil um 90° nach unten abklappen zu können, so dass bei hochgeklappter Rückenlehne eine nach Art eines Stuhls verlaufende Sitzfläche entsteht. Damit kann die Liegefläche als Stuhlfläche umgestaltet werden, ohne dass sich die Längserstreckung der obere Rahmen oder, sofern vorhanden, die Längserstreckung der Rahmen bzw. die Haltestruktur der Liegefläche zum Fußbereich hin über das Unterschenkel-Fußteil sich hinaus erstreckt. Der so gestaltete Krankenstuhl lässt sich nun in geeigneter Höhe bequem verfahren und auch ausreichend weit absenken. Insbesondere ist auch der untere Rahmen, der aufgrund der erfindungsgemäßen Hubeinrichtung verkürzt ist, nicht störend. Fußseitig sind keine "Stolperkanten" oder dgl. Konstruktionen des Untergestells vorhanden. Durch die Wandelbarkeit der Krankentransportvorrichtung zwischen Liegendtransport und Sitzendtransport ist die Einsatzmöglichkeit der erfindungsgemäßen Krankentransportvorrichtung erweitert. Insbesondere in der Funktion als Krankenstuhl lässt sich die Krankentransportvorrichtung bei beengten Raumverhältnissen einsetzen, wie beispielsweise bei engen Kurven in Treppnhäusern oder Fluren und insbesondere auch in Fahrstühlen.The lying surface of the patient transport device according to the invention, which has a head-side end, which is usually formed by a backrest, and a foot-side end, which is usually formed by a foot part, can be designed differently. As a rule, the lying surface has a holding frame or some other holding structure and can preferably be detachably fixed on and / on the upper frame of the undercarriage. As already mentioned above, the upper frame or the holding structure of the lying surface can be adjustable in length. Typically, and advantageously in the case of the invention, the lying surface comprises a central part with a first end facing the head-side end of the lying surface and a second end facing the foot-side end of the lying surface, a backrest part articulated to the first end of the central part, which is pivotable about a first pivot axis which runs transversely to the longitudinal extension of the lying surface defined by the head-side end and the foot-side end of the lying surface, and a lower leg / foot part pivoted relative to the middle part about a second pivot axis parallel to the first pivot axis, the second pivot axis viewed in the longitudinal extension of the lying surface is arranged outside the upper frame of the undercarriage. A reclining surface partitioned in this way with the previously described positioning of the second pivot axis relative to the upper frame allows the lower leg / foot part to be folded down by 90 °, so that when the backrest is folded up, a chair-style seat is created. The lying surface can thus be redesigned as a chair surface without the longitudinal extension of the upper frame or, if present, the longitudinal extension of the frame or the support structure of the lying surface extending towards the foot area beyond the lower leg foot part. The hospital chair designed in this way can now be conveniently moved to a suitable height and lowered sufficiently. In particular, the lower frame, which is shortened due to the lifting device according to the invention, is also not disruptive. On the foot side, there are no "stumbling blocks" or similar constructions of the underframe. Due to the changeability of the patient transport device between lying transport and seated transport the possibility of using the patient transport device according to the invention is expanded. In particular in its function as a hospital chair, the patient transport device can be used in confined spaces, such as, for example, in tight curves in stairwells or corridors and in particular in elevators.

In weiterer zweckmäßiger Ausgestaltung der Erfindung kann vorgesehen sein, dass der obere Rahmen zwei Rahmenlängsabschnitte und zwei quer zu diesem verlaufende Rahmenquerabschnitte aufweist, wobei der erste Rahmenquerabschnitt dem kopfseitigen Ende der Liegefläche und der zweite Rahmenquerabschnitt dem fußseitigen Ende der Liegefläche zugewandt ist, und dass die Schwenkachse bei Betrachtung der Liegefläche von oben zu der dem ersten Rahmenquerabschnitt des oberen Rahmens abgewandten Seite des zweiten Rahmenquerabschnitts positioniert ist.In a further expedient embodiment of the invention, it can be provided that the upper frame has two longitudinal frame sections and two transverse frame sections, the first transverse frame section facing the head-side end of the lying surface and the second frame transverse section facing the foot-side end of the lying surface, and the pivot axis when viewing the lying surface from above, is positioned on the side of the second frame transverse section facing away from the first frame transverse section of the upper frame.

In weiterer zweckmäßiger Ausgestaltung der Erfindung kann das Mittelteil der Liegefläche ein Sitzteil und ein Unterschenkelteil aufweisen, das relativ zum Sitzteil um eine zur ersten und zur zweiten Schwenkachse parallele dritte Schwenkachse verschwenkbar ist und mit dem das Unterschenkel-/Fußteil um die zweite Schwenkachse schwenkbar verbunden ist.In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the middle part of the lying surface can have a seat part and a lower leg part which can be pivoted relative to the seat part about a third pivot axis parallel to the first and second pivot axis and to which the lower leg / foot part is pivotably connected about the second pivot axis .

Zur möglichst effizienten Ausnutzung einer möglichst kleinen Längserstreckung des Untergestells bei dennoch ausreichend großer Hubhöhe ist gemäß einer insoweit vorteilhaften Weiterbildung der Erfindung vorgesehen, dass die drehbar mit dem unteren Rahmen des Untergestells verbundenen ersten Enden der ersten Streben der unteren Hubschereneinheit nahe an oder an dem einen Rahmenquerabschnitt des unteren Rahmens und die schwenkbar mit dem unteren Rahmen sowie verschiebbar an dem unteren Rahmen geführten ersten Enden der zweiten Streben der unteren Hubschereneinheit in der Niedrigsthubposition der Hubeinrichtung nahe an oder an dem anderen Rahmenquerabschnitt des unteren Rahmens angeordnet sind. Dementsprechend gilt dann mit Vorteil auch, dass die drehbar mit dem oberen Rahmen des Untergestells verbundenen ersten Enden der ersten Streben der oberen Hubschereneinheit nahe an oder an dem einen Rahmenquerabschnitt des oberen Rahmens und die schwenkbar mit dem oberen Rahmen sowie verschiebbar an dem oberen Rahmen geführten ersten Enden der zweiten Streben der oberen Hubschereneinheit in der Niedrigsthubposition der Hubeinrichtung nahe an oder an dem anderen Rahmenquerabschnitt des oberen Rahmens angeordnet sind.For the most efficient possible use of the smallest possible longitudinal extension of the underframe while still having a sufficiently large lifting height, it is provided according to an advantageous development of the invention that the first ends of the first struts of the lower scissor lift unit, which are rotatably connected to the lower frame of the undercarriage, are close to or on one frame cross section of the lower frame and the pivotable with the lower frame and slidably guided on the lower frame first ends of the second struts of the lower scissor lift unit in the lowest stroke position of the lifting device close to or on the other frame cross section of the lower frame. Correspondingly, it then also advantageously applies that the first ends of the first, which are rotatably connected to the upper frame of the undercarriage Struts of the upper lifting scissor unit close to or on one frame cross section of the upper frame and the first ends of the second struts of the upper lifting scissor unit, which are pivotably guided with the upper frame and slidably guided on the upper frame, in the lowest stroke position of the lifting device close to or on the other frame cross section of the upper one Frame are arranged.

In der Rahmen oder die Haltestruktur der vorteilhafter Ausgestaltung der Erfindung kann vorgesehen sein, dass Liegefläche zwei laterale, beidseitig der Liegefläche angeordnete Profile mit ausziehbaren Auszugsabschnitten mit Griffstücken zum manuellen Tragen der Liegefläche und/oder zum manuellen Verfahren des Untergestells mit Liegefläche aufweist. Wie bereits oben beschrieben, kann statt einer Verlängerung der Längserstreckung des oberen Rahmens auch der Rahmen bzw. die Haltestruktur der Liegefläche dieses Merkmal aufweisen. Schließlich ist es auch möglich, sowohl den oberen Rahmen als auch den Rahmen bzw. eine entsprechende Haltestruktur der Liegefläche längenveränderbar zu gestalten.In the frame or the holding structure of the advantageous embodiment of the invention it can be provided that the lying surface has two lateral profiles arranged on both sides of the lying surface with pull-out sections with grips for manually carrying the lying surface and / or for manually moving the underframe with the lying surface. As already described above, instead of an extension of the longitudinal extension of the upper frame, the frame or the holding structure of the lying surface can also have this feature. Finally, it is also possible to configure both the upper frame and the frame or a corresponding holding structure of the lying surface to be variable in length.

In den drei zuvor genannten Fällen kann darüber hinaus mit Vorteil gelten, dass die Auszugsabschnitte in den Profilen der Liegefläche geführt und aus diesen über deren jeweils voneinander abgewandten Enden herausziehbar sowie über diese Enden in die Profile hineinschiebbar sind.In the three aforementioned cases, it can also be advantageous that the pull-out sections are guided in the profiles of the lying surface and can be pulled out of these via their ends facing away from one another and pushed into the profiles via these ends.

Die Erfindung wird nachfolgend unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnung anhand mehrerer Ausführungsbeispiele beschrieben im Einzelnen zeigen dabei:

Fign. 1
bis 35 verschiedene Ausführungsbeispiele der erindungsgemäßen Krankentransportvorrichtung
Fig. 35
eine perspektivische Darstellung eines Ausführungsbeispiels der Krankentransportvorrichtung mit Doppel-Hubschereneinheiten und einer in einzelne Bereiche unterteilten Liegefläche, die zu einem Stuhl bzw. einer Stuhlfläche wandelbar ist, wobei in Fig. 1 die Liegefläche für den Liegendtransport ausgerichtet ist,
Fig. 36
die Krankentransportvorrichtung gemäß Fig. 35, jedoch in der die Liegefläche für den Liegendtransport ausgerichtet ist, als Krankenstuhl gewandelt, und
Fig.37
der Krankenstuhl gemäß Fig. 36 in Seitenansicht.
The invention is described below with reference to the drawing on the basis of several exemplary embodiments, in which:
Figs. 1
to 35 different embodiments of the patient transport device according to the invention
Fig. 35
a perspective view of an embodiment of the patient transport device with double scissor lift units and a reclining surface divided into individual areas, which form a chair or a chair surface is convertible, with in Fig. 1 the lying surface is designed for transport on a prone basis,
Fig. 36
the patient transport device according to Fig. 35 , however, in which the lying surface is aligned for transporting lying down, converted into a hospital chair, and
Fig. 37
the hospital chair according to Fig. 36 in side view.

In den Fign. 35 bis 37 ist eine Krankentransportvorrichtung 10 gemäß einem ersten Ausführungsbeispiel gezeigt. Die Krankentransportvorrichtung 10 umfasst ein höhenverstellbares Untergestell 12 und eine Liegefläche 14, die oberhalb des Untergestells 12 und gegebenenfalls von diesem abnehmbar angeordnet ist. Das Untergestell 12 weist einen unteren Rahmen 16 mit Lauf-und/oder vier Lenkrollen 18 auf. Ferner umfasst das Untergestell 12 einen oberen Rahmen 20. Zwischen den beiden Rahmen befindet sich eine Hubeinrichtung 22, die zwei übereinander angeordnete Einzel-Schereneinheiten aufweist, nämlich eine untere Hubschereneinheit 24 und eine obere Hubschereneinheit 26. Die untere Hubschereneinheit 24 ist mit dem unteren Rahmen 16 einerseits drehbar und andererseits schwenk- sowie längsverschiebbar gekoppelt, während die obere Hubschereneinheit 26 in gleicher Weise mit dem oberen Rahmen 20 mechanisch gekoppelt ist. Beide Hubschereneinheiten 24, 26 sind an ihren einander zugewandten Enden gelenkig miteinander verbunden. Über einen Antrieb 28, der einen Motor 30 und ein Stellglied 32 aufweist, lassen sich die beiden Hubschereneinheiten 24, 26 höhenverstellen.In the Figs. 35 to 37 a patient transport device 10 according to a first exemplary embodiment is shown. The ambulance transport device 10 comprises a height-adjustable underframe 12 and a lying surface 14 which is arranged above the underframe 12 and, if necessary, can be removed from it. The subframe 12 has a lower frame 16 with running and / or four steering rollers 18. The subframe 12 further comprises an upper frame 20. Between the two frames there is a lifting device 22 which has two single scissor units arranged one above the other, namely a lower scissor lift unit 24 and an upper scissor lift unit 26. The lower scissor lift unit 24 is with the lower frame 16 coupled rotatably on the one hand and pivotably and longitudinally displaceably on the other hand, while the upper scissor lift unit 26 is mechanically coupled to the upper frame 20 in the same way. Both scissor lift units 24, 26 are articulated to one another at their ends facing one another. The two scissor lift units 24, 26 can be adjusted in height via a drive 28, which has a motor 30 and an actuator 32.

Wie beispielsweise anhand von Fig. 35 zu erkennen ist, weist jede Hubschereneinheit 24 bzw. 26 zwei (Scherenarm-)Paare 34 aus sich jeweils kreuzenden ersten und zweiten Streben 36, 38 (Scherenarme) auf. Die Streben sind bei 40 schwenkbar miteinander verbunden. Das erste Ende 42 der ersten Strebe 36 ist bei 44 drehbar mit dem unteren Rahmen 16 verbunden, während das erste Ende 46 jeder zweiten Strebe 38 längsverschiebbar am Rahmen 16 geführt ist (siehe bei 48). Im analoger Weise sind die ersten Enden der ersten Streben 36 der oberen Hubschereneinheit 26 drehbar mit dem oberen Rahmen 20 verbunden (siehe bei 50), während die ersten Enden 46 der zweiten Streben 38 wie bei 52 gezeigt schwenkbar und längsverschiebbar am oberen Rahmen 20 geführt sind.For example, using Fig. 35 can be seen, each lifting scissor unit 24 and 26 has two (scissor arm) pairs 34 of each intersecting first and second struts 36, 38 (scissor arms). The struts are pivotally connected to one another at 40. The first end 42 of the first strut 36 is rotatably connected to the lower frame 16 at 44, while the first end 46 of every other strut 38 Is guided longitudinally on the frame 16 (see at 48). In an analogous manner, the first ends of the first struts 36 of the upper scissor lift unit 26 are rotatably connected to the upper frame 20 (see at 50), while the first ends 46 of the second struts 38 are pivotably guided on the upper frame 20 as shown at 52 .

An den den ersten Enden 42 abgewandten zweiten Enden 54, 56 der ersten und zweiten Streben 36, 38 den zweiten Enden 58, 60 der zweiten Streben 38 sind beide Hubschereneinheiten 24, 26 gelenkig miteinander verbunden.At the second ends 54, 56 of the first and second struts 36, 38 facing away from the first ends 42, the second ends 58, 60 of the second struts 38, both scissor lift units 24, 26 are articulated to one another.

Die Liegefläche 14 weist ein Mittelteil 62 auf, das ein unbewegliches Sitzteil 64 und ein damit gelenkig verbundenes Oberschenkelteil 66 umfasst. Zum kopfseitigen Ende 68 der Liegefläche 14 hin weist das Mittelteil 62 ein erstes Ende 70 auf, das über eine erste Schwenkachse 72 mit einem Rückenlehnenteil 74 der Liegefläche 14 schwenkbar verbunden ist. Das Mittelteil 62 weist darüber hinaus ein zweites Ende 76 auf, das dem fußseitigen Ende 78 der Liegefläche 14 zugewandt ist und das über eine zweite Schwenkachse 80 gelenkig mit einem Unterschenkel-/Fußteil 82 der Liegefläche 14 verbunden ist. Zwischen dem Oberschenkelteil 66 und dem feststehenden Sitzteil 64 befindet sich eine dritte Schwenkachse 83.The reclining surface 14 has a middle part 62 which comprises an immovable seat part 64 and a thigh part 66 articulated therewith. Towards the head end 68 of the reclining surface 14, the central part 62 has a first end 70 which is pivotably connected to a backrest part 74 of the reclining surface 14 via a first pivot axis 72. The middle part 62 also has a second end 76 which faces the foot-side end 78 of the lying surface 14 and which is articulated via a second pivot axis 80 to a lower leg / foot part 82 of the lying surface 14. A third pivot axis 83 is located between the thigh part 66 and the stationary seat part 64.

In den Fign. 36 und 37 ist gezeigt, wie die Liegefläche 14 zu einer Stuhlfläche wandelbar ist. Insbesondere ist zu erkennen, dass das Unterschenkel-/Fußteil 82 in eine Aussparung, das heißt in einen Freiraum am unteren Rahmen 16 eintaucht, wenn in der Funktion als Krankenstuhl das Untergestell 12 so weit abgesenkt wird, dass das fußseitige Ende 78 des Unterschenkel-/Fußteil 82 nahe dem Untergrund ist, auf dem das Untergestell 12 verfahren wird.In the Figs. 36 and 37 it is shown how the lying surface 14 can be converted into a chair surface. In particular, it can be seen that the lower leg / foot part 82 plunges into a recess, that is, into a free space on the lower frame 16 when, in its function as a hospital chair, the underframe 12 is lowered so far that the foot-side end 78 of the lower leg / Foot part 82 is close to the ground on which the sub-frame 12 is moved.

Beide Rahmen 16, 20 weisen jeweils zwei Rahmenlängsabschnitte 84, 85, (am unteren Rahmen 16) und 86, 87 (am oberen Rahmen 20) und zwei Rahmenquerabschnitte 88, 89 bzw. 90, 91 auf. Während der obere Rahmen 20 im Wesentlichen rechteckig ist, weist der untere Rahmen 16 an seinem fußseitigen Rahmenquerabschnitt 89 einen Überstand auf, der durch Überstandsabschnitte 92 der Rahmenlängsabschnitte 84, 85 entsteht. Anders ausgedrückt stehen die Rahmenlängsabschnitte 84, 85 um die Überstandsabschnitte 92 nach außen über den fußseitigen Rahmenquerabschnitt 89 über. Dadurch entsteht ein Freiraum 93, in den das Unterschenkel-/Fußteil 82 mit dem fußseitigen Ende 78 der Liegefläche 14 hineinragt, wenn die Liegefläche 14 zu einer Stuhlfläche gewandelt ist und das Untergestell 12 in seiner dann niedrigstmöglichen Position ist, wie die Fign. 36 und 37 zeigen.Both frames 16, 20 each have two frame longitudinal sections 84, 85 (on the lower frame 16) and 86, 87 (on the upper frame 20) and two frame transverse sections 88, 89 and 90, 91, respectively. While the upper frame 20 is substantially rectangular, the lower frame 16 has on its The frame transverse section 89 on the foot side has an overhang, which is produced by overhang sections 92 of the frame longitudinal sections 84, 85. In other words, the longitudinal frame sections 84, 85 protrude outwardly beyond the transverse frame section 89 on the foot side by the protruding sections 92. This creates a free space 93 into which the lower leg / foot part 82 protrudes with the foot-side end 78 of the lying surface 14 when the lying surface 14 has been converted into a chair surface and the underframe 12 is then in its lowest possible position, like the Figs. 36 and 37 demonstrate.

Abschließend sei noch kurz auf die Auszugsabschnitte 96 mit den Griffstücken 98 des Halterahmens 98 für die Liegefläche 14 verwiesen, wie Fig. 35 zeigt. Diese Auszugsabschnitte 96 lassen sich in Rahmenlängsabschnitte 99 (Profile) des Halterahmens 98 hineinschieben und aus diesen herausziehen.Finally, reference should be made briefly to the pull-out sections 96 with the handle pieces 98 of the holding frame 98 for the lying surface 14, such as Fig. 35 shows. These pull-out sections 96 can be pushed into the longitudinal frame sections 99 (profiles) of the holding frame 98 and pulled out of them.

In den Figuren 1 bis 34 sind verschiedene Ausführungsbeispiele der erfindungsgemäßen Krankentransportvorrichtung gezeigt.In the Figures 1 to 34 various embodiments of the patient transport device according to the invention are shown.

So zeigen beispielsweise die Fign. 1 bis 10 eine erste Variante der erfindungsgemäßen Krankentrage, bei der sich die Liegefläche unabhängig von der Verkürzung des Liegeflächenrahmens verstellen lässt.For example, the Figs. 1 to 10 a first variant of the stretcher according to the invention, in which the lying surface can be adjusted independently of the shortening of the lying surface frame.

In den Fign. 11 bis 18 ist eine zweite Variante der erfindungsgemäßen Krankentransportvorrichtung gezeigt, bei der sich die Liegefläche automatisch verändert, wenn der Liegenflächenrahmen längenverändert wird.In the Figs. 11 to 18 a second variant of the patient transport device according to the invention is shown, in which the lying surface changes automatically when the lying surface frame is changed in length.

In den Fign. 19 bis 26 ist eine weitere Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemäßen Krankentrage gezeigt, bei der sich die Liegefläche unabhängig von der Länge ihres Rahmens verstellen lässt und das Gelenk zwischen dem Unterschenkelteil und dem Oberschenkelteil der Liegefläche wahlweise sperren lässt.In the Figs. 19 to 26 Another embodiment of a stretcher according to the invention is shown in which the lying surface can be adjusted independently of the length of its frame and the joint between the lower leg part and the thigh part of the lying surface can be optionally locked.

In den Fign. 27 bis 34 ist eine weitere Ausgestaltung der Erfindung gezeigt, bei der sich die Liegefläche bei Veränderung Ihrer Rahmenlänge verstellt.In the Figs. 27 to 34 a further embodiment of the invention is shown in which the lying surface is adjusted when its frame length changes.

BezugszeichenlisteList of reference symbols

  • 10 Krankentransportvorrichtung10 Ambulance transport device
  • 12 Untergestell12 base
  • 14 Liegefläche14 lying surface
  • 16 Rahmen16 frames
  • 18 Lenk-/Laufrollen18 swivel castors
  • 20 oberer Rahmen20 top frame
  • 22 Hubeinrichtung22 Lifting device
  • 24 untere Hubschereneinheit24 lower scissor lift unit
  • 26 obere Hubschereneinheit26 upper scissor lift unit
  • 28 Antrieb28 drive
  • 30 Motor30 engine
  • 32 Stellglied32 actuator
  • 34 (Scherenarm-)Paare34 (scissor arm) pairs
  • 36 erste Streben36 first striving
  • 38 zweite Streben38 second strut
  • 42 erstes Ende einer ersten Strebe42 first end of a first strut
  • 46 erstes Ende einer zweiten Strebe46 first end of a second strut
  • 54 zweites Ende einer ersten Strebe54 second end of a first strut
  • 56 zweite Enden56 second ends
  • 58 zweiten Enden58 second ends
  • 60 zweiten Enden60 second ends
  • 62 Mittelteil62 middle section
  • 64 Sitzteil64 seat part
  • 66 Oberschenkelteil66 thigh section
  • 68 kopfseitigen Ende der Liegefläche68 end of the lying surface at the head end
  • 70 erstes Ende des Mittelteils70 first end of the middle section
  • 72 erste Schwenkachse72 first pivot axis
  • 74 Rückenlehnenteil74 backrest part
  • 76 zweites Ende des Mittelteils76 second end of the middle section
  • 78 fußseitiges Ende der Liegefläche78 end of the lying surface at the foot
  • 80 zweite Schwenkachse80 second pivot axis
  • 82 Unterschenkel-/Fußteil82 lower leg / foot section
  • 83 dritte Schwenkachse,83 third pivot axis,
  • 84 Rahmenlängsabschnitt des unteren Rahmens84 Longitudinal section of the lower frame
  • 85 Rahmenlängsabschnitt des unteren Rahmens85 Longitudinal section of the lower frame
  • 86 Rahmenlängsabschnitt des oberen Rahmens86 Longitudinal section of the upper frame
  • 87 Rahmenlängsabschnitt des oberen Rahmens87 Longitudinal frame section of the upper frame
  • 88 erster Rahmenquerabschnitt des unteren Rahmens88 first frame cross section of the lower frame
  • 89 zweiter Rahmenquerabschnitt89 second frame cross section
  • 90 erste Rahmenquerabschnitt90 first frame cross section
  • 91 zweiten Rahmenquerabschnitt91 second frame cross section
  • 92 Überstandsabschnitte92 overhang sections
  • 93 Freiraum93 space
  • 96 ausziehbaren Auszugsabschnitte96 pull-out sections
  • 97 Griffstücken97 handles
  • 98 Halterahmen der Liegefläche98 Support frame for the lying surface
  • 99 Rahmenlängsabschnitte, Profile des Halterahmens99 longitudinal frame sections, profiles of the holding frame

Claims (12)

  1. A patient transport device, comprising
    - an underframe (12) with a lower frame (16) provided with casters and/or rollers, an upper frame (20) and with a lifting means (22),
    - wherein the lifting means (22) is arranged between the lower frame (16) and the upper frame (20) and is provided for changing their mutual distance between a lowest lifting position and a highest lifting position,
    - wherein the lifting means (22) comprises two scissor lift units (24, 26) in operative connection which are arranged on top of each other and of which the lower scissor lift unit is coupled with the lower frame (16) and the upper scissor lift unit is coupled with the upper frame (20) of the underframe (12),
    - wherein each scissor lift unit (24, 26) comprises two pairs (34) of respectively a first bar (36) and a second bar (38) which cross each other and are pivotably connected to each other, and wherein both pairs are arranged laterally offset at a same level and are parallelly aligned to each other,
    - wherein a first end (42) of each first bar (36) of the lower scissor lift unit (24) is rotatably connected with the lower frame (16) and a first end (46) of each second bar (38) of the lower scissor lift unit (24) is guided pivotably with the lower frame (16) and displaceably at the lower frame (16),
    - wherein a first end (42) of each first bar (36) of the upper scissor lift unit (26) is rotatably connected with the upper frame (20) and a first end (46) of each second bar (38) of the upper scissor lift unit (26) is guided pivotably with the upper frame (20) and displaceably at the upper frame (20),
    - wherein each of the second ends (54, 56) of said bars (36, 38) of both scissor lift units (24, 26) which face away from the first ends (42, 46) of the above-mentioned bars (36, 38) are either directly coupled in a hinged manner or by at least the first bars and the second bars of a further, central scissor lift unit and are thus indirectly coupled in a hinged manner, and
    - a reclining surface (14) having a head-side end (76) and a foot-side end (78) at and/or on the upper frame (20), wherein the reclining surface (14) is connected with the upper frame (20) or removably connectable with the upper frame (20),
    characterized in that
    - the lower frame (16) of the underframe (12) comprises two transverse frame sections (84, 85) and two transverse frame sections (88, 89) transverse thereto, wherein the first transverse frame section (88) is facing the head-side end (76) of the reclining surface (14) and the second transverse frame section (89) is facing the foot-side end (78) of the reclining surface (14),
    - the two transverse frame sections (84, 85) of the lower frame (16) each protrude beyond its second transverse frame section (89), wherein in said protruding sections (92) of the transverse frame sections (84, 85) respectively one caster and/or roller (18) is arranged, and
    - the lower thigh/foot part (82) of the reclining surface (14) is immersible at its foot-side end (78) into the free space (93) between the two protruding sections (92) in the state folded down towards the lower frame (16) of the underframe (12).
  2. The patient transport device according to claim 1, characterized in that the lower thigh /foot part (82) of the reclining surface (14) is positionable at its foot-side end (78) in the state folded down towards the lower frame (16) of the underframe (12) to the side of the second transverse frame section (89) facing away from the first transverse frame section of the lower frame (16) and is particularly positionable resting against said second transverse frame section (89).
  3. The patient transport device according to claim 2, characterized in that the lifting means (22) is automatically operable by means of a drive (28).
  4. The patient transport device according to claim 3, characterized in that the drive (28) comprises a motor (30) with an actuator (32) displaceable by the motor (30), and that the drive (28) is mechanically coupled between two neighboring scissor lift units (24, 26) and thus acts on said two scissor lift units (24, 26) for high adjustment of the lifting means (22).
  5. The patient transport device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that for each scissor lift unit (24, 26) the first ends (42) of the first bars (36) are coupled to each other and the first ends (46) of the seconds bars (36, 38) are coupled to each other, and that for each scissor lift unit (24, 26) the second ends (54) of the first bars (36) and/or the second ends (56) of the seconds bars (38) are each free of any mechanical coupling.
  6. The patient transport device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the reclining surface (14) comprises a central part (62) with a first end facing the head-side end (76) of the reclining surface (14) and a second end facing the foot-side end (78) of the reclining surface (14), a backrest part (74) hingedly connected with the first end of the central part (62), wherein the backrest part (74) is pivotable about a first pivot axis (72) which is transverse to the longitudinal extension of the reclining surface (14) defined by the head-side end (76) and the foot-side end (78) of the reclining surface (14), and comprises a lower thigh/foot part (82) arranged pivotably about a second pivot axis (80) parallel to the first pivot axis (72) relative to the central part (62), wherein the second pivot axis (80) is arranged outside the upper frame (20) when viewed in longitudinal extension of the reclining surface (14).
  7. The patient transport device according to claim 6, characterized in that the upper frame (20) comprises two transverse frame sections (86, 87) and two transverse frame sections (90, 91) transverse thereto, wherein the first transverse frame section (90) is facing the head-side end (76) of the reclining surface (14) and the second transverse frame section (91) is facing the foot-side end (78) of the reclining surface (14), and that the second pivot axis (80) is positioned, when viewing the reclining surface (14) from above, to the side of the second transverse frame section (91) facing away from the first transverse frame sections (90) of the upper frame (20).
  8. The patient transport device according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the central part (62) of the reclining surface (14) comprises a seating part (64) and an upper thigh part (66) which is pivotable relative to the seating part (64) about a third pivot axis (83) parallel to the first and second pivot axis (72, 80) and with which the lower thigh/foot part (82) is connected pivotably about the second pivot axis (80).
  9. The patient transport device according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the first ends (42) of the first bars (36) of the lower scissor lift unit (24) which are rotatably connected with the lower frame (16) of the underframe (12) are arranged near or at the one transverse frame section (88, 89) of the lower frame (16), and that the first ends (46) of the second bars (38) of the lower scissor lift unit (24) which are guided pivotably with the lower frame (16) and displaceably at the lower frame (16) are arranged in the lowest lifting position of the lifting means (22) near or at the other transverse frame section (89) of the lower frame (16).
  10. The patient transport device according to claim 9, characterized in that the first ends (42) of the first bars (36) of the upper scissor lift unit (26) which are rotatably connected with the upper frame (20) of the underframe (12) are arranged near or at the one transverse frame section of the upper frame (20), and that the ends (46) of the seconds bars (38) of the upper scissor lift unit (26) which are guided pivotably with the upper frame (20) and displaceably at the upper frame (20) are arranged in the lowest lifting position of the lifting means (22) near or at the other transverse frame section of the upper frame (20).
  11. The patient transport device according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the reclining surface (14) comprises a holding frame (97) with two lateral profiles (99) arranged on both sides of the reclining surface (14) with extendable extraction sections (96) having handle pieces for manually carrying the reclining surface (14) and/or for manually displacing the underframe (12) with the reclining surface (14).
  12. The patient transport device according to claim 11, characterized in that the extraction sections (96) are guided in the profiles (99) of the holding frame of the reclining surface (14) and are adapted to be pulled out of said profiles via their ends each facing away from each other and to be slid via said ends into the profiles (99).
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