Mobile surgical support apparatus

• US 6,096,025 A
• Filed: 11/06/1998
• Issued: 08/01/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hill-Rom Services Incorporated (Baxter International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hill-Rom Incorporated (Baxter International Inc.)
• Inventors: Borders, Richard L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dvorak, Linda C. M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HARRIS, SONYA C
• Application Number:
  US09/187,945
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 606/1, 606/10, 606/11, 606/12, 312/246
• US Class Current: 606/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/401 using air flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0094 using a remote control
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/007 characterised by electric heating
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/02 Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling
• 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 13/0009 Obstetrical tables or delivery beds chairs for gynaecological purposes A61G15/005
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/02 Adjustable operating tables; Controls therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/08 the table being divided into different adjustable sections
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/10 Parts, details or accessories surgical drape sheets A61B46/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/107 Supply appliances supply appliances for dental machines A61C1/0007
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/12 Rests specially adapted therefor; Arrangements of patient-supporting surfaces rests for the surgeon A61B90/60; restraining devices A61F5/37
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/121 Head or neck
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1225 Back
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1235 Arms
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1245 Knees, upper or lower legs
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1265 having inflatable chambers
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/127 having chambers filled with liquid or gel
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1275 having air-evacuated chambers in order to adapt to the form of the patient for preventing bed-sores A61G7/05753
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1285 having modular surface parts, e.g. being replaceable or turnable
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/322 : lateral
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/325 : prone
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/34 : sitting
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/38 : kneeling
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/12 : Remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/46 : for temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2210/70 : for cooling
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2210/90 : for heating
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/018 : Control or drive mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/05753 : air-evacuated, e.g. in order to adapt to the form of the patient air-evacuated splints A61F5/05833
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/05769 : with inflatable chambers
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/02 : heated or cooled
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/165 : Wearable interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 9/0078 : with intermittent or alternately inflated bladders or cuffs mattresses for preventing bed-sores with alternated pressurized chambers A61G7/05776
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/205 : for operating theatres
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 : ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 : ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A surgical support apparatus includes a mobile support station configured to receive medical equipment thereon. The mobile support station includes at least one gas outlet and at least one electrical outlet for supplying gas and electricity to an operating room. The apparatus also includes a flexible umbilical line having a first end coupled to the mobile support station and a second end configured to be coupled to a ceiling of the operating room. The umbilical line is configured to route medical gases and electrical lines from a gas supply and an electrical power supply, respectively, through the ceiling and to the mobile support station.

Claims

1. A surgical support apparatus comprising:

a mobile support station configured to receive medical equipment thereon, the mobile support station including at least one gas outlet and at least one electrical outlet for supplying gas and electricity to an operating room; and

an umbilical line having a first end coupled to the mobile support station and a second end configured to be coupled to a ceiling of the operating room, the umbilical line being configured to route medical gas lines and electrical lines from a gas supply and an electrical power supply, respectively, through the ceiling and to the mobile support station, the umbilical line being flexible along a majority of its length between the first end and the second end.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a boom having a first end pivotably coupled to the ceiling about a pivot axis and a second end coupled to the second end of the umbilical line, the medical gases and electrical lines being routed through the boom and the umbilical line to the mobile support station.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mobile support station includes at least one of anesthesiology equipment, an IV pump, an IV pre-warmer, and a patient thermal regulation controller.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mobile support station includes a monitor for monitoring a condition of the patient.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a communication line extending through the ceiling and the umbilical line to the mobile support station to provide a link to a communication network on the mobile support station.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mobile support station includes a plurality of casters and a braking mechanism.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mobile support station includes a top surface having a monitor located thereon, the monitor being rotatable about a generally vertical first axis and pivotable about a second axis generally transverse to the first axis.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the medical gases include at least one of oxygen, air, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, helium, and vacuum.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mobile support station includes an outlet for energizing electrical cauterizing tools.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mobile support station includes a driver configured to be coupled to a fiber optic light source.