CN103512170A - System and method for delivering air through a boom assembly - Google Patents
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Abstract
A boom assembly is configured to movably secure equipment to a ceiling or plenum extending from the ceiling. The assembly may include an arm sub-assembly secured to the ceiling, equipment secured to an end of the arm sub-assembly, and an air delivery member extending through the arm sub-assembly. The air delivery member may include a first end in communication with an air delivery chamber within the ceiling or plenum, and a second end in communication with air passages formed through the equipment. Airflow is directed from the air delivery chamber out through the air passages formed through the equipment towards a target location.
Description
The cross reference of related application
The application relates to and requires on November 20th, 2012 application, name is called the U.S. Patent application 13/682 of " for transmit the system and method for air by slider assembly ", 339 priority, it correspondingly relates to and requires on June 25th, 2012 application, name is called the U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61/663 of " for transmit the system and method for air by slider assembly ", 712 priority, both full contents are clearly incorporated herein by reference.
Technical field
Embodiment relates generally to the system and method for the air after filtering for the ring domestic relay clean, and relates more specifically to the system and method for the air after filtering by slider assembly transmission.
Background technology
Such as the specific internal environment of operating room, radiation chamber and the dentistry suite etc. of dust free room, hospital etc., use extremely clean air so that protection targeted sites and work wherein.These chambers may have at indoor difference different heating or cooling requirement.For example, electronic equipment can produce excessive heat, and needs cooling-air to be concentrated to specific region.Surgeon also can feel the immediate area at operating table there is extra available heating, cooling mistake and/or filter after air be wise.The air that approaches operating table can be used to patient to remain on stable temperature, dissipates by the illuminating lamp around patient or the formed excessive heat of doctor and nurse team, or is used to provide the air-source after filtration to enter operative site to prevent pollutant.
At modern operating room, can use the equipment such as robotic surgery aid.Operation aid can make operation more accurately and more be not easy to produce the intrinsic unreliable caused mistake by staff conventionally.In addition,, even in the clean environment of typical case, there is the remarkable demand for the overhead fastening such as lamp hanger rod component, automated material-handling system etc.Conventionally, this equipment hangs and passes ceiling and fall in building structure, to retain valuable ground space.
Slider assembly can be supported by ceiling.For example, in medical environment, hinged boom assembly can extend from the ceiling of surgical environments.Ventilation equipment such as air diffuser can be arranged in ceiling and be configured to guide air to flow through surgical environments.Yet hinged boom assembly and the equipment that is fixed on hinged boom assembly end, may be arranged in the gas channel between ceiling and surgical environments.Therefore the air-flow that, leads to surgical environments can be blocked at least in part by hinged boom assembly and the equipment that is fixed on hinged boom assembly.And due to air-flow process and around hinged boom assembly, air-flow can produce the turbulent flow in the mode of eddy current, vortex etc.This turbulent flow may adversely affect surgical environments.For example, the turbulent flow causing can cause element, article, even patient's anatomic part variation or the movement in surgical environments, and/or makes pollutant enter surgical environments.
Summary of the invention
Specific embodiment provides a kind of slider assembly, and it is configured to the plenum chamber that equipment is fixed on movably to ceiling or extends from ceiling.This slider assembly can comprise the air feed member that is configured to be fixed in the arm sub-component of ceiling and extends through arm sub-component.This air feed member can comprise and be configured to the first end that is connected with air air supply chamber in ceiling or plenum chamber, and is configured to the second end of being connected with the air duct forming through equipment.Air-flow is configured to from air air supply chamber by the air duct head for target location guide forming through equipment.
Arm sub-component can comprise a plurality of rotatable arms, and it is constructed such that equipment shifts to all directions.
Air feed member can be independent and different from arm sub-component.Selectively, air feed member can form through slider assembly integratedly.
Air feed member can be formed by the liquid-tight material that limits air supply channel.Air feed member can comprise a plurality of openings in the whole length that is formed on air feed member.
Arm sub-component also can be configured to firmly to keep one or more etc. in power supply and control line, medical gas pipeline, vacuum passage or data wire.
Slider assembly also can comprise at least one air guide member, and it is configured to be communicated with at least one air duct fluid.Air guide member can comprise the air nozzle that is operably connected to valve.Selectively, air guide member can comprise at least one air-flow guiding fin, and it is formed between open position and closing position and selectively moves.
Specific embodiment provides a kind of for air-flow being offered to the system of target location.As above, this system can comprise the slider assembly of equipment and the plenum chamber that is configured to movably equipment to be fixed on to ceiling or extends from ceiling.This equipment can comprise lamp assembly, monitor, control panel, surgical instruments, imaging device or system etc.
Specific embodiment provides a kind of method that air-flow is provided to target location.The method can comprise the air feed member in the arm sub-component that air-flow is delivered to the equipment of being connected in from plenum chamber, air-flow is directed to air feed member and introduces the air duct forming through equipment from plenum chamber, air-flow is guided out to the air duct forming through equipment and guides the target location of the equipment of being adjacent to into.The method also can comprise selectively mobile air guide member, and it is communicated with the air duct fluid between in an open position and closing position.
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Fig. 1 illustrates according to one embodiment of present invention the slider assembly extending from the ceiling of operating room.
Fig. 2 illustrates the side view of slider assembly according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 illustrates the side view of slider assembly according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 illustrates the bottom view of lamp assembly according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5 illustrates the bottom view of lamp assembly according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 6 illustrates the side view of slider assembly according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 7 illustrates the side view of slider assembly according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 8 illustrates the side view of the equipment of the device attachment arm that is fixed on according to one embodiment of present invention slider assembly.
Fig. 9 illustrates the side view of the equipment of the device attachment arm that is fixed on according to one embodiment of present invention slider assembly.
Figure 10 illustrates the side view of the equipment of the device attachment arm that is fixed on according to one embodiment of present invention slider assembly.
Figure 11 illustrates the side view of the equipment of the device attachment arm that is fixed on according to one embodiment of present invention slider assembly.
Before illustrating embodiment in detail, should be appreciated that, content disclosed by the invention is not limited to structure illustrated or that explained in the accompanying drawings and configuration detail in explanation subsequently in application.Content disclosed by the invention can have other embodiment, and can implement or realize in multiple different mode.And, should be appreciated that, wording used herein and term are for the purpose of description, and should not be regarded as limiting." comprise " and the use of " comprising " and distortion thereof means and comprises project and the homologue thereof of listing thereafter, and extra project and homologue thereof.
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Fig. 1 illustrates according to one embodiment of present invention the slider assembly 10 extending from the ceiling 12 of operating room 14.Slider assembly 10 can comprise mounting cover or the rectifying cover 16 that is connected in arm sub-component (arm-subassembly) 18, and this arm sub-component 18 has the equipment 20 that is fixed on its end 22.This mounting cover 16 in being fixed on ceiling 12 or the installation support member 17 such as the axle collar, flange etc. to downward-extension.Ceiling 12 can be the actual ceiling of operating room 14, or can be the structural support of the ceiling that is positioned at support air plenum chamber 24 and/or slider assembly 10.So, as can be the lower surface of plenum chamber 24 at the interior actual ceiling of seeing of operating room 14.
The far-end 32 of first rotating arm 28 is fixed on connected node 34, and it can be fixed under far-end 32.Connected node 34 comprises shell 36, and it has the pintle assembly 38 of the near-end 40 that is fixed on the second turning arm 42.Pintle assembly 38 is configured to allow the second turning arm 42 around central shaft Y pivotable in the direction of arrow A of pintle assembly 38.Central shaft Y can be substantially perpendicular to the central shaft X of mounting cover 16.Therefore, first rotating arm 28 is formed in the horizontal extent of whole movement turning arm sub-component 18(as shown in Figure 1), the second turning arm 42 can be around central shaft Y pivotable the vertical height with conditioning equipment 20.
The far-end 44 of the second turning arm 42 is connected to the connected node 46 with pintle assembly 48.Pintle assembly 48 is configured to allow the second turning arm 42 to move up or down with permission far-end 44 around the central shaft Z pivotable of pintle assembly 48.
As shown in Figure 1, equipment 20 can be and is configured to light to be directed to the lamp assembly such as surgical environments 56 target location, and in this surgical environments, patient 58 is supported on operating table 60.In addition, air feed member 62 is made and is shaped as by size through slider assembly 10 and with the air duct 64 forming through equipment 20 to be connected, to allow air-flow 66 to be directly directed into and to be inducted into surgical environments 56.Air feed member 62 can comprise through the conduit of slider assembly 10, pipe, pipeline, air supply chamber, passage etc.Air feed member 62 can be monolithic such as the elastomeric material being formed by rubber, plastics etc.Selectively, air feed member 62 can be formed by metal catheter or the air supply chamber with elastic panel nodes, and wherein, elastic panel nodes is configured to hinged, rotation, pivotable Deng region in abutting connection with slider assembly 10.For example, the joint area that metal catheter part can be configured to hinged, rotation, pivotable etc. at slider assembly is to rubber bellows.And alternatively, slider assembly 10 can comprise the formed channel of the air feed member that limits one.
As shown in Figure 1, ceiling 12 can comprise the plenum chamber 24 from ceiling 12 to downward-extension.Plenum chamber 24 comprises the wall 68 being supported by truss 70 and/or other this supporting member.The air air supply chamber 72 that the feeder 74 that plenum chamber 24 restrictions are connected with such as ventilating opening, fireplace, fan, air diffuser etc. is connected.Therefore, the forced air in plenum chamber 24 is guided out from feeder 74 with the direction of arrow B.Plenum chamber 24 can comprise the modular unit that is configured to be fixed on ceiling 12, and as being called in name described in the U.S. Patent Application Publication 2011/0097986 of " ceiling system with integrated equipment system architecture ", its integral body is incorporated herein by reference.Selectively, the air supply chamber being connected with feeder 74 and air feed member 62 and/or pressurized air system can be the part of ceiling 12 and/or are comprised in ceiling 12.
From air feed member 62, be guided out the air-flow 66 of air duct 64 at the interior generation local air flow of surgical environments 56 environment.And because air-flow 66 itself is from equipment 20 guiding rather than comes from feeder 74, air-flow 66 can be the impact that laminar flow is not subject to turbulent flow substantially.And any turbulent flow by moving into equipment 20 from feeder 74 and causing around the air-flow of equipment 20 can be released surgical environments 56 by air-flow 66.
As mentioned above, air feed member 62 can be comprised in slider assembly 10.Selectively, air feed member can be integrally formed in slider assembly 10.For example, the arm of slider assembly 10 and connected node also can be or comprise liquid-tight passage (fluid-tight channel), and it is configured to allow forced air from plenum chamber 24, to be delivered to the air duct 64 forming through equipment 20.This air can be filtered at the air supply source place such as being positioned at plenum chamber 24 and/or air feed member 62 and/or equipment 20.
And alternatively, air feed member 62 can be fixed on the outside of slider assembly 10.For example, air feed member 62 can be fastened to slider assembly 10 firmly by various securing members, binding agent, welding etc.In addition, air feed member 62 is fixed to the outside of slider assembly 10 removedly by clip, breech lock, fixture etc.
Although illustrate and described the slider assembly 10 relevant to operating room 14, together with can arranging with various other, uses slider assembly 10, and wherein, air-flow will be directly directed to specified target position.For example, slider assembly 10Ke data center is used, and such as being called shown in the U.S. Patent application 2010/0051563 of " modular data center " in name and describing, its integral body is incorporated herein by reference.In addition, slider assembly 10 can with the system combined use of array fan, such as, name is called shown in the U.S. Patent application 2011/0014061 of " fan array control system " and describes, its integral body is incorporated herein by reference, and the U.S. Patent application 2011/0255704 that is called " for the method and system of air conditioner unit Active Noise Control " such as name, its also integral body be incorporated herein by reference.
Fig. 2 illustrates the side view of slider assembly 10 according to an embodiment of the invention.As shown in Figure 2, the forced air (shown in Fig. 1) that comes from plenum chamber 24 is delivered to air feed member 62 by means of opening installation end 76.Air-flow passes through air feed member 62 and transmits by the air duct 64 forming through equipment 20 with the direction of arrow D.Air feed member 62 can be formed by the liquid-tight material such as rubber, plastics etc., and it defines interior air duct.Therefore, air can not leak out through the wall of air feed member 62.On the contrary, the whole air-flows that are directed to air feed member 62 can be directed into the air duct 64 of equipment 20.
Fig. 3 illustrates the side view of slider assembly 10 according to an embodiment of the invention.In embodiment illustrated in fig. 3, air feed member 62 can comprise a series of opening 80 such as perforation, passage etc., and it forms through air feed member 62 bottom.Opening 80 can be guided to the opening portion of slider assembly 10, or with the register forming through slider assembly 10.Therefore, air-flow is except the direction with arrow C passes out equipment 20, and direction that can also arrow E is guided out air feed member 62.
Fig. 4 illustrates the bottom view of lamp assembly 90 according to an embodiment of the invention.Lamp assembly 90 is for being fixed on the example of the equipment 20 of the slider assembly 10 shown in Fig. 1-3.Lamp assembly 90 can comprise the main shell 92 with coaxial annular illumination device 94, and this light-emitting device is spaced apart by the coaxial annular air channel 96 that can be connected with (shown in Fig. 1-3) air feed member 62.So, air-flow guides through lamp assembly 90 by means of air duct 96.
As shown in Figure 4, air duct 96 can be coaxial annular or circular passage.Yet air duct 96 can be various other shape and sizes.In addition, air duct 96 can not be coaxial, and can be positioned in each position of lamp assembly 90.In addition, shell 92 can have various shapes and the size except circle.
Fig. 5 illustrates the bottom view of lamp assembly 100 according to an embodiment of the invention.Lamp assembly 100 is for being fixed on the example of the equipment 20 of the slider assembly 10 shown in Fig. 1-3.Lamp assembly 100 can comprise the main shell 102 with light-emitting area 104.A plurality of air ducts 106 can form and can be connected with (shown in Fig. 1-3) air feed member 62 through light-emitting area 104.
Selectively, air duct can replace light-emitting area, and vice versa.Air duct 106 can have various shapes and the size except circle.In addition, shell 102 can be various shapes and the size except circle.
Fig. 6 illustrates the side view of slider assembly 110 according to an embodiment of the invention.Slider assembly 110 is connected to equipment 112.Equipment 112 can be robot manipulation's assembly, computer monitor, control panel etc.As mentioned above, air duct forms through equipment 112.
Fig. 7 illustrates the side view of slider assembly 120 according to an embodiment of the invention.Slider assembly 120 is connected to equipment 122.As mentioned above, equipment 122 can be the monitor 122 having through the air duct of its formation.
Fig. 8 illustrates the side view of the equipment 200 of the device attachment arm 202 that is fixed on according to one embodiment of present invention slider assembly 204.Equipment 200 can comprise a plurality of gas guiding components 206 that extend from basal surface 208.For example, gas guiding component 206 can be air nozzle.Each gas guiding component 206 can by liquid be connected to each air duct 210 forming through basal surface 208.Yet, can adopt than shown more or less gas guiding component 206.In addition, equipment 200 can comprise the air duct exposing 210 that is not attached to gas guiding component 206.
Each gas guiding component 206 can comprise the air flow controller 212 such as valve.Air flow controller 212 allows gas guiding component 206 selectively between open position and closing position, to operate.Therefore, operator can open some gas guiding component 206, closes other gas guiding component 206 and between open position and closing position, regulates air-flow with respect to other gas guiding component 206.In this way, the movement that air-flow can be independent of slider assembly 204 is by optionally through gas guiding component 206 guidings.
The air flow controller 212 of gas guiding component 206 can manually be operated.Selectively, air flow controller 212 can be operatively coupled to control module, such as digital control unit.User can control by control module the operation of volume control device 212, and this control module can form together with equipment 200 and/or slider assembly 204, or can be from its long range positioning.
Volume control device 212 can be used with together with described any one embodiment in Fig. 1-7 above.
Fig. 9 illustrates the side view of the equipment 300 of the device attachment arm 302 that is fixed on according to one embodiment of present invention slider assembly 304.Except air manifold 306 can be fixed in the basal surface 308 of equipment 300, equipment 300 is similar to equipment 200.Air manifold 306 is communicated with one or more air ducts (being hidden in view) fluid of equipment 300.Air manifold 306 comprises air outlet slit 310.Such as the gas guiding component 312 at the described gas guiding component 206 of Fig. 8, can be connected to air outlet slit 310.Air manifold 306 and gas guiding component 312 can be used with together with described any embodiment in Fig. 1-7 above.
Figure 10 illustrates the side view of the equipment 400 of the device attachment arm 402 that is fixed on according to one embodiment of present invention slider assembly 404.Equipment 400 can comprise a plurality of gas guiding components 406 that extend from basal surface 408.Gas guiding component 406 can be grid or damper, and it has the one or more distributing fin 410 that is fixed on pivotly shell 412.Each distributing fin 410 is located with respect to air duct.So, each distributing fin 410 can selectively be controlled to open or close specific air duct.For example, distributing fin 410 can move between open position and closing position, or can between them, be conditioned.Control handle 414 can be operatively connected to distributing fin 410.Control handle 414 allows operator manually to control distributing fin 410.Alternatively, control handle 414 can be the digital control unit that is configured to control distributing fin 410 operations.
Figure 11 illustrates the side view of the equipment 500 of the device attachment arm 502 that is fixed on according to one embodiment of present invention slider assembly 504.Except equipment 500 can comprise a plurality of gas guiding components 506, equipment 500 is similar to equipment 400, and each gas guiding component can be operably connected to the air duct forming through equipment 500.Each gas guiding component 506 can be grid or the damper with distributing fin 508.Each gas guiding component 506a, 506b, 506c, 506d can be controlled individually.As illustrated, gas guiding component 506a has the distributing fin 508 being configured to towards central longitudinal axis 512 guiding air-flows, and gas guiding component 506b has the distributing fin 508 being configured to away from central longitudinal axis 512 guiding air-flows.Gas guiding component 506c has closed distributing fin 508, and gas guiding component 506d has and is oriented the distributing fin 508 of air-guiding vertically downward.The orientation of each the be controlled so as to change distributing fin 508 in gas guiding component 506a-506d.Each gas guiding component 506a-506d can comprise the independent and different control device such as control handle or control module.Selectively, all gas guiding component 506a-506d can be operatively coupled to single control module, the slider assembly 504 of equipment 500, or from its long range positioning.Single control module can be digital control unit, and it allows operator to control separately each in gas guiding component 506a-506d.
Can adopt than shown in more or less gas guiding component 506.Further, equipment 500 can comprise the air duct that exposes that is free of attachment to gas guiding component.Gas guiding component 506 can be used with together with described any one embodiment in Fig. 1-7 above.
With reference to figure 1-11, the equipment that is fixed on slider assembly can be such as the various types of equipment that use in clean environment.This equipment can comprise lamp assembly, robot manipulation's device, control panel, monitor, surgical instruments and device, imaging system or device, medical image system or device or can be fixed in various other devices, structure and the analog of slider assembly.Above-mentioned slider assembly can be modular system, and wherein, turning arm, connected node and analog can selectively be added and/or remove.Slider assembly can be configured to engage various types of equipment, so that particular device can be fixed in slider assembly, be removed subsequently, and other equipment can be attached to slider assembly to substitute initial equipment.
In addition,, except air supply system, slider assembly can be configured to hold various other elements.For example, slider assembly can be configured to the low-voltage data of power supply and control line, medical appendix, vacuum duct, remote sensing detecting and data and for video playback of monitor etc. firmly conduct, maintenance etc.
Embodiment disclosed by the invention provides the slider assembly that forms local air flow environment in the target location such as surgical environments or place.Embodiment is by being configured to form substantially laminar airflow from being fixed in the slider assembly ，Qi target location of equipment air-guiding of slider assembly or place.Further, by coming from the equipment of moving to and around the caused turbulent flow of air-flow of the independent and different feeder of this equipment, can be by pushing open from place, target location from the air-flow that is fixed on the equipment of slider assembly and derives.
Therefore, embodiment disclosed by the invention provides a kind of slider assembly, system and method that is configured to directly transfer of air be led by being attached to the equipment of the far-end of cantilever target place.
Although various spaces such as top, bottom, bottom, middle part, sidepiece, level, vertically, above etc. and the term of direction can be used to describe embodiment disclosed by the invention, be appreciated that this term is only used together with respect to the orientation shown in accompanying drawing.This orientation can be reversed, rotates or change, so that top is bottom, vice versa, and it is vertical etc. that level becomes.
Be appreciated that description is above intended for exemplary, rather than restrictive.For example, the above embodiments (and/or its viewpoint) use that can be bonded to each other.In addition, can make many modifications to change specific situation or material to the instruction of various embodiment of the present disclosure, and not depart from its scope.Although the size of material described herein and type are intended to limit the parameter of each embodiment disclosed by the invention, this embodiment is never restrictive, and is just exemplary embodiment.According to description above, many other embodiment it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that.Therefore,, together with the gamut that is equivalent to claim and claims, the scope of each embodiment disclosed by the invention should be determined with reference to appended claims.In appended claims, term " comprises " and " wherein " is used as that term separately " comprises " and the equivalent of the plain English of " therein ".And term " first ", " second " and " the 3rd " etc. are only used as label, and do not intend to apply the requirement of quantity on their object.Further, the mode that the restriction of claim subsequently does not add function with device is write out, and do not intend to explain based on the 6th section of 35U.S.C. § 112, unless and until the restriction of claim clearly adopt the word followed by the function statement that lacks further structure " for ... device ".
As used in this article, with singulative element statement and that continue " " or step, should be understood as that described element or the step of not getting rid of plural number, unless this eliminating is explained out clearly.And, for the reference of " embodiment ", do not intend to be construed as getting rid of the existence of the additional embodiment that yet comprises described feature.And unless made clearly contrary statement, an element of " comprising " or " having " particular characteristics or the embodiment of a plurality of elements can comprise the additional this element without that characteristic.
This description adopts example openly to comprise each embodiment of the present invention of best mode, and also can make those skilled in the art implement various embodiment of the present invention, it comprises manufactures and uses any comprised device or system and carry out any comprised method.The scope of the claims of each embodiment of the present disclosure is limited by claim, and can comprise other example that those skilled in the art expect.If example has the structure member of the literal language that is different from claim, if or example comprise having and the word language of the claim equivalent construction parts without essential difference, this other example is intended to be positioned at the scope of claim.
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1. a slider assembly for the plenum chamber that is configured to that equipment is fixed on to ceiling movably or extends from ceiling, this slider assembly comprises:
Be configured to be fixed on the arm sub-component of ceiling; And
Extend through and/or be positioned at the air feed member on arm sub-component, wherein, air feed member comprises and is configured to the first end that is connected with the air feed member that is positioned at ceiling or plenum chamber, with the second end that is configured to be connected with the gas passage forming through equipment, and the air duct that wherein, air-flow is configured to by forming through equipment is drawn from air supply chamber head for target position.
2. according to the slider assembly of claim 1, wherein, arm sub-component comprises a plurality of turning arms, and it is formed at mobile this equipment in all directions.
3. according to the slider assembly of claim 1, wherein, air feed member is mutually independent and different from arm sub-component.
4. according to the slider assembly of claim 1, wherein, air feed member forms through slider assembly integratedly.
5. according to the slider assembly of claim 1, wherein, air feed member is formed by the liquid-tight material that limits air supply channel.
6. according to the slider assembly of claim 1, wherein, air feed member is included in a plurality of openings that form in the whole length of air feed member.
7. according to the slider assembly of claim 1, wherein, arm sub-component is further configured to keep firmly one or more in power supply and control line, medical appendix, vacuum duct or data wire.
8. according to the slider assembly of claim 1, it further comprises at least one gas guiding component, and it is configured to be communicated with at least one air duct fluid.
9. slider assembly according to Claim 8, wherein, described at least one gas guiding component comprises the air nozzle that is operably connected to valve.
10. slider assembly according to Claim 8, wherein, described at least one gas guiding component comprises at least one distributing fin, it is configured to selectively between open position and closing position, move.
11. 1 kinds of systems that are configured to provide to target location air-flow, this system comprises:
Be configured to be adjacent to the equipment of location, target location, wherein, air duct forms through at least a portion of equipment; And
The slider assembly of the plenum chamber that is configured to that equipment is fixed to ceiling movably or extends from ceiling, slider assembly comprises:
Be configured to be fixed on the arm sub-component of ceiling; And
Extend through and/or be positioned at the air feed member on arm sub-component, wherein, air feed member comprises and is configured to the first end that is connected with the air supply chamber that is positioned at ceiling or plenum chamber, the second end being connected with air duct with forming through at least a portion of equipment, and wherein, air-flow is configured to draw from air supply chamber head for target position by air duct.
12. according to the system of claim 11, and wherein, arm sub-component comprises a plurality of turning arms, and it is constructed such that equipment moves in all directions.
13. according to the system of claim 11, and wherein, air feed member is mutually independent and different from arm sub-component.
14. according to the system of claim 11, and wherein, air feed member forms through slider assembly integratedly.
15. according to the system of claim 11, and wherein, air feed member is formed by the liquid-tight material that limits air supply channel.
16. according to the system of claim 11, and wherein, air feed member is included in a plurality of openings that form in the whole length of air feed member.
17. according to the system of claim 11, and wherein, equipment comprises lamp assembly.
18. according to the system of claim 11, and wherein, equipment comprises monitor or control panel kind one or both.
19. according to the system of claim 11, and wherein, air duct comprises the concentric ring through the basal surface extension of equipment.
20. according to the system of claim 11, and wherein, air duct is included in a plurality of openings that form on the whole basal surface of equipment.
21. according to the system of claim 11, and it further comprises at least one gas guiding component being communicated with at least one air duct fluid.
22. according to the system of claim 21, and wherein, described at least one gas guiding component comprises the air nozzle that is operably connected to valve.
23. according to the system of claim 21, and wherein, described at least one gas guiding component comprises and is configured to selectively at least one distributing fin mobile between open position and closing position.
24.Yi Zhongxiang target location provides the method for air-flow, and the method comprises:
By air-flow from plenum chamber be delivered to be positioned at the equipment of being connected in arm sub-component and/or air feed member;
Air-flow is directed into air feed member and introduces the air duct forming through equipment from plenum chamber;
Air-flow is guided out to the air duct forming through equipment and guides towards the target location that is adjacent to equipment.
25. according to the method for claim 24, and it further comprises guides out by a part of air-flow the opening forming through air feed member.
26. according to the method for claim 24, and wherein, this equipment comprises one or more in lamp assembly, monitor, control panel, surgical instruments or medical imaging apparatus.
27. according to the method for claim 24, and it further comprises, the mobile gas guiding component being communicated with air duct fluid selectively between open position and closing position.
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