Mobile treatment, diagnostic and minor surgery facility
AssigneeMed1 Partners, LLC
InventorsThomas H. Blackwell, Timothy J. Masud, Jeffrey D. Fischer
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a mobile medical facility capable of treating, diagnosing and performing minor surgery on multiple patients at one time. In general, the facility includes a health care area which is interchangeable between a first transportable configuration and a second, operational configuration. In the operational configuration, the health care area is expanded and capable of providing general care or diagnostic facilities to multiple patients as well as registration, counseling and triage to at least one patient. Preferable a row of patient treatment bays are provided with intake, counseling and triage cubicles and storage areas.
Claims20
A mobile unit adapted to treat, diagnose and operate on multiple patients and adapted for self-propelled transportation, containing:
- a health care area comprising a floor area adapted to interchange between a transport configuration and an operational configuration via a slide out in only one side of the mobile unit, wherein the floor area of the health care area in the transport configuration is reduced compared with the floor area of the health care area in the operational configuration, and wherein the health care area in the operational configuration supports a medical treatment, diagnostic and minor surgical procedure area configured to be able to provide medical care and medical diagnostic facilities to patients and a patient area configured to be able to provide counseling and triage to patients;
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- a transport system coupled to the health care area as a unified structure comprising an engine suitable for transport of the healthcare area, wherein the health care area in the transport configuration is no larger than about 80 percent of the maximum size limit for transportation over a roadway on which the unit is deployed.
A mobile treatment, diagnostic, and minor surgery facility adapted to be transported over a road and to treat a plurality of patients suffering from a range of conditions or injuries comprising:
- a health care area having only one slide out portion;
- a transportable configuration defined by a contracted position of the slide out portion;
- an operational configuration defined by an expanded position of the slide out portion;
- a patient treatment area defined at least partially by the slide out that, when in the operational configuration, is configured to provide general care to a plurality of patients and that includes a row of a plurality of patient treatment bays;
- a patient processing area at least partially defined by the slide out that, in the operational configuration, is adapted to provide registration, counseling, or triage to at least one patient, wherein the slide out portion has a floor area in the operational configuration that is at least twice a floor area when the slide out portion is in the transport configuration;
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- a transport system coupled to the health care area as a unified structure comprising an engine suitable for transport of the healthcare area, wherein the health care area is at most about 80 percent of the maximum size limit for transportation over roadways as determined by a roadway authority.
A method for providing medical care to a plurality of patients in a remote location comprising:
- transporting a health care area via a system coupled to the health care area as a unified structure, wherein the health care area is at most about 80 percent of the maximum size limit for transportation over roadways and in the operational configuration contains a greater floor area than the transport configuration, and in the transportable configuration from a first location to a second location, wherein in the transport configuration the first health care area defines a first floor area and facilitates the transport of the health care area over one or more roadways;
- expanding a slide out of the health care area to expand the health care area into an operational configuration in only one side of the mobile unit, wherein the operational configuration of the health care area defines a second floor area greater than the first floor area adapted to diagnose, treat, and perform minor surgery or first aid to multiple patients;
- providing a first medical treatment, diagnostic, and minor surgical procedure patient area defined at least partially by the slide out within the second floor area;
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- providing a second patient area defined at least partially within the second floor area having at least one region that is for counseling and triage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.