Arlene M Piazza

US Patent:

61962295, Mar 6, 2001

Filed:

Feb 22, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/507013

Inventors:

Arlene Piazza - Palm Desert CA

International Classification:

A61B 1900

US Classification:

128869

Abstract:

A patient mobilizer for enabling a care giver to move a generally disabled patient. The mobilizer includes a flexible sheet for placement against the back of a patient lying face up on a supported surface, and preferably is sized to extend from an upper neck location to a lower buttock location on a patient to present a perimeter edge which is shaped to match the lateral outline of a human torso. A plurality of hand engageable handles are disposed around the perimeter of the sheet for moving, rolling, and repositioning the patient as the patient is lying down upon and secured to the sheet. Patient securement to the sheet is accomplished through a pair of releasable and length adjustable shoulder straps attached to the sheet and engageable with the respective shoulders of the patient. The shoulder straps can also be engaged with shoulders of both the patient and a care giver who is facing the patient chest to chest to thereby enable the care giver to lift and ultimately carry the patient using shoulder-directed strength.