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US 10,883,287 B2Granted
Building, in particular a hospital
OwnerGunter Geigerinventor
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Abstract
A modularly constructed hospital which consists of stackable modules for patients and which is accessed from the outside by means of a service tower without the access paths and the paths for the patients intersecting with each other.
Claims20
A hospital comprising:
- a core area including a patient treatment station;
- a plurality of patient modules forming a ring around the core area, each of the patient modules including a bottom with a groove for engaging a guide rail attached to the hospital, the groove having a triangular cross-sectional shape which allows a height of the module to be adjusted, and at least one height adjustment element is arranged at the bottom of the module, the at least one height adjustment element bearing upon a surface of the hospital when the module is inserted into the hospital;
- an annular corridor disposed between the ring of patient modules and the core area;
- and
- at least one elevator in the core area;
- wherein each of the patient modules is wedge-shaped and has at least one window arranged along a major end face and at least one door arranged along a minor end face.
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A hospital complex, comprising:
- a plurality of buildings joined together by at least one common lower floor, each of the buildings including:
- a core area including a patient treatment station;
- a plurality of patient modules forming a ring around the core area each of the patient modules including a bottom with a groove for engaging a guide rail attached to the hospital, the groove having a triangular cross-sectional shape which allows a height of the module to be adjusted, and at least one height adjustment element is arranged at the bottom of the module, the at least one height adjustment element bearing upon a surface of the hospital when the module is inserted into the hospital;
- an annular corridor disposed between the ring of patient modules and the core area;
- and
- at least one elevator in the core area;
- wherein each of the patient modules is wedge-shaped and has at least one window arranged along a major end face and at least one door arranged along a minor end face.
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A module for insertion into a hospital, the module comprising:
- at least one room;
- a bottom with a groove for engaging a guide rail attached to a skeletal structure of the hospital, the groove having a triangular cross-sectional shape which allows a height of the module to be adjusted;
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- at least one height adjustment element is arranged at the bottom of the module, the at least one height adjustment element bearing upon the skeletal structure when the module is inserted into the hospital;
- wherein the patient module is wedge-shaped and has at least one window arranged along a major end face and at least one door arranged along a minor end face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.