Automated Patient handling and Patient Transfer Mechanism

Efforts to reduce the manual intervention associated with the patient handling are based on the tradition and personal experience. Stretchers are the most commonly used medical equipment for the transportation of patients. Transferring the patients from stretcher to the medical bed is always an issue for the attendant or nurse especially if the patient is suffering from Spinal Injury or Multiple Fracture. This task has to be performed with utmost care and safety of the patients. Understanding the various issues regarding the mobility equipment and introducing a better design will be an asset for the medical field and a helping hand for disabled individuals. There is a need for a stretcher to facilitate the disabled patient's mobility and to provide novel medical equipment for use in the Indian hospitals. A new concept of Stretcher is designed which will minimize all the above said problems and ease in transferring the patients with utmost care safety and comfort. Our study shows that it is possible to save the tedious task of handling the patients carefully. The product will thus likely be an efficient mobility aid in hospitals.

Autorentext

Prof. Milind Rohokale is a Principal at SKN Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Science, Kusgaon(BK) Lonavala , Pune, India. Having 23 years academic and industrial experience, his field of interest are Manufacturing Engg. , Material handling and Automobile Engg.Mr. Bakul Shinde (ME Design) is currently working as entrepreneur at Mumbai.