Mobile operating room with pre and post-operational areas
OwnerBrian M. Levineinventor
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Abstract
A mobile operating room is a transportable unit in which invasive surgical procedures can be performed. The mobile vehicle is a self contained, expandable van that includes all of the operating requirements called for in fixed hospital facilities. A mobile trailer which, when set up on leveling jacks and expanded, includes an operating room, surgery table, operating lights and all of the essential facilities for complete invasive surgical procedures including pre and postop areas. The surgical operating room itself (OR) contains a sterilizing autoclave for surgical instruments, a surgeon controllable automatic operating table, OR table, OR spotlights, anesthesia machine, and all essential surgical equipment necessary for comprehensive patient care.
Claims35
A mobile invasive surgery van capable of being transported on the roads and highways and equipped with essential equipment for invasive surgery to be performed within the van, said van comprising:
- a main body section that is capable of being towed, mounted on wheels for mobility by a separate power section;
- an expandable portion of said main body provided by telescoping side sections thereof which move outwardly from the main body portion in order to form an expanded invasive surgery room;
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- an operating table centrally located in said expandable section, said table being stowable so that the expandable section may be nested or expanded without removal of said surgery room operating table from said van.
A mobile invasive surgery van structure capable of being transported on the roads and highways and equipped with essential equipment for invasive surgery to be performed within the van, said van comprising:
- a main body portion being mounted on wheels for mobility by a detachable trailer section;
- an expandable section of said main body forming an expanded invasive surgery room;
- an operating table centrally located in said expandable section, said table being pivotable so that the expandable section may be nested or expanded without removal of said operating table:
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- another section of said van's main body, separate and apart from the surgery room thereof serving as a pre and post-operational patient recovery area.
A method of invasive surgery involving a mobile invasive surgery van structure capable of being transported on the roads and highways and equipped with essential equipment for invasive surgery to be performed within the van, said method comprising:
- mobilizing a main body section of the van so that it is capable of being moved;
- expanding laterally outwardly a section of said main body section to provide a surgical room section therein;
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- positioning a surgeon-controllable operating table in said surgical room section.
A mobile operating room "OR" for invasive surgical procedures equipped with;
- all of the operating requirements called for in a fixed hospital facility, comprising a mobile surgical van having a main body and a surgical room section provided in a laterally outwardly expandable section of the main body of the mobile surgical van.
A mobile invasive surgery structure capable of being transported on the roads and highways and equipped with essential equipment for invasive surgery to be performed within said structure, comprising:
- a main van mounted on wheels for mobility by a detachable trailer section;
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- an expandable van section thereof moveable outwardly and away from the main van body in order to form an expanded centralized invasive surgery room in the van.
A mobile invasive surgery van structure having a main body and capable of being transported on the roads and highways, said van comprising:
- equipment essential for invasive surgery to be performed within the van located in a surgical room section provided in a laterally outwardly expandable section of said main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.