System and method for mounting medical equipment
AssigneeCadwell Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsDavid Lee Jepsen, Richard A. Villarreal
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Abstract
Systems, devices and methods are described for mounting medical equipment on IV poles, bed rails and other supporting structures in medical facilities including operating rooms and critical care sections. A system including a mounting hanger and corresponding equipment housing is disclosed that allows quick mounting and dismounting of equipment from a supporting structure. The novel structural design of mounting hanger including a symmetrical t-slot feature and a plunger lock allows a piece of equipment to be mounted on a supporting structure in multiple orientations as per the requirement which allows a user to optimize the placement of equipment in the medical environment.
Claims20
A system for mounting medical equipment on a support structure comprising:
- a plurality of mounting hangers, each of the plurality of mounting hangers comprising a hook portion configured to couple with the support structure and a substantially straight portion wherein said substantially straight portion comprises a protruding section and a plunger lock;
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- a housing, wherein the housing is attached to the medical equipment and comprises a plurality of receiver sections on an external surface of said housing and wherein each of the plurality of receiver sections is configured to receive and mate with a corresponding protruding section of each of said plurality of mounting hangers, wherein said plunger lock is configured to lock said protruding section with said receiver section.
A system for mounting medical equipment on a bed rail comprising:
- at least one mounting hanger comprising a hook portion configured to couple the at least one mounting hanger with the bed rail and a substantially straight portion wherein said straight portion comprises a protruding section and a plunger lock;
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- a housing configured to accommodate the medical equipment therein, wherein the housing comprises at least one receiver section on an external surface of said housing, wherein the at least one receiver section comprises a first section and a second section, is configured to receive the protruding section of the at least one mounting hanger in the first section, and is configured to permit said received at least one mounting hanger to be slid to mate with the second section such that the plunger lock is configured to align with an accommodating hole in the second section and automatically engage the accommodating hole to lock the at least one mounting hanger with the at least one receiver section.
A method of mounting medical equipment on a support structure comprising:
- positioning the medical equipment inside an equipment housing comprising at least one receiver section;
- coupling at least one mounting hanger with the at least one receiver section in the equipment housing, wherein coupling said mounting hanger with the at least one receiver section comprises inserting a t-slot protruding portion of said mounting hanger in an opening of the at least one receiver section and sliding the at least one mounting hanger to mate the t-slot protruding portion with a locking access area in the at least one receiver section, wherein, as the t-slot protruding section is slid into a final mated position with the locking access area, a plunger lock located on the at least one mounting hanger automatically engages with a hole in the at least one receiver section to lock the at least one mounting hanger with the at least one receiver section;
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- coupling said at least one mounting hanger with said support structure.
A system for mounting medical equipment on a supporting structure comprising:
- at least one mounting hanger comprising a first straight portion configured to couple the at least one mounting hanger with the supporting structure and a second straight portion wherein said second straight portion comprises a protruding section and a plunger lock;
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- a housing comprising at least one receiver section on an external surface of the housing with the at least one receiver section configured to receive and mate with the protruding section of the at least one mounting hanger, wherein said plunger lock is configured to lock said protruding section of the at least one mounting hanger with said at least one receiver section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.