Medical device mounting structure

An attachment for supporting a medical device comprising:

• an attachment device adapted to be connected to a member;
• and
• a support coupler having
• a body member connected to the attachment device,
• a locating surface adapted to contact a locating surface on a mating device coupler supporting a medical device, and
• a generally upward facing cavity with a fixed and rigid upward projecting lip, the upward facing cavity and the lip being fixed with respect to the body member, the upward facing cavity being adapted to receive a downward projecting lip on the device coupler and the upward projecting lip being adapted to extend into a downward facing cavity on the device coupler to hang the medical device in a rest position on the support coupler and, to permit the medical device to be lifted from the support coupler.

A medical device component comprising:

• a rigid plate having first and second sides;
• a medical device element associated with the first side of the plate;
• and
• a device coupler associated with the second side of the plate and having
• a locating surface adapted to contact another locating surface of a support coupler attached to a supporting member for supporting the plate at a desired location, the support coupler having an upward facing cavity and upward projecting lip fixed thereto, and
• a downward facing cavity with a fixed and rigid downward projecting lip, the downward facing cavity adapted to receive the upward projecting lip of the support coupler, the downward projecting lip adapted to extend into the upward facing cavity of the support coupler to hang the plate at a rest position on the supporting member, and to permit the plate to lifted from the supporting member.

A medical device support bracket comprising:

• a plate having opposed first and second sides;
• a support coupler having a body member located on the first side of the plate and having
• a locating surface adapted to mate with a surface on a mating device coupler, and
• an upward facing cavity with an upward projecting lip, the upward facing cavity adapted to receive a mating downward projecting lip of the mating device coupler and the upward projecting lip adapted to extend into a mating downward facing cavity of the mating device coupler, the upward facing cavity and the upward projecting lip being fixed with respect to the body member;
• and
• a device coupler located on the second side of the plate and having
• a first locating surface adapted to mate with a surface on a mating support coupler, and
• a downward facing cavity with a fixed and rigid downward projecting lip, the downward facing cavity adapted to receive a mating upward facing lip of the mating support coupler and downward projecting lip adapted to extend into a mating upward facing cavity of the mating support coupler.

A medical device mounting structure comprising:

• a component having a front side being adapted to support a medical device element;
• a device coupler on a rear side of the component, the device coupler having a first locating surface and a downward facing cavity with a downward projecting lip;
• a rigid support coupler adapted to be attached to a supporting member, the support coupler having a second locating surface and an upward facing cavity with a fixed and rigid upward projecting lip, the upward facing cavity and the upward projecting lip being fixed with respect to the support coupler;
• and
• the cavities and the lips being shaped and positioned such that, upon the device coupler being placed on the support coupler in a rest position, the first and second locating surfaces abut each other in a contacting relationship, the downward projecting lip extends into the upward facing cavity and has an area of contact therewith, the downward facing cavity receives the upward projecting lip and has an area of contact therewith, and the device coupler and the support coupler are cooperatively engaged to hang the component in the rest position on the supporting member, and to permit the component to be lifted from the supporting member.

A medical device mounting structure comprising:

• a component having a front side being adapted to support a medical device element;
• a device coupler on a rear side of the component, the device coupler having a first locating surface and a downward facing cavity having a first surface oblique with respect to a side of the component and extending to a downward projecting lip;
• a support coupler adapted to be attached to a supporting member, the support coupler having a second locating surface and an upward facing cavity having a second surface oblique with respect to a side of the support coupler and extending to a fixed and rigid upward projecting lip, the upward facing cavity and the upward projecting lip being fixed with respect to the support coupler;
• and
• the cavities and the lips being shaped and positioned such that, upon the device coupler being placed on the support coupler in a rest position, the first and second locating surfaces abut each other in a contacting relationship, the downward projecting lip extends into the upward facing cavity and has an area of contact therewith, the downward facing cavity receives the upward projecting lip and has an area of contact therewith, the first and second surfaces are in juxtaposition and the device coupler and the support coupler are cooperatively engaged to form a hanging support for the device coupler to hang the component in the rest position on the supporting member, and to permit the component to be lifted from the supporting member.

A medical device for coupling a medical device element on a supporting member mounting structure comprising:

• a component having a front side being adapted to support the medical device element;
• a device coupler on a rear side of the component, the device coupler having a first locating surface and a downward facing cavity with a downward projecting lip;
• a bracket having a support coupler located on one surface of the bracket, the bracket adapted to be attached to the supporting member, the support coupler having a second locating surface and an upward facing cavity with a fixed and rigid upward projecting lip;
• and
• the cavities and the lips being shaped and positioned such that, upon the device coupler being placed on the support coupler in a rest position, the first and second locating surfaces abut each other in a contacting relationship, the downward projecting lip extends into the upward facing cavity and has an area of contact therewith, the downward facing cavity receives the upward projecting lip and has an area of contact therewith, and the device coupler, and the support coupler are cooperatively engaged to form a hanging support for the device coupler to hang the component in the rest position on the supporting member, and to permit the component to be lifted from the supporting member.

A mounting structure comprising:

• an attachment device adapted to be connected to a member;
• a support coupler on one side of the attachment plate having
• a fixed, rigid, upward projecting lip,
• a surface extending obliquely toward the one side of the attachment device to form a generally upward facing cavity between the upward projecting lip and the one side of the attachment device, and
• two generally vertical surfaces being generally perpendicular with the one side of the attachment device to provide two locating surfaces with respect to the generally upward facing cavity,
• the upward facing cavity being shaped and adapted to receive a downward projecting lip of a device coupler moving downward into the upward facing fixed cavity and the upward projecting lip being shaped and adapted to receive a downward projecting cavity of the device coupler moving downward over the upward projecting lip, thereby hanging the device coupler at a rest position on the support coupler but permitting the device coupler to be lifted from the support coupler.

A mounting structure comprising:

• a plate having first and second sides;
• a medical device element associated with the first side of the plate;
• and
• a device coupler on the second side of the plate and having
• a rigid downward projecting lip, and
• a first surface adapted to contact a locating surface of a support coupler attached to a supporting member for supporting the plate at a desired location, and
• a second surface extending obliquely toward the second side of the plate to form a generally downward facing cavity between the downward projecting lip and the second side of the plate,
• the device coupler being shaped, so that, as the downward facing cavity of the device coupler moves downward onto an upward projecting fixed lip of the support coupler, the downward projecting lip of the device coupler moves downward into an upward facing fixed cavity of the support coupler, and the first surface on the device coupler bears against the locating surface on the support coupler, thereby hanging the plate at a rest position on the supporting member but permitting the plate to be lifted from the supporting member.

A mounting structure comprising:

• an attachment device adapted to be connected to a member and having a support coupler on one side of the attachment device, the support coupler having an upward projecting lip and a first surface extending obliquely toward one side of the attachment device to form a generally upward facing cavity between the upward projecting lip and the one side of the attachment device;
• and
• a plate having first and second sides with a medical device element associated with the first side and a device coupler on the second side, the device coupler having a downward projecting lip and a second surface extending obliquely toward a second side of the plate to form a generally downward facing cavity between the downward projecting lip and the second side of the plate,
• the downward projecting lip of the device coupler being engageable with the upward facing cavity of the support coupler and the upward projecting lip of the support coupler being simultaneously engageable with the downward facing cavity of the device coupler such that the first surface of the support coupler guides the downward projecting lip of the device coupler downward and toward the one side of the attachment device to bring and maintain at least two pairs of surfaces on the couplers in a bearing relationship with respect to each other.

A mounting structure comprising:

• an attachment device adapted to be connected to a member and having a support coupler on one side of the attachment device, the support coupler including an upward projecting lip having a first nonrectangular cross-section and forming a generally upward facing cavity having a second nonrectangular cross-section;
• and
• a plate having first and second sides with a medical device element associated with the first side and a device coupler on the second side, the device coupler including a downward projecting lip having a nonrectangular cross-section generally complementary to the second nonrectangular cross-section of the upward facing cavity, the downward projecting lip forming a generally downward facing cavity with the second side of the plate, and the downward facing cavity having a nonrectangular cross-section generally complementary with the first nonrectangular cross-section of the upward projecting lip,
• the downward projecting lip of the device coupler being engageable with the upward facing cavity of the support coupler and the upward projecting lip of the support coupler being simultaneously engageable with the downward facing cavity of the device coupler to, in response to gravity, force the device coupler linearly vertically downward and linearly horizontally toward the support coupler to hang the device coupler on the support coupler with a locating surface on the support coupler bearing against a respective mating locating surface on the device coupler.