Stretcher, Gurney & Patient Transport Equipment Services in Texas

Brakes that don't hold. Hydraulics that won't lift. Rails that won't latch. The equipment your team touches most, but that you service least.

MBMTS repairs, inspects, and rents stretchers, gurneys, and ambulance cots across Texas — for hospitals and EMS agencies — with a guaranteed response in under 8 business hours.

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Serving hospitals, surgery centers, EMS agencies, and transport services within a 300-mile radius of Dallas.

The Most-Used, Least-Serviced Equipment You Own

A stretcher gets pushed, loaded, braked, raised, lowered, and cleaned dozens of times a day. It carries more weight, more often, than almost anything else in the building — and it lives on a maintenance schedule that usually amounts to "until someone reports it."

That gap has two costs. The obvious one is a patient fall during a transfer when a brake slips. The less obvious one is your staff: transporters, nurses, and medics push, lift, and reposition these units all shift. A dragging caster or a pump that won't raise to transfer height doesn't just slow things down — it puts the load on someone's back instead.

Neither cost appears as a repair invoice. Both are preventable.

Mr. Biomed Tech Services provides stretcher, gurney, and ambulance cot repair, inspection, preventive maintenance, and rental across Texas. Our technicians are trained through respected Texas programs including CBET and TSTC.

Common Faults We Repair

Wheels, brakes, and steering

1. Brake not holding — the fault that matters most, because it fails during transfers. Test on the floor surfaces in your own facility; performance differs between vinyl, tile and polished concrete.
2. Casters dragging, wobbling, or seized — worn bearings, or debris and hair wound into the wheel.
3. Steer-lock not engaging — the unit fights the corridor instead of tracking straight.
4. Uneven brake engagement — one wheel locking while another doesn't.

Hydraulics and lift

1. Won't raise, or raises slowly — a weak pump, low fluid, or air in the system.
2. Drifts down under load — internal seal or valve leakage. A patient positioning risk, and it doesn't self-correct.
3. Hydraulic leaks — check under the frame, not just the floor. Seepage appears there first.
4. Trendelenburg or backrest not holding position — gas spring or lock failure.

Safety systems

1. Side rails won't latch, or are hard to release — a fall risk in one direction and an access problem in the other.
2. Rails rattling or with excessive play.
3. Restraint straps frayed, or buckles failing.
4. IV pole faults — bent, seized, or won't lock at height.

Structure and surfaces

1. Frame damage — cracks, bending, corrosion, loose fasteners.
2. Mattress and pad damage — cuts, tears, and tape patches let fluids in. That's an infection control finding, not a cosmetic one.
3. Missing or unreadable labels — weight capacity and warning labels must be present and legible.

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🏥 For Hospitals & Facilities

Your stretchers move patients from the ED to imaging, from pre-op to the OR, and from recovery back to the ward. When one goes out of service with no spare, the delay backs up the whole chain — ED beds stay full, OR cases start late, imaging slips.

We service the full fleet:

• ED and PACU stretchers
• Procedure and imaging-compatible stretchers
• Transport gurneys
• Wheelchairs and transport chairs
• Patient lifts and transfer aids

Fleet preventive maintenance services across your whole inventory rather than one unit at a time — one schedule, one documentation set, fleet-level reporting on which units are costing you money.

Documentation aligned with The Joint Commission, AAMI, and OSHA expectations, with electrical safety testing on powered units.

🚑 For EMS & Ambulance Services

Ambulance cots work harder than anything in a hospital. Loaded and unloaded multiple times a shift, in weather, over curbs, at speed — and they carry a compliance dimension hospital stretchers don't.

We service:

• Manual and powered ambulance cots
• Stair chairs
• Cot fastener and retention systems
• Backboards, scoop stretchers and immobilization equipment

The check most agencies haven't made

SAE J3027 addresses patient cot retention and compartment seating integrity. Under the updated standard, forward movement of the cot and patient in a front-end collision is limited to 14 inches — down from the previous 30 inches. The GSA incorporated these cot security requirements into the KKK-A-1822 federal ambulance specification via Change Notice 8 in July 2015.

The practical consequence: traditional "antler and rail" cot fastener systems, which allow the older 30 inches of travel, are becoming non-compliant under current standards.

When did anyone last inspect your cot fastener system — not the cot, the system holding it to the floor? For most agencies, the honest answer is that it gets looked at when something rattles.

Verify requirements against the ambulance standards and specification editions your agency and state have actually adopted, along with your cot manufacturer's Instructions for Use — these govern.

Powered cot service

Battery condition and charge retention, actuator and lift function through full range, load testing, wheels and brakes, retention and restraint systems, frame integrity.

Our Services

Repair & Diagnostics

Brakes, casters and steer-locks; hydraulic pumps, seals and cylinders; side rails and latches; gas springs; frames; powered cot batteries and actuators.

Preventive Maintenance & Inspection

A practical rhythm looks like:

Follow your manufacturer's Instructions for Use and your facility's or agency's equipment management plan, which set the applicable intervals.

Parts Replacement

Casters, brake components, hydraulic seals and pumps, rail latches, gas springs, straps and buckles, mattresses and pads, batteries.

Rental

Short-term stretcher and gurney rentals for census surges, renovations, or coverage while units are in service.

Sales & Disposition

New and certified reconditioned stretchers and gurneys with a standard 90-day warranty, and compliant removal of retired units.

📋 Free Download: Patient Transport Safety Checklist

A printable inspection checklist covering stretchers, gurneys, and ambulance cots — brake and caster testing, hydraulic drift checks loaded and unloaded, rail and restraint inspection, and a findings log formatted for your equipment file. Separate sections for facility and EMS use.

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Repair, Rent or Replace?

Service Across Texas

Dallas · Fort Worth · Houston · Austin · San Antonio · Waco · Lubbock — plus surrounding areas in Oklahoma and Louisiana, within a 300-mile radius of Dallas.

Frequently Asked Questions

My stretcher brake isn't holding. Is that repairable?

Almost always. Brake faults usually come down to worn brake components, a caster problem, or linkage that needs adjustment — all serviceable. Take the unit out of service in the meantime: a brake that slips during a transfer is a fall risk. Also test on your own floor surfaces, since brake performance differs between vinyl, tile, and polished concrete.

My gurney hydraulic won't lift. What's wrong?

Common causes are low fluid, air in the system, or a weak or failing pump. If it raises but then settles under load, that's internal seal or valve leakage rather than a pump problem. Both are repairable, and neither improves on its own.

What should an ambulance cot maintenance schedule look like?

A practical structure runs from a quick pre-transport check of brakes, rails and restraints, through monthly full function testing loaded and unloaded, quarterly frame and battery testing, to an annual inspection against manufacturer requirements with load testing. Always follow your cot manufacturer's Instructions for Use and your agency's equipment management plan.

Do you service powered ambulance cots?

Yes — battery condition and charge retention, actuator and lift function, load testing, brakes and wheels, plus retention and restraint systems.

Can you inspect our cot fastener systems?

Yes. This is worth scheduling specifically. SAE J3027 limits forward cot movement in a front-end collision to 14 inches, down from 30, and older "antler and rail" style systems are becoming non-compliant. Verify against the standards your agency and state have adopted.

How often should hospital stretchers be serviced?

Most facilities schedule at least annual preventive maintenance, with higher-use units in the ED and PACU serviced more frequently. Follow your manufacturer's recommendations and your equipment management plan.

Can we rent stretchers during a surge?

Yes — short-term rentals with fast delivery across Texas, inspected and ready for patient use.

Do you service whole fleets?

Yes. Most of our transport equipment work is scheduled PM across a facility's or agency's full inventory, with consolidated documentation.

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