Open medical system

US007227081B2

12 Unltfid States Patent 10 Patent No.: US 7 227 081 B2 9 9 Ball et al. 45 Date of Patent: Jun. 5 2007 9 (54) OPEN MEDICAL SYSTEM 3,921,345 A 11/1975 Damico 3,991,264 A 11/1976 Cormell ..................... .. 174/38 (75) Inventors: Alexander Bally, Barrington, RI (US); 4,104,710 A 3/1973 Da11_11°° @1111 Gary M. Schindele, Montverde, FL D251355 S 5/1979 Sehfndele (US); Tomio Kato, Norcross, GA (US); 2 ichtndelte 1 J°h“ P‘ Kasten’ Lithia’ FL (US) 4 354,330 A 10/1982 SE2)li\fl€1.ITZa‘ 52/28 (73) Assignee: Lifespan Healthcare, LLC, Tampa, FL i IS{Cu}:;)dZlea1' """"""""" " 52/27 (US) 4,807,659 A 2/1989 Schlndele _ _ _ _ _ 4,821,470 A 4/1989 Kappers ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the tenn of tlns 4,369,373 A 9/1939 Miiier patent is extended or adjusted under 35 4,905,433 A 3/1990 Miller U.S.C. l54(b) by 0 days. _ (Continued) (21) Appl. No.: 11/051,434 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (22) Filedi F€b- 4, 2005 Modular Services Co., Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Brochure/catalog titled: “ModularTM Columns” 8 pages, 1995. 65 P ' P bl‘ t" D t ( ) US 2005/01671l3l90lA1u If 1on4 221005 (Continued) u . , g Primary Examiner—Dhiru R. Patel Related U_s_ Application Data (74) Attorney Agent, or Firm—Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd. (63) Continuation of application No. PCT/US03/24269, filed on Aug. 4, 2003, and a continuation-in-part of (57) ABSTRACT application No. 10/212,395, filed on Aug. 5, 2002. An open medical system for deploying, supporting and (51) Int‘ Cl‘ organizing medical equipment and medical utilities includes HOIH 9/02 (200601) a utility cormection, and a main assembly having a primary (52) U.S. Cl. ............................. .. 174/53; 174/48; 52/28 Strucmre having an upper plate and lower plate held in fixed Of Classification Search ................ .. Spaced apart relation a plurality of Spacers’ the main 174/48; 52/28 assembly also having at least one core, with each core See aPP11ea11O11 fi1e for eOmP1e1e Search 1115101'Y~ having at least one utility outlet, the system having an open (56) References Cited space bounded by the upper and lower plates and the inner

surfaces of the outlets, which open space is free of utility outlets. Equipment rails are connected between the spacers to support medical equipment. Arotating base assembly may be used to support the system, and to restrict rotation.

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6,034,130 A 7/2000 DeBflIT0i0, -If Modular Services Co., Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Drawing titled: 6,095,468 A 8/2000 Chirico “Ceiling Column 5601; PR 5601 (May 8, 1996)”; 1 sheet. 6,096,025 A 8/2000 Borders International Preliminary Report on Patentability in International 6,196,649 B1 3/2001 B1<>91< App. No. PCTAJS03/24269; 4 sheets.

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