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标题：Design and Fabrication of Pneumatically Powered Wheel Chair-Stretcher Device
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作者：Rashid Ahmed K ; Safar Abdul Razack ; Shamil Salam 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2015
卷号：4
期号：10
页码：10278
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2015.0410117
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Mobility aids are useful for disabled patients for transportation and a replacement for walking especiallyin indoor and outdoor environment. Wheelchairs and stretchers are the most commonly used medical equipment for thetransportation of patients. Transferring the patients from wheelchair to stretcher or to the medical bed is always an issuefor the patients and for the attendants/ nurses as well. This may even result in musculoskeletal disorders to those whoare not trained to do so especially, when it comes to the caretakers. So there is a need for a wheelchair cum stretcher tofacilitate the disabled patient’s mobility and to provide novel medical equipment for use in the Indian hospitals.Understanding the various issues regarding the mobility equipment and introducing a better design will be an asset forthe medical field and a helping hand for disabled individuals. This paper presents the design and fabrication ofpneumatically powered stretcher-chair convertible device with movable support segments in an attempt to help suchpatients and caregivers. This helps the caregiver avoid heavy lifting situations that put their back at risk of injury. Thecaregiver can merely shift the patient from a bed on to the device while the device is in the form of a stretcher. Then thedevice can be converted into a wheelchair automatically with a press of a button. This can be done in the reversedirection as well, when the patients in sitting in the wheel chair can be converted to a stretcher smoothly for the purposeof diagnosis etc
关键词：Mobility Aid; Wheel chair; Stretcher; Design and Analysis.