CARRIER SYSTEM FOR AN OPERATING ROOM

• US 20120257174A1
• Filed: 03/30/2012
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Karl Storz Se & Co. Kg
• Original Assignee: Karl Storz Se & Co. Kg
• Inventors: Abri, Omid, Schrader, Stephan, Karge, Thorsten, Verkin, Julian
• Granted Patent: US 9,523,463 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 353/79
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/372 Details of monitor hardware
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/376 using X-rays, e.g. fluoroscopy
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/50 Supports for surgical instruments, e.g. articulated arms
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2064 for tilting and panning F16M11/2078 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2085 comprising means allowing sideward adjustment, i.e. left-right translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/38 by folding , e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/425 along guiding means
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/145 Housing details, e.g. position adjustments thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/16 Cooling; Preventing overheating
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/2066 Reflectors in illumination beam in projection beam G03B21/28
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/56 Projection screens
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/58 collapsible, e.g. foldable; of variable area

Abstract

A carrier system for a medical treatment facility includes a track device that is to be suspended from a ceiling of the medical treatment facility and that determines a curved path, and a lifting device to move a medical device between an upper resting position and a lower operating position, such that the lifting device can move along the path determined by the track device.

Claims

1. A carrier system for a medical treatment facility, having:

a track device that is to be attached to a ceiling of the medical treatment facility and that determines a curved path,

a lifting device to move a medical device between an upper resting position and a lower operating position,

such that the lifting device can move along the path determined by the track device.

2. The carrier system according to claim 1, wherein the medical device is a display apparatus or a part of a display apparatus, such that information can be visibly displayed for medical staff by means of the display apparatus in the lower operating position.

3. The carrier system according to claim 1, wherein the display apparatus includes a projection surface, a projector to project a depiction of information onto the projection surface and a positioning device to establish the position of the projector and of the projection surface, such that the positioning device is configured to position the projector and the projection surface in essentially opposite positions on the path determined by the track device.

4. The carrier system according to claim 1, wherein the positioning device includes a control device and at least either a first power drive device to move the projector along the path determined by the track device or a second power drive device to move the projection surface along the path determined by the track device, such that the control device comprises a control output to control at least either the first power drive device or the second power drive device.

5. The carrier system according to claim 1, wherein the control device includes an input to receive a positioning signal that depends on the position of the projection surface in relation to the projector or on the absolute positions of the projection surface and projector.

6. The carrier system according to claim 1, wherein the path determined by the track device has, in particular, the shape of a part of an outline or of a complete outline of an ellipse or circle or rectangle with rounded corners or a parabola or hyperbola.

7. The carrier system according to claim 1, in addition having:

a transmission device for electronic transmission of at least either electric current or an electrical signal, such that the transmission device includes a rigidly positioned contact track and a contact device that is mechanically coupled with the lifting device and is movable and that forms a mechanical and electrically conducting contact with the contact track.

8. The carrier system according to claim 1, in addition having:

a carrier apparatus to hold an additional medical device, such that the carrier apparatus can move along the path determined by the track device.

9. The carrier system according to claim 8, wherein the track device includes several tracks, such that the carrier apparatus is suspended on a track from which the lifting device is not suspended.

10. The carrier system according to claim 1, in addition having:

a supply arm that can rotate around a site determined by a joint, such that the supply arm is coupled with the lifting device or with the carrier apparatus at a site at a distance from the joint and such that the supply arm is configured to transmit at least either a signal or power or a fluid.

11. The carrier system according to claim 10, wherein the supply arm is not configured to receive a weight impact of the lifting device or of the carrier apparatus or of a medical device.

12. The carrier system according to claim 1, in addition having a steering device to guide the medical device along a predetermined path between the upper resting position and the lower operating position.

13. The carrier system according to claim 12, wherein the steering device includes a scissors mechanism that is configured to hold the medical device in a predetermined orientation regardless of its position.

14. The carrier system according to claim 12, wherein the steering device includes a telescopable device.

15. The carrier system according to claim 1, in addition having:

a cord and a power drive device to move the medical device between the resting position and the operating position by means of the cord.