MEDICAL CART

• US 20110025007A1
• Filed: 07/30/2009
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Mela Sciences, Inc.
• Inventors: Butler, Christiano, Wicksman, Steven, Tanaka, Kazuna, Kapec, Jeffrey S., Naoi, Yukiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,286,977 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/47.35
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/10 Furniture specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/13 Trolleys, e.g. carts
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 12/001 Trolleys for transport of medicaments, food, linen, nursing supplies carts specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis A61B50/13; hand carts B62B3/00
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2202/56 Computers; Screens
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/10 characterised by supports specially adapted to objects of definite shape
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 5/06 Hand moving equipment, e.g. handle bars for cycles B62K11/14, B62K21/12

Abstract

Among other things, a movable medical device cart has a work surface on a pedestal and legs under the pedestal, an electronic device accessible at the work surface in connection with performing a medical procedure, and a computer mounted near a bottom of the pedestal to sink heat away from the computer.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising

a movable medical device cart having a work surface on a pedestal and legs under the pedestal,

an electronic device accessible at the work surface in connection with performing a medical procedure, and

a computer mounted near a bottom of the pedestal to sink heat away from the computer.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the legs comprise a metal.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the computer is mounted within the pedestal.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 also comprising connections from the computer to the electronic device inside the pedestal.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the electronic device comprises a display.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the electronic device comprises a receptacle for a memory card.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the electronic device comprises a probe for imaging skin of a patient.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the work surface is at a height for a seated or standing adult to work, and the breadth of the work surface is less than one-half of a height of the pedestal.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the work surface is at a height for an adult to work, and the breadth of the legs less than one-half of the height of the work surface.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 in which there are four legs.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 in which each of the legs rides on a caster.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the movable medical cart is stable on a surface having a tilt angle up to about 15 degrees.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 in which two of the legs span a width of about 18 inches to about 20 inches along a first direction.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 in which two of the legs span a width of about 15 inches to about 18 inches along a second direction different from the first direction.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 also including a handle for a user to hold and move the movable medical device.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 in which the handle is in an ergonomic shape.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 in which the handle includes a metal core and a plastic shell.

18. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the pedestal is hollow and houses wires connecting a power supply to the electronic device.

19. The apparatus of claim 1 also including one or more USB ports adjacent to the work surface.

20. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the electronic device comprises a touch monitor.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 in which the monitor is set in a bezel of a casing.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 in which the casing is assembled about the monitor by snapping.

23. The apparatus of claim 1 in which a center of the gravity of the apparatus is about ⅓

of a total height of the apparatus from a floor on which the medical device stands.

24. An apparatus comprising

a movable medical device cart having a work surface on a pedestal and legs between the pedestal and a floor, and

a handle that

extends along at least half of a perimeter of the work surface,

is attached to the work surface by spars at attachment locations along a length of the handle,

is spaced from the work surface by a gap that is large enough to receive a hand of a user that is holding the handle,

has a cross-section that enables a user'"'"'s hand to grasp the handle at locations along its length,

has an elongated steel core, and

has a non-metal molded sheathing on the core.