Relocation modules and methods for surgical field

A module for housing unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment including a waste blood and fluid suction system, the module comprising:

• a housing including a bulbous lower section and a tower-like upper section, wherein the lower section is configured to house the unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment, and wherein the tower-like upper section is located on top of the lower section;
• a water-resistant cowling enclosing at least a portion of the lower section and the tower-like upper section;
• one or more bucket-like recesses in or on the cowling of the lower section configured to receive one or more fluid suction canisters that are operably couplable to a vacuum source to collect waste fluid during a surgery;
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• one or more electronic scales coupled to the housing, the one or more electronic scales configured to measure the weight of the collected waste fluid.

A method of measuring waste fluid collected during a surgery, the method comprising:

• housing unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment in a housing including a bulbous lower section and tower-like upper section, wherein the bulbous lower section is configured to house the unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment, wherein the tower-like upper section is located on top of the bulbous lower section, and wherein at least a portion of the bulbous lower section and the tower-like upper section are enclosed in a water-resistant cowling;
• generating a vacuum in one or more fluid suction canisters with a vacuum source, wherein the one or more fluid suction canisters are operably coupled to the vacuum source;
• collecting waste fluid generated during a surgery into the one or more fluid suction canisters, the one or more fluid suction canisters located in one or more bucket-like recesses in or on the cowling of the bulbous lower section;
• measuring the weight of the collected waste fluid using one or more electronic scales and the processor, wherein the one or more electronic scales are operably coupled to the processor, and wherein the one or more electronic scales are coupled to the housing.