Scoop stretcher can transform to a lightweight wheelchair in seconds
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日期:May 24, 2019
出處: newatlas.com
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Scoop stretcher can transform to a lightweight wheelchair in seconds
內文:By Paul Ridden
Studio Rotor and Retter Helfer Medical suggest replacing a scoop stretcher in
emergency vehicles with the Multi Scoop Pro, a stretcher that can transform
into a wheelchair
Dutch design firm Studio Rotor has been working with startup Retter Helfer
Medical on a lightweight patient transport option for ambulance personnel.
The Multi Scoop Pro features a patented mechanism that sees it change from
flat stretcher to wheelchair in a matter of seconds.
While researching the work of paramedics, Studio Rotor found that traditional
manual stretchers had been replaced in many modern ambulances by electric
stretchers weighing 60 kg and more. That heft meant that emergency personnel
would often just leave these heavy stretchers in the vehicle and lug all of
their equipment to where it was needed by hand.
The research also revealed that virtually all ambulances still had a scoop
stretcher too, which are used to lift patients off the ground. So the
designers looked at combining such a scoop stretcher with a lightweight
wheelchair. Paramedics could then use it to trundle equipment along in
wheelchair mode, and either transform it to a scoop stretcher when needed or
seat the patient in the wheelchair for transport back to the vehicle.
Multi Scoop Pros in stretcher and wheelchair modes
The resulting Multi Scoop Pro weighs in at around 10 kg (22 lb) and serves as
an ambulance stretcher with scoop capabilities that can be unlocked into two
sections, positioned under a patient and locked again for transport mode.
Wheel components can also be pulled out and locked into place before the
whole thing is lifted up and compressed into a wheelchair shape. It can be
used to haul emergency gear to a site and the foot rests pulled out so that
the patient can be wheeled to where they need to go.
Currently a working prototype, Retter Helfer Medical is further developing
the concept with IDP Amsterdam to get the Multi Scoop Pro ready for launch
towards the end of 2019. The video below demonstrates the functionality.
Source: Studio Rotor