Apparatus, System and Method For Quick Transport of Hospital Beds or Ambulance Gurneys Through Secured Areas

Abstract

Novel security clearance delivery assistance system for healthcare providers working in hospitals nationwide that improves patient care by reducing or eliminating the amount of time needlessly wasted by manually presenting security clearance smart cards to the security reader for authentication while transporting patients across hospitals. In life or death situations, which occur routinely in hospitals, quick delivery of patients to destinations such as the operating room could mean life or death. A health care professional's ability to save lives may depend in part on their ability to quickly transport patients through secured areas, which currently require the transporter to stop and authenticate at each doorway. With the likelihood of survival decreasing exponentially as time passes, reducing or eliminating interruptions during transportation will enable healthcare providers more time to perform life saving procedures and dramatically increase the likelihood of survival.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 
     
         1 . An apparatus for clamping onto a gurney or a hospital bed comprising a clamp, a movable arm wherein said movable arm is comprised of flexible gooseneck and a mounting plate to mount a smart card. 
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the flexible gooseneck is comprised of plastic friction vertebrate. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the flexible gooseneck is comprised of metal tubing.