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US 4,359,843 AGranted
Medical office construction
OwnerRonald A. Schacharinventor
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Abstract
The specification discloses an office construction (10) for doctors, opthalmologists, dentists and the like wherein medical equipment (38) is supported on a cart (34) mounted for linear movement along a path behind multiple patient examining rooms (24) to increase equipment utilization. Each examining room (24) includes doors (30) which open when the cart (34) is positioned adjacent thereto. A conveyor system (70) and drop boxes (90) are preferably included to deliver patient charts to the examining rooms (24).
Claims7
A medical office construction, comprising:
- a plurality of examining rooms arranged in side by side relationship;
- platform means mounted for movement along a path extending along one side of all of said examining rooms for supporting and transporting at least one person together with medical equipment thereon;
- a normally closed door mounted in said one side of each examining room;
- means associated with said platform for selectively opening said normally closed door of each examining room when said platform means is positioned adjacent thereto to permit movement of persons between said room and said platform means and free access from said room to the medical equipment on said platform means;
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- a patient entry door mounted on another side of each examining room.
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A medical facility construction, comprising:
- a plurality of examining rooms arranged side by side in a row;
- platform means mounted for movement along a path extending along one side of all of said examining rooms for supporting and transporting one or more persons together with medical equipment mounted on said platform means;
- a normally closed sliding door facing the path mounted in one side of each patient examining room;
- means for selectively opening said normally closed sliding door of each examining room when said platform means is positioned adjacent thereto to permit movement of persons and communication between said examining room and the medical equipment on said platform means;
- a plurality of drop boxes located along the platform path each corresponding to one of said patent examining rooms;
- means for conveying patient charts from a remote area and selectively depositing the charts into said drop boxes;
- a patient entry door mounted in another side of each examining room;
- a common hallway extended along said other side of said examining rooms providing patient access to said examining rooms through said patient entry doors;
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- additional space along the length of said path on the opposite side of said path from said examining rooms accessible from said platform and adapted to house medical equipment requiring more space than available solely on said platform.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.