Medical appliance, and medical appliance system

• US 9,539,160 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2013
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Karl Storz Se & Co. Kg
• Original Assignee: Karl Storz Se & Co. Kg
• Inventors: Emmerich, Bernd, Jansche, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Rodden, Joshua
• Assistant Examiner(s): TEFERA, HIWOT E
• Application Number:
  US14/085,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20140138331A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,147 Days
• Field of Search: 312/209, 312/351, 211/85.13, 439/532, 439/543, 439/551, 439/362
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/13 Trolleys, e.g. carts
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/00 Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges protective face masks A41D13/11; surgeon's or patient's gowns or dresses A41D13/12; devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body liquids A61M1/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 12/00 Accommodation for nursing, e.g. in hospitals, not covered by groups A61G1/00 - A61G11/00, e.g. trolleys for transport of medicaments or food service or tea-tables, trolleys or wagons A47B31/00; Prescription lists
• 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 12/004 mounted on the ceiling
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 12/005 mounted on the wall
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 12/008 mounted on a mobile base, e.g. on a trolley

Abstract

A medical appliance for use in a medical environment has a holding mechanism for holding the appliance on a support device assigned to the medical environment, and an attachment mechanism for attaching the appliance to at least one electrical connection line, wherein the holding mechanism is designed as at least one support bolt connected to a support structure of the appliance, and wherein the support bolt has the attachment mechanism. The invention also relates to a medical appliance system.

Claims

1. A medical appliance for use in a medical environment, comprising:

a housing;

a support structure;

at least one support bolt configured to hold the support structure on a support device;

at least one electrical line extending internally through the at least one support bolt; and

an attachment mechanism positioned relative to the at least one support bolt and electrically connected to the at least one electrical line, the attachment mechanism configured to electrically connect the at least one electrical line to at least one external electrical connection line of the medical environment;

wherein the attachment mechanism carries a plurality of electrical contacts;

wherein the plurality of electrical contacts include contact pins oriented in an axial direction of the at least one support bolt;

wherein the contact pins are configured to be fittingly connected to corresponding sockets of a plug of the at least one external electrical connection line; and

wherein the at least one electrical line is connected to the contacts pins and extends internally through the at least one support bolt to at least one corresponding contact inside the housing.

2. The medical appliance of claim 1, wherein the at least one support bolt is a single support bolt.

3. The medical appliance of claim 1, wherein the attachment mechanism is arranged on an end face of the at least one support bolt.

4. The medical appliance of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the at least one support bolt is threaded.

5. The medical appliance of claim 2, wherein the single support bolt has two first flat outer surfaces lying opposite each other with respect to a longitudinal axis of the single support bolt.

6. The medical appliance of claim 5, wherein the single support bolt has two second flat outer surfaces lying opposite each other with respect to the longitudinal axis of the single support bolt.

7. The medical appliance of claim 6, wherein the two first flat outer surfaces and the two second flat outer surfaces are mutually offset by approximately 90°

with respect to the longitudinal axis of the single support bolt.

8. The medical appliance of claim 1,

wherein at least a portion of the housing forms the support structure;

and

wherein the at least one support bolt is screwed or welded onto a wall of the housing.

9. A medical appliance system, comprising:

a first medical appliance having a first support bolt, a first electrical line extending internally through the first support bolt, and a first attachment mechanism positioned relative to the first support bolt and electrically connected to the first electrical line, the first attachment mechanism configured to electrically connect the first electrical line to a first external electrical connection line;

a support device having a fastening plate with a first aperture,

the first support bolt of the first medical appliance configured to be received within the first aperture of the fastening plate to hold the first medical appliance on the support device; and

a nut configured to be screwed onto an area of the first support bolt that is configured to be guided through the first aperture, wherein said nut is configured to be used to positionally fix the first medical appliance on the fastening plate.

10. The medical appliance system of claim 9, wherein the first aperture of the fastening plate is a hole in a grid-like pattern of holes.

11. The medical appliance system of claim 9, further comprising:

a second medical appliance having a second support bolt, a second electrical line extending internally through the second support bolt, and a second attachment mechanism positioned relative to the second support bolt and electrically connected to the second electrical line, the second attachment mechanism configured to electrically connect the second electrical line to the first external electrical connection line or a second external electrical connection line; and

wherein the second support bolt of the second medical appliance is configured to be received within the first aperture or a second aperture of the fastening plate to hold the second medical appliance on the support device.

12. The medical appliance system of claim 11, wherein the first medical appliance includes a housing with a bottom face and the second medical appliance includes a housing with a top face, wherein the bottom face and the top face are configured such that the bottom face of the first medical appliance can be placed with a form fit onto the top face of the second medical appliance.

13. The medical appliance system of claim 12, wherein the respective housings of the first and second medical appliances each are substantially fully closed with a front wall;

and

wherein at least the first medical appliance carries, on a lower edge of the front wall, a lip which, when the first medical appliance is placed onto the second medical appliance, overlaps an upper edge of the front wall of the second medical appliance.

14. The medical appliance system of claim 13, wherein the respective housings of the first and second medical appliances each have a rear wall, a side wall, or a combination of a rear wall and side wall;

and

wherein the respective first and second support bolts of the first and second medical appliances each protrude from the respective rear wall or side wall.

15. The medical appliance system of claim 9, wherein the first medical appliance includes a housing, and the first support bolt is screwed or welded onto a wall of the housing.

16. The medical appliance system of claim 9, wherein the first aperture of the fastening plate is an oblong hole.