Hospital cart for transporting a cylinder of gas, in particular of medical NO
AssigneeInosystems
InventorsFrédéric Marchal, Nicolas Tirilly
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Abstract
Disclosed is a mobile cart including a base for accommodating one or more gas cylinders, castors, a main column extending upwards from the base, a stowage cabinet arranged along the main column, an anchoring structure arranged at an upper end of the main column, a support post carried by the anchoring structure and equipped with fixing unit for a gas delivery apparatus, and a manual gripping handle allowing a user to manipulate the cart. Use of such a mobile cart to transport one or more cylinders of gas, in particular a NO/N2 mixture and/or oxygen, and a gas delivery apparatus.
Claims14
A mobile cart comprising:
- a base comprising at least one storage location for accommodating at least one gas cylinder,
- several castors for moving the cart on a floor,
- a main column extending upwards from the base,
- a stowage cabinet,
- an anchoring structure arranged at an upper end of the main column,
- a support post carried by the anchoring structure and extending upwards, the support post carrying fixing means configured for fixing a gas delivery apparatus thereto,
- a secondary column, and
- at least one manual gripping handle allowing a user to manipulate the cart,
- wherein:
- the stowage cabinet is arranged along and fixed to the main column, the stowage cabinet extending substantially between the base and the anchoring structure,
- the secondary column extends upwards from the base and is rigidly connected to the anchoring structure, and
- the secondary column and the main column are arranged spaced apart from each other, the distance between the main column and the secondary column being between 10 cm and 30 cm,
- the stowage cabinet has a flattened shape having a width equal to at least twice its thickness, and
- the stowage cabinet comprises one or more internal stowage compartments accessible from the outside via one or more openings formed at a front face of the stowage cabinet.
A mobile cart comprising:
- a base comprising at least one storage location for accommodating at least one gas cylinder,
- several castors for moving the cart on a floor,
- a main column extending upwards from the base,
- a stowage cabinet,
- an anchoring structure arranged at an upper end of the main column,
- a support post carried by the anchoring structure and extending upwards, the support post carrying fixing means configured for fixing a gas delivery apparatus thereto,
- a secondary column, and
- at least one manual gripping handle allowing a user to manipulate the cart,
- wherein:
- the stowage cabinet is arranged along and fixed to the main column, the stowage cabinet extending substantially between the base and the anchoring structure,
- the secondary column extends upwards from the base and is rigidly connected to the anchoring structure, and
- the secondary column and the main column are arranged spaced apart from each other.
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