Global Patent Index - EP 1725204 A1

EP 1725204 A1 20061129 - A HOIST

Title (en)

A HOIST

Title (de)

HEBEZUG

Title (fr)

LEVE-PERSONNE

Publication

EP 1725204 A1 20061129 (EN)

Application

EP 05708441 A 20050223

Priority

  • GB 2005000666 W 20050223
  • GB 0404803 A 20040303

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2005084602A1] A hoist for lifting a patient, the hoist having a housing with a winding mechanism (30) therein arranged to receive a first end of an elongate flexible tensile member (70) and to wind up that member from that end, wherein the hoist includes a magnetic member (92) positioned adjacent and fixed relative to the member and arranged to emit a signal, and a magnetic sensor (90) positioned adjacent the housing (20) and operable to sense a signal emitted by the magnetic member when the magnetic member is adjacent the magnetic sensor, the hoist being operable to cease winding the member in response to the magnetic sensor sensing that the magnetic member is adjacent thereto.

IPC 8 full level

A61G 7/10 (2006.01); B66D 3/24 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61G 7/1042 (2013.01); B66D 3/24 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2005084602A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2005084602 A1 20050915; EP 1725204 A1 20061129; GB 0404803 D0 20040407

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 2005000666 W 20050223; EP 05708441 A 20050223; GB 0404803 A 20040303