ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEM HAVING TRANSFERRABLE LIFE SUPPORT CART
First Claim
1. A set of hospital equipment for use in a hospital room having a floor and at least one wall, the set of equipment comprisinga hospital bed supported by the floor,an arm assembly hanging in the hospital room above the floor,a head wall unit coupled to the wall and formed to include a cavity defined, in part, by a ledge surface that is higher in elevation than the floor, anda 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 each being movable between a first position having the respective wheel located outwardly from beneath the upstanding pedestal and a second position having the respective wheel tucked beneath the upstanding pedestal, and a plurality of patient-care modules coupled to the upstanding pedestal,wherein the mobile cart is coupleable to the hospital bed so as to be elevated above the floor with the wheels of the mobile cart being spaced apart from the floor, wherein the mobile cart is coupleable to the arm assembly so as to be elevated above the floor with the wheels of the mobile cart being spaced apart from the floor, wherein the mobile cart is receivable within the cavity of the head wall unit with the wheels of the mobile cart engaging the ledge surface, and wherein the mobile cart is supportable on the floor with the wheels of the mobile cart engaging the floor.
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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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20 Claims
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1. A set of hospital equipment for use in a hospital room having a floor and at least one wall, the set of equipment comprising
a hospital bed supported by the floor, an arm assembly hanging in the hospital room above the floor, a head wall unit coupled to the wall and formed to include a cavity defined, in part, by a ledge surface that is higher in elevation than the floor, and a 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 each being movable between a first position having the respective wheel located outwardly from beneath the upstanding pedestal and a second position having the respective wheel tucked beneath the upstanding pedestal, and a plurality of patient-care modules coupled to the upstanding pedestal, wherein the mobile cart is coupleable to the hospital bed so as to be elevated above the floor with the wheels of the mobile cart being spaced apart from the floor, wherein the mobile cart is coupleable to the arm assembly so as to be elevated above the floor with the wheels of the mobile cart being spaced apart from the floor, wherein the mobile cart is receivable within the cavity of the head wall unit with the wheels of the mobile cart engaging the ledge surface, and wherein the mobile cart is supportable on the floor with the wheels of the mobile cart engaging the floor.
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15. A set of hospital 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 above the floor, 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 carrying life support modules, 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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18. A set of hospital equipment comprising
a mobile cart having wheels, and a head wall unit coupleable to a wall of a hospital room, the head wal unit formed to include a cavity sized to receive the mobile cart, the head wall unit having a ledge surface, the wheels of the mobile cart engage the ledge surface when the mobile cart is received in the cavity.
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