Patient-support apparatus having line management system

• US 7,357,772 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2002
• Issued: 04/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dragerwerk AG & Company KGaA (FPS Vermögensverwaltung GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Draeger Medical Systems Incorporated (Dragerwerk AG)
• Inventors: McDermott, Ian
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilbert; Samuel G
• Application Number:
  US10/490,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20040186341A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,021 Days
• Field of Search: 600 21- 22, 604/77, 604/79, 604/80, 604/174, 604/177, 128/205.26, 128845-847, 128/872, 135/121, 52/27, 52/364, 5 9/31, 541/4, 541/6, 542/4, 560/0, 560/3, 541/5, 312/1, 312/223.1, 312/223.6, 211/26, 174/1, 174480-481, 174500-506
• US Class Current: 600/22
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0443 Modular apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/222 Electrical cables or leads therefor, e.g. coaxial cables or ribbon cables
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6892 Mats
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 11/00 Baby-incubators; Couveuses
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 11/002 height-adjustable patient support
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 11/005 with movable walls, e.g. for accessing the inside, removable walls
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 11/009 with hand insertion windows, e.g. in the walls
• 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 2203/80 for connecting a trolley to a device, e.g. bed or column table
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/0503 Holders, support devices for receptacles, e.g. for drainage or urine bags hanging-up devices for infusion A61M5/1414
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1418 : Clips, separators or the like for supporting tubes or leads
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 : for local operation

Abstract

An infant support device (10) is provided and includes a support platform (26), an infant enclosure (34) coupled to the support platform (26) and defining an infant compartment for receiving an infant (78), and a line-management apparatus configured to separate and arrange medical lines (54) routed between the outside of the infant compartment and the inside of the infant compartment. One embodiment of the line-management apparatus includes a panel (46) extending upwardly relative to the support platform (26), a plurality of vertically spaced line supports (58) coupled to the panel (46) and configured to support the medical lines (54) resting thereon, and a plurality of line holders (60) coupled to the panel (46) and configured to inhibit movement of the medical lines (54) off of the line supports (58).

Claims

1. An infant support device comprising

a support platform,

an infant enclosure coupled to the support platform and defining an infant compartment for receiving an infant, and

a line-management apparatus configured to separate and arrange medical lines routed from outside the infant compartment into the infant compartment, the line-management apparatus comprising a panel extending upwardly relative to the support platform, at least a first and a second vertically spaced plates forming a plurality of line supports coupled to the panel and configured to support the medical lines, at least a first and a second air-space, and at least a first and a second line holder, each of the plates being an elongated member extending horizontally in a cantilever manner from the panel and having an upper support surface and a lower surface, the upper surface forming a line support, the first air-space being located above the upper surface of the first plate, the second air space being located between the lower surface of the first plate and the upper surface of the second plate, each of the air-spaces being arranged to receive a longitudinally extending portion of a respective one of the medical lines, whereupon each respective medical line is supported on a respective line support, the plurality of line holders being coupled to the panel and configured to inhibit movement of the medical lines off of the line supports.

2. An infant support device comprising

a support platform,

an infant enclosure coupled to the support platform and defining an infant compartment for receiving an infant, and

a line-management apparatus configured to separate and arrange medical lines routed from outside the infant compartment into the infant compartment, the line-management apparatus including a panel extending upwardly relative to the support platform, a plurality of vertically spaced line supports coupled to the panel and configured to support the medical lines resting thereon, and a plurality of line holders coupled to the panel and configured to inhibit movement of the medical lines off of the line supports, the plurality of line supports comprising a plurality of plates extending from the panel in a cantilevered manner, the infant enclosure comprising a door panel, each plate of the plurality of plates has an edge that faces away from the panel, and the door panel is pivotable about an axis relative to the support platform between a first position covering the edges, and a second position uncovering the edges.

3. The infant support device of claim 2, wherein the axis is a horizontal axis.

4. The infant support device of claim 2, wherein the door panel is oriented substantially vertically when in the first position and the door panel is oriented substantially horizontally when in the second position.

5. The infant support device of claim 2, wherein the infant enclosure comprises a side panel extending upwardly from the support platform and the door panel is aligned in side-by-side relation with the side panel when the door panel is in the first position.

6. The infant support device of claim 2, wherein the infant enclosure comprises an end panel coupled to the support platform, a gap is defined between the door panel and the end panel when the door panel is in the first position, and each of the medical lines supported on the plates extends through the gap.

7. The infant support device of claim 2, wherein the infant enclosure comprises a canopy situated above the infant compartment, the canopy has a bottom edge, and the door panel has a top edge that confronts the bottom edge of the canopy when the door panel is in the first position.

8. An infant support device comprising, a support platform, an infant enclosure coupled to the support platform and defining an infant compartment for receiving an infant, and a line-management apparatus configured to separate and arrange medical lines routed from outside the infant compartment into the infant compartment, the line-management apparatus including a panel extending upwardly relative to the support platform, a plurality of vertically spaced line supports coupled to the panel and configured to support the medical lines resting thereon, and a plurality of line holders coupled to the panel and configured to inhibit movement of the medical lines off of the line supports, the panel is being pivotable relative to the support platform about an axis, the infant enclosure including a guard panel extending upwardly from the support platform and the panel is pivotably coupled to the guard panel.

9. An infant support device comprising:

a support platform having an interior region,

an infant enclosure coupled to the support platform and defining an infant compartment arranged to be opened for receiving an infant,

a first line port or terminal coupled to the support platform and situated outside the infant compartment,

a second line port or terminal coupled to the support platform and situated inside the infant compartment,

a housing defining an enclosed passageway extending therethrough irrespective of whether or not the infant compartment is open or closed, the enclosed passageway being situated between the first line port or terminal and the second line port or terminal, and

at least one internal connection line situated at least partly in the interior region of the support platform, the at least one internal connection line extending through the enclosed passageway in the housing and being coupled to the first line port or terminal and to the second line port or terminal.

10. The infant support device of claim 9, wherein the at least one internal connection line comprises at least one first line electrode.

11. The infant support device of claim 9, wherein the first line port or terminal is detachable.

12. The infant support device of claim 9, wherein the at least one internal connection line conducts a fluid.

13. The infant support device of claim 9, wherein the at least one internal connection line conducts electricity.

14. An infant support device configured to present a line to a patient, the device comprising

a base,

a patient support carried by the base, and

a substantially planar guard panel configured to extend upwardly from the base on at least one side of the patient support,

wherein the guard panel includes a line port having a line holder and a line support, wherein the port has a first surface defining a first plane substantially parallel to the guard panel, and the port has a second surface defining a second plane angled from the first plane and wherein the port cooperates with the guard panel to define a vertically extending slot therebetween, the infant support device further comprising an access door configured to substantially cover the defined slot.

15. The infant support device of claim 14, wherein the access door is pivotably connected to the base.

16. The infant support device of claim 15, wherein the access door contacts the line holder when the access door is in a closed position.

17. An infant support device configured to present a line to a patient, the device comprising

a base,

a patient support carried by the base, and

a substantially planar guard panel configured to extend upwardly from the base on at least one side of the patient support,

wherein the guard panel includes a line port having a line holder and a line support, the line port being pivotably connected to the guard panel.