Re-Design of Operating Room Tables

• US 20080216241A1
• Filed: 07/20/2006
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optimus Services AG
• Original Assignee: Optimus Services, LLC
• Inventors: Mangiardi, John R.
• Granted Patent: US 7,581,264 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 5/611
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/302 having rotary tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/40 Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 2201/00 Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/005 with a lid or cover
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/314 Flexible bags or pouches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/13 Trolleys, e.g. carts
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/36 for collecting or disposing of used articles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/362 for sharps
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/02 Adjustable operating tables; Controls therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/06 raising or lowering of the whole table surface A61G13/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/107 Supply appliances supply appliances for dental machines A61C1/0007
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 1/50 for storing hazardous materials in the laboratory, e.g. cupboards, waste containers sample containers B01L3/50
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/0093 specially adapted for collecting refuse from arrangements in buildings
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/06 with flexible inserts, e.g. bags or sacks B65F1/0073 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 5/48 Special adaptations of floors for incorporating ducts, e.g. for heating or ventilating in block-shaped elements E04C1/39; in slab- or sheet-shaped elements E04C2/52
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/005 Electrical coupling combined with fluidic coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 27/02 for simultaneous co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts

Abstract

A patient table, modified with a fixed-base design thereby allowing for heavy patients, providing tilting and cantilevering capabilities, table top extension (i.e. providing head to toe coverage), and overall stability, is described. The operating room table re-design includes incorporation of utility sources into the architecture of the table, so that utilities, such as wiring, vacuum, and gas hoses, arise from the table itself. The source of all utilities to the table (as opposed to those emanating from the table) may come from an underground connection. Further, the table is interchangeable with tables customized for a specific procedure.

Claims

1. A medical procedure and operating table, comprising:

a support column, said support column adapted to allow an attached patient support surface to be positioned;

said patient support surface releasably mounted on said support column and adapted to provide utilities emanating from within said patient support surface, said utilities entering said patient support surface from said support column, said utilities entering said support column from a point underneath a floor.

2. The table in claim 1 in which said support column comprises arms mounted on pivots and actuated by powered braces.

3. The table in claim 2 in which said powered braces are actuated from a motor, an electro-mechanical generator, an electro-hydraulic pump, or an electro-pneumatic pump.

4. The table in claim 1 in which said utilities are provided by receptacles, connectors, or a combination of receptacles and connectors.

5. The table in claim 4 in which gas or scavenging utilities are provided by means of connection with a universal adaptor.

6. The table in claim 1 in which said patient support means docks into or onto said support column and said utilities sourced from said support column is thereby sourced into said patient support surface.

7. The table in claim 6 in which said support column is mounted permanently into said floor by anchoring to said floor.

8. The table in claim 1 wherein said positioning is by rotation, by vertical displacement from said floor, and by cantilevering with respect to said floor.

9. The table in claim 1 in which said support column is mounted permanently into said floor by anchoring to said floor.

10. The table in claim 5 in which said patient support means docks into or onto said support column and said utilities sourced from said support column is thereby sourced into said patient support surface.