Medical ventilator cart

• US 8,240,684 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2009
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Covidien LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Ross, Christopher G., Calou, Richard, Sander, Colt, Lee, Tony L., Stefanovitz, Christian J.
• Primary Examiner(s): WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL
• Application Number:
  US12/631,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20100148458A1
• Time in Patent Office: 984 Days
• Field of Search: 280/47.34, 280/47.35, 280/79.11, 280/79.2, D24/164, D24/183, D24/185, D24/186, D24/232, D24/234
• US Class Current: 280/47.34
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0051 with alarm devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0063 Compressors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/021 operated by electrical means A61M16/202 – A61M16/205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0808 Condensation traps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/12 by mixing different gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/16 Devices to humidify the respiration air A61M16/1045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0208 Oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/16 with back-up system in case of failure
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8206 battery-operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/082 Mounting brackets, arm supports for equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/084 Supporting bases, stands for equipment
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/00 Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor convertible from one-axled to two-axled vehicle B62B1/002

Abstract

A medical ventilator cart, for use in hospitals or other medical settings, stores and transports various components of a ventilator system, such as a Breath Delivery Unit, a display monitor, and a compressor. First and second platforms are suspended above a base of the cart and allow the various ventilator cart components to be separately and independently placed on and removed from the cart without the need to move or rearrange any of the other ventilator components. One version of the cart provides an additional compressor platform attached to the base for mounting a compressor below the first platform.

Claims

1. A medical ventilator cart for supporting components of a ventilator system comprising:

a base comprising a plurality of wheels;

a first vertical support attached to the base and a first ventilator component platform; and

a second vertical support attached to a rear of a second ventilator component platform and further attached to a rear of one of the first ventilator component platform and the first vertical support, wherein the second ventilator component platform comprises a plurality of arms, and wherein the plurality of arms attach at multiple locations along a circumference of a handgrip that encircles the second ventilator component platform.

2. The medical ventilator cart of claim 1, wherein components of the ventilator system may be independently removed from the first and the second ventilator component platforms.

3. The medical ventilator cart of claim 2, wherein the first ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a Breath Delivery Unit.

4. The medical ventilator cart of claim 3, wherein the second ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a display monitor.

5. The medical ventilator cart of claim 4, further comprising a battery housing attached to an underside of the base.

6. The medical ventilator cart of claim 4, wherein the base is adapted to mount a compressor below the first ventilator component platform.

7. The medical ventilator cart of claim 4, wherein the base is shaped and the first vertical support is attached to a center of the base.

8. The medical ventilator cart of claim 4, wherein the base is U-shaped and the first vertical support is attached to a rear end of the base.

9. The medical ventilator cart of claim 1, wherein the second vertical support is a spine support.

10. A medical ventilator cart for supporting components of a ventilator system comprising:

a shaped base comprising a plurality of wheels;

a first vertical support attached to the base and a first ventilator component platform, wherein the first vertical support extends from a center of the base; and

a second vertical support attached to a rear of the first ventilator component platform and a rear of a second ventilator component platform, wherein the second ventilator component platform comprises a plurality of arms, and wherein the plurality of arms attach at multiple locations along a circumference of a handgrip that encircles the second ventilator component platform.

11. The medical ventilator cart of claim 10, wherein:

the first ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a Breath Delivery Unit; and

the second ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a display monitor.

12. The medical ventilator cart of claim 11, further comprising a battery housing attached to an underside of the base.

13. The medical ventilator cart of claim 11, further comprising a cylinder mount attached to a rear section of the base, wherein the cylinder mount is adapted to hold at least one air cylinder.

14. The medical ventilator cart of claim 10, wherein the second vertical support is a spine support.

15. A medical ventilator cart for supporting components of a ventilator system comprising:

a U-shaped base comprising a plurality of wheels;

a first vertical support attached to the base and a first ventilator component platform, wherein the first vertical support extends from a rear end of the base; and

a second vertical support attached to a rear of the first vertical support and a rear of a second ventilator component platform, wherein the second ventilator component platform comprises a plurality of arms, and wherein the plurality of arms attach at multiple locations along a circumference of a handgrip that encircles the second ventilator component platform; and

wherein the base further includes a compressor platform adapted to mount a compressor below the first ventilator component platform.

16. The medical ventilator cart of claim 15, wherein:

the first ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a Breath Delivery Unit; and

the second ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a display monitor.

17. The medical ventilator cart of claim 16, wherein the first ventilator component platform includes at least one raised rail adapted to be received within a groove of the Breath Delivery Unit to releasably secure the Breath Delivery Unit to the first ventilator component platform.

18. The medical ventilator cart of claim 16, further comprising a cylinder mount attached to the first vertical support, wherein the cylinder mount is adapted to hold at least one air cylinder.

19. The medical ventilator cart of claim 15, wherein the second vertical support is a spine support.