Modular medical gas services column

A modular medical gas services unit for installation in a support surface to connect first and second medical gas operating devices to first and second gas supply conduits behind the support surface, the unit comprising:

• a first outlet panel support surface;
• a first medical gas supply outlet assembly comprising:
• a housing with a first end and a second end;
• an outlet on the first end for supporting the first medical gas operating device, the outlet having a center and being substantially flush with the first outlet panel support surface;
• wherein the second end extends behind the first outlet panel support surface and is connectable to the first gas supply conduit;
• a second outlet panel support surface;
• a second medical gas supply outlet assembly comprising:
• a housing with a first end and a second end;
• outlet on the second end for supporting the second medical gas operating device, the outlet having a width and being substantially flush with the second outlet panel support surface;
• wherein the second end extends behind the second outlet panel support surface and is connectable to the second gas supply conduit;
• wherein the first and second outlet panel support surfaces define intersecting planes, wherein the first and second outlet panel support surfaces are positioned relative to each other so that the outlets are adjacent, and so that the distance between the centers of the first and second medical gas supply outlets is less than the distance between the centers of the first and second medical gas supply outlets would be if the first and second outlet support surfaces were co-planner, and wherein the first and second outlet panel support surfaces are supportable on the support surface so that the second ends of the housing of the first and second medical gas supply outlet assemblies are behind the support surface.

A modular medical gas services unit for installation in a planar support surface behind which are located first and second gas supply conduits, the unit comprising:

• a first outlet panel support surface;
• a first medical gas supply outlet assembly comprising:
• a housing with a first end and a second end;
• an outlet on the first end for supporting the first medical gas operating device, the outlet having a width and being substantially flush with the first outlet panel support surface;
• wherein the second end extends behind the first outlet panel support surface and is connectable to the first gas supply conduit;
• a first medical gas operating device operatively supportable in the outlet of the first medical gas supply outlet assembly and having a width greater than the width of the outlet of the first medical gas supply outlet assembly;
• a second outlet panel support surface;
• a second medical gas supply outlet assembly comprising:
• a housing with a first end and a second end;
• an outlet on the second end for supporting the second medical gas operating device, the outlet having a width and being substantially flush with the second outlet panel support surface;
• wherein the second end extends behind the second outlet panel support surface and is connectable to the second gas supply conduit;
• a second medical gas operating device operatively supportable in the second medical gas supply outlet and having a width greater than the width of the outlet of the second medical gas supply outlet assembly;
• wherein when the unit is installed in the planar support surface the outlets of the first and second medical gas supply outlet assemblies are supported adjacent each other on the planar support surface and extend therefrom so that the outlets are angled relative to each other and to the planar support surface, so that the first and second medical gas operating devices can be supported more closely together than if the outlets of the first and second medical gas supply outlet assemblies were co-planar with each other, and so that the second ends of the housings of the first and second medical gas supply outlet assemblies are behind the planar support surface.