Architectural system adaptable to patient acuity level
First Claim
1. An architectural system adaptable to an acuity level of a patient supported by a hospital bed in a patient room having a wall and a ceiling, the architectural system comprising a wall unit coupled to the wall and having a cavity, a ceiling unit coupled to the ceiling, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit for movement 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.
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Abstract
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.
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116 Claims
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1. An architectural system adaptable to an acuity level of a patient supported by a hospital bed in a patient room having a wall and a ceiling, the architectural system comprising
a wall unit coupled to the wall and having a cavity, a ceiling unit coupled to the ceiling, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit for movement 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.
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22. An architectural system adaptable to an acuity level of a patient supported by a hospital bed in a patient room having a wall and a ceiling, the architectural system comprising
a wall unit coupled to the wall, the wall unit having a first cavity and a second cavity, a first track member coupled to the ceiling, a second track member coupled to the ceiling, a first column coupled to the first track member for movement between a first position in which at least a majority of the first column is situated in the first cavity and a second position in which the first column is situated outside the cavity alongside a first side of the hospital bed, and a second column coupled to the second track member for movement between a first position in which at least a majority of the second column is situated in the second cavity and a second position in which the second column is situated outside the cavity alongside a second side of the hospital bed.
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29. An apparatus for use in a hospital room having a ceiling, the apparatus comprising
a canopy adapted to be coupled to the ceiling of the hospital room, and environmental control equipment coupled to the canopy.
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39. A mobile cart for use in a hospital to provide care to a patient, the mobile cart comprising
an upstanding pedestal, a plurality of legs coupled to a bottom of the upstanding pedestal, a plurality of wheels, each wheel being coupled to a respective leg of the plurality of legs, the legs along with the wheels coupled thereto each being movable between a first position extending outwardly from beneath the upstanding pedestal and second position tucked beneath the upstanding pedestal, and a plurality of patient-care modules coupled to the upstanding pedestal.
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57. A set of equipment for use in a hospital room having a floor, the set of equipment comprising
a hospital bed supported by the floor, an arm assembly hanging in the hospital room, and a mobile cart that is selectively couplable to the hospital bed and to the arm assembly and that is selectively decouplable from the hospital bed and from the arm assembly, the mobile cart having wheels that are spaced apart from the floor when the mobile cart is coupled to the hospital bed and when the mobile cart is coupled to the arm assembly, the wheels engaging the floor when the mobile cart is decoupled from the hospital bed and decoupled from the arm assembly.
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77. A set of hospital equipment comprising
a mobile cart carrying patient-care equipment and having a plurality of wheels, and a headwall formed to include a cavity that receives the mobile cart, the headwall having a ledge surface, the plurality of wheels of the mobile cart engaging the ledge surface when the mobile cart is received in the cavity.
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83. An apparatus comprising
an arm assembly adapted to be suspended from a ceiling of a hospital room, and an overbed table coupled to the arm assembly to be supported by the arm assembly above a floor of the hospital room.
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102. An apparatus comprising
a hub unit adapted to mount to a ceiling of a hospital room, an arm assembly coupled to the hub unit, an overbed table coupled to the arm assembly, and a housing coupled to one of the arm assembly and the overbed table, the housing carrying one of a medical service outlet and a patient-monitor module.
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109. A set of hospital equipment comprising
a headwall, a blanket, a unit housed in the headwall, and a hose coupled to the blanket and coupled to the unit, a thermoregulation medium being moved between the blanket and the unit through the hose.
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