# US 2013/0154296 A1 · Mobile Treatment, Diagnostic and Minor Surgery Facility > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0154296 A1 - Document ID: US20130154296A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/681,454 - Filed: 2012-11-20 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-11-21 - Assignees: Med1 Partners, LLC - Inventors: Thomas H. Blackwell; Timothy J. Masud; Jeffrey D. Fischer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130154296A1 ## CPC - A61G 3/001: {Vehicles provided with medical equipment to perform operations or examinations} - A61G 10/00: Treatment rooms {or enclosures} for medical purposes (baby incubators, couveuses A61G11/00; devices for gas baths with ozone, hydrogen or the like A61H33/14 {; for isolating individuals from external stimuli A61M21/0094} ; containers or portable cabins for affording breathing protection in general A62B31/00) - B60P 3/14: the object being a workshop for servicing, for maintenance, or for carrying workmen during work (lifting devices for movable platforms or cabins for workmen B66F11/04) - B60P 3/34: the living accommodation being expansible, collapsible or capable of rearrangement ({B60P3/38} takes precedence; tents supported at least partially by vehicles E04H15/06) - E04H 3/08: Hospitals, infirmaries, or the like; Schools; Prisons - A61G 3/061: {using ramps} - A61G 2203/12: Remote controls - E04B 1/34305: {telescopic} - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) - E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001}) ## Abstract The invention is directed to a mobile medical facility capable of treating, diagnosing and performing minor surgery on multiple patients at one time. In general, the facility includes a health care area which is interchangeable between a first transportable configuration and a second, operational configuration. In the operational configuration, the health care area is expanded and capable of providing general care or diagnostic facilities to multiple patients as well as registration, counseling and triage to at least one patient. Preferable a row of patient treatment bays are provided with intake, counseling and triage cubicles and storage areas. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A self-propelled mobile treatment, diagnostic and minor surgery unit adapted to treat, diagnose, and operate on multiple patients and adapted to be transported, containing: a health care area comprising a floor area and adapted to interchange between at least a first transport configuration and a second operational configuration, wherein in the first configuration the floor area of the health care area is reduced compared to the second configuration to allow for transport of the health care area, and wherein in the second configuration the health care area supports a first medical treatment diagnostic, and minor surgical procedure patient area configured to provide general care or diagnosis facilities to a plurality of patients and a second patient area configured to provide counseling and triage to patients; and a cab containing an engine suitable for transport of the healthcare area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile unit of claim 1, wherein the health care area includes one slide out area that is adapted to expand and contract the health care floor area. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile unit of claim 1, wherein in the second configuration, the first medical treatment, diagnostic, and minor surgical procedure patient area includes a row of a plurality, of patient treatment bays. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile unit of claim 1, wherein each patient treatment bay includes either a patient bed or chair and, in the second configuration, the second patient area includes at least one cubicle designed for counseling and triage of the patient. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mobile unit of claim 1, wherein the health care area is at most about 80 percent of the maximum size limit for transportation over interstate roadways in the United States and in the second operational configuration contains at least 50% greater floor area than the first transport configuration. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mobile unit of claim 1, further comprising a transport system for moving the unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mobile unit of claim 1, further comprising an awning system configured to be deployed to provide an extended patient care work environment adjacent to one or both sides of the health care area. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mobile unit of claim 1, wherein the unit further comprises: as generator sized and dimensioned to provide power to the mobile unit; and an air filtration system sufficient to repeatedly filter an air supply to the unit when deployed in the operational configuration, wherein the air filtration system maintains the air pressure inside the unit at a higher level than the air pressure outside the unit to at least minimize contamination in the unit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The mobile unit of claim 1, wherein the floor area in the second configuration is at least twice as large as the floor area in the first configuration. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The mobile unit of claim 1, wherein the unit further comprises at least one heating source to provide heat to the mobile unit and at least one air conditioning source to cool the unit. ### Claim 11 A mobile treatment, diagnostic, and minor surgery facility adapted to be transported over a road and to treat a plurality of patients suffering from a range of conditions or injuries comprising: a health care area having one slide out portion; a first transportable configuration defined by a contracted position of the slide out portion; a second operational configuration defined by an expanded position of the slide out portion; a first patient treatment area defined at least partially by the slide out that, when in the second configuration, is configured to provide general care to a plurality of patients and that includes a row of a plurality of patient treatment bays; and a second patient area at least partially defined by the slide out that, in the second configuration, is adapted to provide registration, counseling, or triage to at least one patient, wherein the slide out portion has a floor area in the second configuration that is at least twice a floor area when the slide out portion is in the first configuration. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The mobile facility of claim 11, further comprising a fixed awning system that extends outward from the health care area in at least one direction when the health care area is in the second, operational configuration, and provides an extended patient care work environment adjacent to the health care area. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The mobile facility of claim 12, wherein the fixed awning system expands the capabilities of the facility to encompass one or more hospital litters, one or more supply carts, a light source, and an electric source configured to extend one or more of the medical or diagnostic capabilities of the mobile facility, or both, outside of the health care area. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The mobile facility of claim 11, wherein the row of the patient treatment bays includes at most six patient treatment bays and the second area includes at least two cubicles for counseling and triage of patients, when the mobile unit is in the second, operational configuration. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The mobile facility of claim 11, wherein the health care area includes a partition between the first patient treatment area and the second counseling and triage patient area to facilitate control of movement between the first and second areas. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The mobile facility of claim 11, further comprising contracting the slide out of the health care area to place the health care area back into a first configuration for transport. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The mobile facility of claim 12, further comprising providing one or more separators for dividing each of the treatment bays for privacy therein. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The mobile facility of claim 11, which further comprises operably associating an extendable awning system with the health care area to increase the medical or diagnostic capability of the health care area, or both. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The mobile facility of claim 11, wherein the second patient area includes at least one of a table, a chair, and triage equipment. ### Claim 20 A method for providing medical care to a plurality of patients in a remote location comprising: transporting a first health care area in a first transportable configuration from a first location to a second remote location, wherein in the first configuration the first health care area defines a first floor area and facilitates the transport of the first health care area over one or more roadways; expanding a slide out of the health care area to expand the health care area into a second operational configuration, wherein second configuration of the health care area defines a second floor area greater than the first floor area adapted to diagnose, treat, and perform minor surgery or first aid to multiple patients; providing a first medical treatment, diagnostic, and minor surgical procedure patient area defined at least partially by the slide out within the second floor area; and providing a second patient area defined at least partially within the second floor area having at least one region that is for counseling and triage.