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US 8,286,977 B2Granted
Medical cart
AssigneeMELA Sciences, Inc.
InventorsChristiano Butler, Steven Wicksman, Kazuna Tanaka, Jeffrey S. Kapec, Yukiko Naoi
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Abstract
Among other things, a movable medical device cart has a work surface on a pedestal and legs under the pedestal, an electronic device accessible at the work surface in connection with performing a medical procedure, and a computer mounted near a bottom of the pedestal to sink heat away from the computer.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising
- a movable medical device cart that has a work surface that has a front end and a back end a cart base that has a front end and a back end, legs mounted on the cart base, casters mounted on the legs, and a single pedestal that has a hollow lower end connected at the back end of the cart base and an upper end connected at the back end of the work surface,
- a probe for electronically imaging skin of a patient and accessible at the work surface,
- a computer mounted on the cart base and within the hollow lower end of the pedestal to sink heat away from the computer,
- a handle that extends along at least a portion of the front end of the work surface and along at least half of a perimeter of the work surface, and
- a center of gravity that is no higher than about ⅓ of a total height of the apparatus from a floor on which the apparatus stands,
- the apparatus being stable on a surface having a tilt angle up to about 15 degrees.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.