ROBOTIC MOBILE ANESTHESIA SYSTEM

• US 20110224475A1
• Filed: 02/11/2011
• Published: 09/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc.
• Inventors: Smith, John Leland, Schreuder, Andries Nicolaas
• Application Number:
  US13/025,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20110224475A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 12/002 Supply appliances, e.g. columns for gas, fluid, electricity supply vertical ducts or channels for receiving utility lines E04F17/08; installations of electric cables or lines, wall trunking H02G3/0431; structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles F21V33/0068; stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles F16M11/00; buildings for public purposes E04H3/08
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 12/008 mounted on a mobile base, e.g. on a trolley
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/101 Clamping means for connecting accessories to the operating table supports as part of surgical instruments A61B90/50
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/107 Supply appliances supply appliances for dental machines A61C1/0007
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/108 Means providing sterile air at a surgical operation table or area treatment rooms A61G10/00; instruments or implements for sterile operation A61B90/00; sterilisation of air A61L9/00; purification of air in air-conditioning systems F24F3/16, F24F8/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/80 for connecting a trolley to a device, e.g. bed or column table
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2210/50 for radiography
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/01 specially adapted for anaesthetising A61M16/104, A61M16/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/051 with radiation therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/08 Supports for equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/084 Supporting bases, stands for equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/10 X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy A61N5/01 takes precedence

Abstract

A mobile anesthesia system has a patient support configured for use with a robotic patient positioning system. There is a sliding rail system disposed on the patient support and an anesthesia machine coupled to the slide rail system. Through use of the rail system(s) on the patient support a anesthesia machine may move relative to a patient support from a stored configuration clear of the patient to a treatment configuration above the patient. A method of providing anesthesia to a patient positioned to receive a robotic assisted radiation therapy is also described. The method proceeds by positioning a patient on a robotic couch in a location remote to a radiation therapy treatment room used to perform the robotic assisted radiation therapy. Next, anesthesia is administered to the patient from an anesthesia machine attached to the robotic couch while both the patient and the robotic couch are in the location remote to the radiation therapy treatment room. Thereafter, the robotic couch is placed under the control of a patient positioning system in the radiation therapy treatment room. The patient and the robotic couch are then maneuvered into a treatment position while administering anesthesia to the patient from the anesthesia machine.

Claims

1. A mobile anesthesia system, comprising:

a patient support configured for use with a robotic patient positioning system;

a sliding rail system disposed on the patient support; and

an anesthesia machine coupled to the slide rail system and configured to move along the rail system from a stored configuration to a treatment configuration.

2. The anesthesia system of claim 1 wherein the patient support is a robotic couch.

3. The anesthesia system of claim 2, wherein the robotic couch is divided into a treatment zone and an anesthesia machine support zone and the sliding rail system is disposed completely outside of the treatment zone.

4. The anesthesia system of claim 3, wherein the material used to fabricate the robotic couch in the treatment zone is selected to reduce interference with a treatment procedure performed on the patient supported by the robotic couch and the material used to fabricate the robotic couch in the anesthesia machine support zone is selected without regard to interference with a treatment procedure performed on the patient supported by the robotic couch.

5. The anesthesia system of claim 1, the sliding rail system further comprising:

a pair of rails arranged one each on opposite sides of the patient support.

6. The anesthesia system of claim 1, the rail system further comprising:

a single rail on one side of the patient support.

7. The anesthesia system of claim 1 further comprising:

a pivoting arm connected between the anesthesia machine and the sliding rail system.

8. The anesthesia system of claim 1 wherein the anesthesia machine moves along the rail system when transitioning from a stored configuration to a treatment configuration.

9. The anesthesia system of claim 8 wherein the anesthesia machine is positioned near a first end of the patient support in the stored configuration and is positioned near a second end of the patient support in the treatment configuration.

10. The anesthesia system of claim 9 further comprising:

a foot support positioned on the patient support to separate the patient near the first end from the anesthesia machine near the second end.

11. The anesthesia machine of claim 9 wherein the first end is beyond the feet of a patient on the patient support and the second end is above a patient on the patient support.

12. The anesthesia system of claim 1 wherein the sliding rail system is configured to allow horizontal movement of the anesthesia machine relative to the patient support.

13. The anesthesia system of claim 1 further comprising:

a second sliding rail system, the second sliding rail system oriented relative to the patient support for vertical movement of the anesthesia machine relative to the patient support.

14. The anesthesia system of claim 13 further comprising:

a strut extending between patient support and the anesthesia machine to maintain the position of the anesthesia machine above the patient.

15. The anesthesia system of claim 14 wherein the strut comprises a hydraulic ram coupled at one end to the anesthesia machine and at another end to the patient support.

16. The anesthesia system of claim 1 further comprising:

a portable gas system in communication with the anesthesia machine.

17. The anesthesia system of claim 16 wherein the portable gas system moves along with the patient support when the patient is positioned for a therapy and remains in position relative to the patient support while the patient is receiving therapy.

18. The anesthesia system of claim 16 the anesthesia machine further comprising:

a switching mechanism configured to switch the gas supply for the anesthesia machine between the portable gas system and a medical facility gas system.

19. A method of providing anesthesia to a patient positioned to receive a robotic assisted radiation therapy, comprising:

positioning a patient on a robotic couch in a location remote to a radiation therapy treatment room used to perform the robotic assisted radiation therapy;

administering anesthesia to the patient from an anesthesia machine attached to the robotic couch while the patient and the robotic couch are in the location remote to the radiation therapy treatment room;

placing the robotic couch under the control of a patient positioning system in the radiation therapy treatment room;

maneuvering the patient and the robotic couch into a treatment position while administering anesthesia to the patient from the anesthesia machine.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

performing the administering step using a portable gas system in communication with the anesthesia machine during the placing step and the maneuvering step.

21. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

switching an anesthesia machine gas source between a portable gas system and a medical facility gas system while performing the administering step.

22. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

moving the anesthesia machine relative to a portion of the robotic couch using a sliding rail system coupled to the robotic couch.

23. The method of claim 22 the moving step further comprising:

moving the anesthesia machine from a stowed configuration to a treatment configuration before the administering step.

24. The method of claim 19 the administering step further comprising:

supplying gas to the anesthesia machine from a portable gas system that moves along with the robotic couch while the robotic couch is under the control of a patient positioning system.

25. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of transferring the patient support from a transport gurney to the robotic couch.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein the transferring step occurs during the administering step.

27. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

transporting the patient from the remote location to a treatment location.

28. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

delivering a robotic assisted radiation therapy to the patient.

29. The method of claim 27 the transporting step further comprising:

maintaining the anesthesia machine in a stowed position on the robotic couch while transporting the patient from a position remote to a radiation therapy treatment room to the radiation therapy room.

30. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

moving the anesthesia machine from a stowed condition to a treatment condition above the patient while performing the administering step.