The Prone Cart is designed for those with pressure ulcers, burns, or other injuries requiring restriction to the prone position. Designed for safety, comfort and convenience, the Prone Cart offers users independence with increased mobility. Moving throughout the hospital now becomes an option. The user-driven Prone Cart allows for upper body motion that may help build endurance and stamina.
A manually-operated device designed as a wheeled stretcher with a platform made for a person with a disability in a lying position to transport themselves around. It has a flat top surface upon which the user lies on their stomach and four wheels. It is available in a variety of designs, e.g., having two large hand-propelled wheelchair type wheels at the front which also provides a steering capability, or it can be very low so that the user propels and steers by pushing directly on the floor. It will provide a person with a disability with a means of limited mobility typically without presence of an attendant.