161 |
BED SIDE RAIL HAVING CAVITY FOR INFUSION UNIT |
US13564268 |
2012-08-01 |
US20120291199A1 |
2012-11-22 |
Dennis J. Gallant; Dennis M. Lanci; Carl W. Riley |
A patient care apparatus includes a bed to support a patient. The bed has a side rail with a cavity. The patient care apparatus also includes an infusion unit having a medical treatment control unit, a medical treatment line, and a medication container to contain medication. The medical treatment line is coupled to the medication container to conduct medication from the medication container to the patient. The medical treatment control unit and the medication container are positioned in the cavity. |
162 |
Transferable patient care equipment support |
US11102398 |
2005-04-08 |
US08262036B2 |
2012-09-11 |
Mark A. Graham; Steven J. Schwartz |
An equipment support, such as an IV pole, comprises an upper portion, a lower portion having a lower end configured to engage a socket, and an actuator movable relative to the lower end. When the upper portion is gripped by a releasable gripper, the lower end can be disengaged from the socket by moving the actuator from a first position to a second position. The lower portion can be telescoped relative to the upper portion by moving the actuator from the second position to a third position. |
163 |
Headwall to bed interface |
US12962701 |
2010-12-08 |
US08240092B2 |
2012-08-14 |
Dennis J. Gallant; Dennis M. Lanci; Carl W. Riley |
A headwall is adapted for use with a bed in a room of a healthcare facility. The headwall comprises a wall unit mounted relative to a wall of the room and a floor unit extending along a floor of the room. The bed docks to the floor unit. It is disclosed to use the headwall to provide services to patient care equipment mounted to a side rail of the bed. Such patient care equipment is, for example, a chest drainage unit, an infusion unit, or a vacuum bandage unit located in a cavity of the side rail. |
164 |
RADIAL ARM SYSTEM FOR PATIENT CARE EQUIPMENT |
US13050985 |
2011-03-18 |
US20110168860A1 |
2011-07-14 |
David C. Newkirk; Michael E. Cerimele; Mark A. Graham; Christian H. Reinke; Jonathan D. Turner |
A patient care equipment support system includes an arm having a first arm portion and a second arm portion that telescopically extends and retracts relative to the first arm portion along a substantially horizontal axis. The first arm portion includes a first end of the arm that is supported for pivoting movement about a substantially vertical first axis. The second arm portion includes a second end of the arm. A column is situated beneath the second end of the arm. The column includes a first column portion and a second column portion that telescopically extends and retracts relative to the first column portion along a substantially vertical second axis. |
165 |
Transmitting Instructions in a Medical Supply Unit |
US12947499 |
2010-11-16 |
US20110118879A1 |
2011-05-19 |
Georg Bauer; Mathias Frenzel; Rudolf Marka; Rouven Rosenheimer |
A medical supply unit includes a bus system for transmitting instructions of control elements to actuators. The bus system is provided with transmitters and receivers being connected to each other by a transmission system. Via the transmission system, commands of the transmitters are transmitted, which are controlled by the control elements, and the responsive receiver transfers the command to a switching instruction at an output of the responsive receiver so as to control an actuator. |
166 |
Hospital bed side rail with medical treatment control unit |
US11005583 |
2004-12-06 |
US07865982B2 |
2011-01-11 |
Dennis J. Gallant; Dennis M. Lanci; Carl W. Riley |
A headwall is adapted for use with a bed in a room of a healthcare facility. The headwall comprises a service delivery unit movable relative to a wall of the room between a storage position and a use position allowing the bed to dock to the service delivery unit to receive one or more services from the service delivery unit. It is disclosed to use the headwall to provide services to patient care equipment mounted to a side rail of the bed. Such patient care equipment is, for example, a chest drainage unit, an infusion unit, or a vacuum bandage unit. |
167 |
Brake system for patient care equipment support arm |
US10575211 |
2004-10-12 |
US07849978B2 |
2010-12-14 |
Mark Alan Graham; Christian H. Reinke |
A patient care equipment support system includes an arm supported in a hospital room for pivoting movement about a generally vertical axis, a patient care equipment column coupled to the arm for movement therewith, and a brake configured to impede the pivoting movement of the arm. The brake allowing the pivoting movement of the arm when the brake is deactivated in response to a user input. The column is configured to support patient care equipment. |
168 |
Equipment support having rotatable bumpers and hooks |
US10575403 |
2004-10-12 |
US07849537B2 |
2010-12-14 |
Mark Alan Graham; David C. Newkirk |
A patient care equipment support includes an equipment supporting portion configured to support patient care equipment, and at least one arm pivotally coupled to the equipment supporting portion, and configured to support at least one IV container. The equipment support may include at least roller bumper rotatably coupled to the equipment supporting portion. The equipment supporting portion may include an upper horizontal member, a lower horizontal member and a pair of horizontally spaced vertical posts extending between the upper and lower members. Illustratively, the arm is pivotally coupled to one of the posts. The upper and lower horizontal members may define a space therebetween for receiving infusion management equipment. |
169 |
MODULAR WARMING THERAPY DEVICE |
US12740614 |
2008-12-04 |
US20100261948A1 |
2010-10-14 |
Robert Joseph Chilton, III |
Provided is a modular infant care system having a warming therapy device and a peripheral device. The warming therapy device includes a plurality of wheels and a patient support surface having an adjustable height. The peripheral device has at least one wheel and is adapted for releasably engaging the warming therapy device proximate the patient support surface. When the warming therapy device and the peripheral device are engaged to each other, the infant care system is movable as a combined unit. Also provided is a method for transporting a patient using the apparatus. |
170 |
Patient care equipment management system |
US11737298 |
2007-04-19 |
US07735788B2 |
2010-06-15 |
David C Newkirk; Mark A Graham; Steven J Schwartz; Michael E Cerimele; John W Ruehl |
An equipment support system has a first telescoping arm and a second telescoping arm. The arms are pivotable relative to a room wall about a generally vertical axis and are extendable and retractable along respective generally horizontal axes. A first equipment support is coupled to the first telescoping arm and is configured to support patient care equipment thereon. A second equipment support is coupled to the second telescoping arm and is configured to support patient care equipment thereon. |
171 |
Architectural system having transferrable life support cart |
US12135244 |
2008-06-09 |
US07735266B2 |
2010-06-15 |
Dennis J. Gallant; Dennis M. Lanci; John P. Biondo |
An architectural system adaptable to patient acuity level has a headwall unit with a cavity, a ceiling unit, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit. The column is movable between a first position in which at least a majority of the column is situated in the cavity and a second position in which the column is situated outside the cavity. Various types of patient-care equipment is also disclosed. The patient-care equipment is included in, or is coupleable to, one or more of the ceiling unit, the headwall unit, or the column. |
172 |
Transferable patient care equipment support |
US11397013 |
2006-04-03 |
US07676865B2 |
2010-03-16 |
Mark Alan Graham; Michael E. Cerimele; David C. Newkirk |
A patient care equipment support is transferable between a first device having a first tapered socket and a second device having a second tapered socket. The equipment support includes an equipment supporting portion configured to support patient care equipment and a post coupled to the equipment supporting portion and extending generally downwardly therefrom. The post has first and second tapered portions. The first tapered portion is configured for receipt in the first tapered socket and the second tapered portion being configured for receipt in the second tapered socket. |
173 |
Medical equipment transfer system |
US11644156 |
2006-12-22 |
US07661641B2 |
2010-02-16 |
Jean T. Y. Wong; Jonathan Levesque; Vincent Carbonneau Martel |
The present invention provides a medical equipment transfer system in which the medical equipment is transferable between alternative support bases. In one aspect of the invention, the system includes first and second support bases and an equipment carriage. The equipment carriage defines a first locking assembly for selectively locking with the first support base and a second locking assembly for selectively locking with the second support base and is simultaneously engageable with the first and second support bases via the first and second locking assemblies. An actuator is operable to simultaneously unlock the equipment carriage from the first support base and lock the equipment carriage to the second support base. |
174 |
Docking station for patient support |
US11770213 |
2007-06-28 |
US07636966B2 |
2009-12-29 |
Dennis J. Gallant; Dennis M. Lanci; John P. Biondo |
A docking station includes a column and a docking port coupled to the column. The docking port is coupleable to a hospital bed. A service is deliverable to the hospital bed through a service outlet coupled to the docking port. A communication and control unit is coupled to the column. A patient table is coupled to the column. |
175 |
Console with two vertical support tubes |
US11599117 |
2006-11-14 |
US07566240B2 |
2009-07-28 |
Stefan Knappe |
With a console (1) particularly for the hospital sector, with two vertical support tubes (2), and with at least two assembly claws (3), the assembly claws (3) are mounted onto the support tubes (2) in such a way that two assembly claws (3) are next to each other on the supports tubes (2) in each case, and each of the assembly claws (3) has a plug connection (4). At least one tray (5) is provided. The tray (5) has two receptacles (6) to respectively accommodate a plug connection (4) to enable the tray (5) to be inserted onto both of the assembly claws (3). The tray (5) can be mounted on the console (1) at any height in a simple manner. |
176 |
TRASFERABLE PATIENT CARE EQUIPMENT SUPPORT |
US11684340 |
2007-03-09 |
US20080217910A1 |
2008-09-11 |
James L. Walke; David C. Newkirk; Douglas A. Seim |
A patient care equipment support is transferable between a first device having a first spherical socket and a second device having a second spherical socket. The equipment support comprises an equipment supporting portion configured to support patient care equipment and a coupler extending downwardly from the equipment supporting portion. The coupler has first and second spherical portions configured for receipt in the first and second spherical sockets, respectively. The first and second spherical portions are rotatable within the respective first and second spherical sockets about a multitude of axes to compensate for misalignment between the coupler and at least one of the first and second spherical sockets during transfer of the equipment support between the first and second devices. |
177 |
RADIAL ARM SYSTEM FOR PATIENT CARE EQUIPMENT |
US11770265 |
2007-06-28 |
US20070251014A1 |
2007-11-01 |
David Newkirk; Michael Cerimele; Mark Graham; Christian Reinke; Jonathan Turner |
A system for supporting patient care equipment alongside a patient support is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of arms supported by a support structure. The arms may be pivoted to either side of the patient support. The arms may be stored in a console. At least one of the arms may carry service conduits that provide medical air, oxygen, vacuum, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, or electricity. |
178 |
Console with two vertical support tubes |
US11599117 |
2006-11-14 |
US20070190838A1 |
2007-08-16 |
Stefan Knappe |
With a console (1) particularly for the hospital sector, with two vertical support tubes (2), and with at least two assembly claws (3), the assembly claws (3) are mounted onto the support tubes (2) in such a way that two assembly claws (3) are next to each other on the supports tubes (2) in each case, and each of the assembly claws (3) has a plug connection (4). At least one tray (5) is provided. The tray (5) has two receptacles (6) to respectively accommodate a plug connection (4) to enable the tray (5) to be inserted onto both of the assembly claws (3). The tray (5) can be mounted on the console (1) at any height in a simple manner. |
179 |
Console with a storage space |
US11599116 |
2006-11-14 |
US20070190826A1 |
2007-08-16 |
Stefan Knappe; Juergen Schlitt |
A console (1), particularly for the hospital sector, with a support device having, in particular, two vertical support tubes (2), has an assembly device (25), which is used to mount at least one tray (5) to the support device. The tray (5) has an upper wall (15) and a lower wall (16). There is at least one storage space (17) between the walls (15,16), and the storage space (17) is provided to accommodate electric cable (18), preferably along with a power plug (19), or another line. In this manner, interfering sections of cable or lines are avoided in the work area. |
180 |
HOSPITAL BED |
US11625512 |
2007-01-22 |
US20070113342A1 |
2007-05-24 |
L. Foster; Ryan Reeder |
A patient support apparatus including a patient support and a powered transport device to facilitate movement of a patient support. |