Mobile screening apparatus

• US 10,213,351 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2017
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Frazer, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Frazer, Ltd.
• Inventors: Thompson, Barry
• Primary Examiner(s): Romain, Pinel E
• Application Number:
  US15/433,109
• Publication Number:
  US 20170231843A1
• Time in Patent Office: 741 Days
• Field of Search: 296 2438
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/032 Transmission computed tomography [CT]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/0407 Supports, e.g. tables or beds, for the body or parts of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4405 the apparatus being movable or portable, e.g. handheld or mounted on a trolley
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/50 specially adapted for specific body parts; specially adapted for specific clinical applications
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/56 Details of data transmission or power supply, e.g. use of slip rings
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 3/001 Vehicles provided with medical equipment to perform operations or examinations
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 3/062 using lifts connected to the vehicle

Abstract

A mobile screening apparatus has a patient compartment having a floor, and end wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The second sidewall has an expanding wall that is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The mobile screening apparatus also has a scanner positioned in the patient compartment. The scanner has a length dimension extending longitudinally within the patient compartment. A scanning table is positioned within the patient compartment. The scanning table is movable in relation to the scanner. The patient compartment is positioned upon a chassis of a vehicle. A generator is connected to the scanner so as to supply power to the scanner. In particular, the scanner is a lung scanner.

Claims

1. A mobile screening apparatus comprising:

a patient compartment having a floor, an end wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, said second sidewall having an expanding wall that is slidable between a retracted position and an extended position;

a vehicle having a chassis upon which said patient compartment is positioned, said vehicle having wheels rotatably mounted to said chassis so as to allow said vehicle to move along an underlying surface;

a scanner positioned in said patient compartment, said scanner having a length dimension and a width dimension, said length dimension extending longitudinally within said patient compartment such that said length dimension of said scanner is aligned with a longitudinal axis of said patient compartment, said length dimension being greater than said width dimension, said scanner having a circular or oval opening.

2. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a scanning table positioned in said patient compartment, said scanning table being movable in relation to said scanner, said scanning table having a surface thereon adapted to allow to allow a body to be positioned thereon.

3. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a generator connected to said scanner so as to supply power to said scanner.

4. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 1, said vehicle having a cabin positioned forwardly of said patient compartment.

5. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a leveling mechanism connected or interconnected to said patient compartment, said leveling mechanism adapted to adjust said floor to a horizontal orientation relative to an underlying surface.

6. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 5, said leveling mechanism comprising:

a first leveling leg; and

a second leveling leg extending downwardly, said first leveling leg being in spaced relation to said second leveling leg.

7. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 1, said retracted position of said expanding wall being generally flush with said second sidewall.

8. The mobile screening apparatus claim 1, said first sidewall being a fixed wall.

13. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 2, said scanning table movable between a stowed position and an active position, said stowed position being against that expanding wall when said expanding wall is in the retracted position, said scanning table extending transverse to said expanding wall when said expanding wall is in the extended position.

14. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 1, said scanner being a lung scanner.

15. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a control system positioned in said patient compartment and cooperative with said scanner.

16. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 1, said floor of said patient compartment having an area when said expanding wall is in said extended position that is greater than an area when said expanding wall is in said retracted position.

17. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 1, said patient compartment having a first door at one of said first and second sidewalls, said patient compartment having a second door at said end wall.

9. A mobile screening apparatus comprising:

a patient compartment having a floor, an end wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, said second sidewall having an expanding wall that is slidable outwardly from said second sidewall from a retracted position to an extended position;

a scanner positioned in said patient compartment, said scanner having a length dimension and a width dimension, said length dimension being greater than said width dimension, said scanner having a circular or oval opening, said scanner being movable within said patient compartment between a first position in which said length dimension is parallel to and adjacent said first sidewall and a second position generally centrally of said patient compartment in which said length dimension is parallel to said first sidewall.

10. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 9, said scanner being at said first position when said expanding wall is in said extended position, said scanner being in said second position when said expanding wall is in said retracted position.

11. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a track plate affixed to said floor of said patient compartment; and

a slide plate received by said track plate, said slide plate movable from one end to an opposite end of said track plate as said scanner moves between the first and second positions.

12. The mobile screening apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

a locking pin received by said track plate and said slide plate so as to fix the position of said scanner in said patient compartment.

18. A mobile screening apparatus comprising:

a patient compartment having a floor, and end wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, said second sidewall having an expanding wall that is slidable between a retracted position and an extended position;

a scanner positioned in said patient compartment, said scanner having a length dimension and a width dimension, said length dimension extending longitudinally within said patient compartment such that said length dimension of said scanner is aligned with a longitudinal axis of said patient compartment, said length dimension being greater than said width dimension, said scanner having a circular or oval opening;

a vehicle having a chassis upon which said patient compartment is positioned, said vehicle having wheels rotatably mounted to said chassis so as to allow said vehicle to move along an underlying surface, said vehicle having a cabin positioned forwardly of said patient compartment;

a scanning table positioned in said patient compartment, said scanning table being movable in relation to said scanner, said scanning table having a surface thereon adapted to allow a body to be positioned thereon, said scanning table movable between a stowed position and an active position, said scanning table being against said expanding wall in the stowed position, said scanning table extending transverse to said expanding wall when said expanding wall is in the extended position; and

a generator connected to said scanner so as to supply power to said scanner, said generator being mounted to said patient compartment or to said vehicle.