Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“Hospitals spend large amounts of resources on patient handlin g and the risk of injuries may be high forboth the patient and for the professi onal caregivers. Today, patient lifting devices are passive, unstableand requir e multiple caregivers to operate. They are passive in the sense that the patient may be not anactive part of the lifting and moving process, and as a result, a patient’s recovery time may be prolongedfrom injury, trauma or repetitive stre ss of the passive lifting and moving process.
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