Mobile medical treatment platform with utilities umbilicus
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1. A medical treatment platform comprising:
- a patient support surface;
a series of outlets that dispense medical and electrical utilities in the vicinity of said patient support surface;
an umbilicus including a bundle of lines respectively connected to said outlets for delivering the medical and electrical utilities to said outlets from a remote location;
a support for onboard utilities;
additional lines for connecting the onboard utilities to said outlets; and
valves for alternatively connecting said outlets with either said umbilicus or the onboard utilities.
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Abstract
An umbilicus system includes a mobile medical unit and interior and exterior treatment platforms connected to the mobile medical unit with respective umbilici that include bundles of lines for conveying medical and electrical utilities from the mobile medical unit to the treatment platforms. The umbilici are supported within the treatment platforms on trays that have openings for extending free ends of the umbilici from either end of the treatment platforms. The utilities conveyed by the umbilici are made available from medical action boards located at a front end of the treatment platforms.
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1. A medical treatment platform comprising:
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a patient support surface; a series of outlets that dispense medical and electrical utilities in the vicinity of said patient support surface; an umbilicus including a bundle of lines respectively connected to said outlets for delivering the medical and electrical utilities to said outlets from a remote location; a support for onboard utilities; additional lines for connecting the onboard utilities to said outlets; and valves for alternatively connecting said outlets with either said umbilicus or the onboard utilities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A mobile medical treatment platform incorporating a supply of onboard medically related utilities, an umbilicus for connecting the treatment platform to a supply of exterior medically related utilities, and a switching system for supplying a patient carried on the treatment platform with similar medically related utilities from either the onboard supply or the exterior supply through the umbilicus, said umbilicus including a bundle of lines for conveying the medically related utilities and adapters for connecting and disconnecting the umbilicus, wherein
said umbilicus including its bundle of lines is flexible, extends a distance from the treatment platform for connecting the treatment platform to the supply of exterior medically related utilities, and includes among the bundle of lines extending from the treatment platform at least one tube for conveying a medical gas from the exterior supply to the treatment platform.
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27. A mobile medical treatment platform incorporating a supply of onboard medically related utilities, an umbilicus for connecting the treatment platform to a supply of exterior medically related utilities, and a switching system for supplying a patient carried on the treatment platform with similar medically related utilities from either the onboard supply or the exterior supply through the umbilicus, said umbilicus including a bundle of lines for conveying the medically related utilities, adapters for connecting and disconnecting the umbilicus, and a sheath surrounding said bundle of lines, wherein
said sheath also surrounds a safety cable for preventing said bundle of lines from being overextended during use.
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28. A mobile medical treatment platform incorporating a supply of onboard medically related utilities, an umbilicus for connecting the treatment platform to a supply of exterior medically related utilities, and a switching system for supplying a patient carried on the treatment platform with similar medically related utilities from either the onboard supply or the exterior supply through the umbilicus, said umbilicus including a bundle of lines for conveying the medically related utilities and adapters for connecting and disconnecting the umbilicus, wherein
said switching system includes a system of valving.
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29. A method of delivering medical utilities to a patient from a mobile treatment platform comprising the steps of:
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providing a limited supply of onboard medically related utilities that are transported by the mobile treatment platform; providing a less limited exterior supply of similar medically related utilities that are not transported by the mobile treatment platform; delivering medically related utilities to the patient from the onboard supply; connecting an umbilicus having a bundle of lines for delivering medically related utilities to the patient from the exterior supply; and switching from the onboard supply of medically related utilities to the exterior supply of medically related utilities to provide the patient with a more permanent supply of the medically related utilities, wherein said step of connecting includes (a) extending the umbilicus including its bundle of lines a distance from the treatment platform for connecting the bundle of lines to the exterior supply and (b) including among the bundle of lines connected to the exterior supply at least one tube for conveying a medical gas from the exterior supply to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A method of delivering medical utilities to a patient from a mobile treatment platform comprising the steps of:
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providing a limited supply of onboard medically related utilities that are transported by the mobile treatment platform; providing a less limited exterior supply of similar medically related utilities that are not transported by the mobile treatment platform; delivering medically related utilities to the patient from the onboard supply; connecting an umbilicus having a bundle of lines for delivering medically related utilities to the patient from the exterior supply; and switching from the onboard supply of medically related utilities to the exterior supply of medically related utilities to provide the patient with a more permanent supply of the medically related utilities, wherein said step of switching includes operating valving for closing the supply of the onboard utilities to the patient and for opening the supply of exterior utilities to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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