ES2370510B1 - TECHNICAL MODULE FOR MEDICAL SERVICES. - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a technical module for medical services. Specially designed to be installed in areas intended for the supervision and / or medical treatment of patients (Rooms, Intensive care units, emergencies, etc.), in which it is necessary to have electric power supply services. Telecommunications, medical gases and aspiration, etc. The technical module incorporates in its interior the control panel and electrical protection and in its outer faces multifunction unit with patient care controls, push buttons lights, shutter, communication and call pear, gas outlets, sockets, micro speaker for two-way spoken communication, ambient, night, reading and general lighting, data sockets, pay-per-view system, programmable patient information display from control, wireless communication system, pear-telephone with television remote and nurse call, audiovisual system with MP3 player and folding and folding curtain integrated in the module.

Description

installation and adapts to different provisions and

Technical module for medical services.

The present invention relates to a technical module for medical services. Specially designed to be installed in areas intended for the supervision and / or medical treatment of patients (Rooms, Intensive care units, emergencies, etc.), in which it is necessary to have electric power supply services. Telecommunications, medical gases and aspiration, etc. The technical module incorporates in its interior the control panel and electrical protection and in its outer faces multifunction unit with patient care controls, push buttons lights, shutter, communication and call pear, gas outlets, sockets, micro speaker for two-way spoken communication, ambient, night, reading and general lighting, data sockets, pay-per-view system, programmable patient information display from control, wireless communication system, pear-telephone with television remote and nurse call, audiovisual system with MP3 player and folding and folding curtain integrated in the module.

The present invention relates to a technical module for medical services. Specially designed to be installed in areas intended for the supervision and / or medical treatment of patients (Rooms, Intensive care units, emergencies, etc.), in which it is necessary to have electric power supply services. Telecommunications, medical gases and aspiration, etc.

The systems known to date, for similar applications p. ex. The one described in the MU ES 1 020 726 U are arranged in a horizontal position, generally suspended from the ceiling or anchored to the wall with the drawbacks in our opinion of:

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Difficulty in the installation, (they require several supports, and in the case of anchoring to the ceiling an auxiliary structure on the false ceiling.

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Poor patient accessibility due to the height of placement necessary to allow accommodation of room or area furniture.

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Longer connection lengths, wiring gas pipes, etc.

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The horizontal layout prevents easy accommodation of the different types of lighting used, generally using two types, general and night.

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The realization based on profiles, normalizes the components, but not the module, so that each module is "tailored".

On the other hand it is necessary to have in the hallway or at the entrance of the room, a control panel and electrical protection, as well as the purse cabinets with payment systems for the use of pay-TV, which complicate the installation and affect the room .

The module object of the present invention is constituted so that its assembly is vertical using the free space next to the bed or between two beds in double room arrangements (the most common).

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The module object of the present invention incorporates in its interior a control and protection panel that eliminates the one that is usually installed in the corridor or at the entrance of the room or supervision area, also integrates the system of payment by vision by means of a reader cards or other similar means.

The module object of the present invention also incorporates patient information screens that are programmed from the nursing position and provide among other data related to the patient's history, including alerts about allergies and treatments, which to date were available in documents in the foot of the bed, with access to confidential data, by personnel outside the service.

It also has wireless communication systems for audiovisual media, integrated in a multifunction unit with bluetooth technologies and MP3 player.

The module object of the present invention is characterized by being a vertical base that acts as a support for shaped sheets or profiles in the form of vertical ducts forming a prismatic assembly of approximately isosceles trapezoidal section with the largest base facing the wall.

Said shaped sheets or vertical profiles are attachable and fixed to each other by means of boot-shaped housings for the gas pipes and hinges on the base in the case of the electric power lines and telecommunication systems that are completed and assembled by means of fixing systems. and closing systems.

The module thus described is subdivided into three or more independent ducts, each of which has accommodation for the different services, the supply of which is made through superior holes that directly communicate with the false ceiling that houses the technical facilities.

Preferably, the lateral end ducts of the module are intended for the accommodation of the control or protection panel and of the elements for supply of electrical outlets, telecommunications services and lighting, while the central ducts include elements of gas supply and aspiration, In cases of double room, the central duct incorporates the separation curtain system used to preserve the privacy of patients.

The module thus described forms a rigid and compact assembly fixed to the wall.

The module can be composed of four vertical closing profiles and a stiffening rear base. The closing profiles include two ends and two intermediate ones that mutually engage on integral partitions with the base and delimit the contour of the module.

The two extreme vertical profiles are of symmetrical inverted C-section and define the oblique sides of the trapezoid, constituting the access door to the control and protection panel and lighting systems, power sockets. Multifunction unit, communications systems, means of payment, etc. The intermediate vertical profiles are symmetrical L-shaped section fixed to two partition walls integral with the base of the trapezoid, for

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define vertical ducts that are mounted between the coplanar edges of the end profiles, leaving a central housing where the curtain is placed.

For a better understanding of the characteristics of the module of the present invention, the possible form is described below based on the attached drawings, in which a possible embodiment is shown, by way of non-limiting example.

In the attached drawings:

Figure 1 shows the perspective view of a technical module for medical services in its double room version, constituted according to the invention.

Figure 2 shows the front elevation view of a technical module for medical services in its double room version.

Figure 3 shows a cross section of the module, according to the section A-A of Figure 2.

Figure 4 shows a perspective view of a technical module, with the curtain support deployed.

Figure 5 shows a perspective view of a technical module in its single room version.

As can be seen in Figure 1, the technical module for medical services represented in the drawings is composed of a vertical chamber 1, with a constant horizontal section of an isosceles trapezoid with the smaller base facing the front. This chamber is of vertical tubular structure. Composed of shaped sheets and / or attachable vertical profiles joined together, and closed at their upper and lower ends by means of horizontal caps referenced with the number 2.

In the example represented in the drawings, the tubular chamber is composed of seven vertical profiles; four of them that we call closing and that delimit the contour of module numbers 3 and 4. and the other three that delimit the conduits through which services run and contribute to the assembly of module numbers 7 and 12.

The two extreme vertical profiles are of section in C italic inverted symmetric numbers 3, and define the pipes 10 that conduct and sustain the services of electricity, telecommunications, means of payment by vision etc., the other two plants that are referenced with the numbers 4, are of section in L, to define the pipes that lead and support the gas services 13, the central intermediate cavity referenced with the number 6, houses the deployable curtain system 14, the profile referenced with the number 7 constitutes the base support to which the other profiles described constitute the module. The profiles referenced with the number 12 are orthogonally fixed to the base profile 7 and support the ends 3 and center 4 as well as the separation of ducts.

On this base profile, a structural frame number 8 is provided that serves as reinforcement and support for joining the module wall.

The vertical closing profiles 3 and support base 7, have at their rear ends housings for a hinge system 9 that allows the articulation of the two extreme profiles on the vertical axis of this hinge constituting the door that allows controlled access by key to the pipe 10, the profiles 3 have at the opposite end of housings for a closing system 11.

The central ends of the profiles 3 have overlapping conformations with the adjacent edges of the profile 4 for mutual coupling and for receiving the internal stiffening and duct separation profiles 12.

The profiles 4 and 12 are joined by screws in the overlapping areas. The profiles 4 and 7 are joined by boots 15 formed in the profile 4 and grooves made in the profile 7, the profile 12 is joined to the 7 by screws.

The curtain support profile 14, is fixed at the top in the central channel by means of articulated joint with rotation on a horizontal axis 16. The deployment / folding is carried out assisted by a spring system 17; along said profile, there are disposable accommodation housings, such as drainage systems, drippers, tensiometers, diagnostic equipment, etc.

The curtain, which can be of the folded or rolled type, is housed inside said profile, unfolding by manual or automatic means once the support profile has been deployed.

The module thus described has a plurality of advantages over what is known, such as ease of wall mounting, hidden service connections, control panel and electrical protection 18, system for reading payment methods for payment by vision 19, screen of patient information programmable from the nursing control 20, pear-telephone with integrated television control and nurse call 21, wireless communication system for audiovisual systems integrated in multifunction unit with bluetooth technology and MP3 reader, easy access to the ducts , aesthetic disposition in the room, disposition of the drives close to the patient and the medical services personnel, concealment of the separation curtain that is usually attached to the ceiling by means of rails.

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Claims (11)

one.

Technical module for medical services, especially intended for use in hospital rooms or patient surveillance and treatment areas, characterized by being constituted by vertical cameras composed of shaped sheets or attachable profiles and which, joined by fixation systems, form a block of Trapezoidal horizontal section with the main base towards the wall of the installation room, whose chambers are divided by vertical partitions into three or more independent and practicable areas, each of which serves to drive and support the different services of the module, whose connection is it is carried out from the emptyings practiced in the top cover of the module, attached to the ceiling or false ceiling of the premises through which the technical facilities of the building are accessed; the extreme lateral chambers being preferably intended for the accommodation of the electrical, lighting and telecommunications power supply systems, while the adjacent ones are intended for the housing of the gas supply systems and the power station houses the curtain system.

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Technical module for medical services according to claim 1, characterized in that the vertical chamber is composed of a stiffening structure that forms the major base of the trapezoidal prism to which three or more vertical plates or profiles that make up the outer closure of the module and two covers are fixed. they form the upper and lower closures of the module, whose end plates or lateral profiles are of symmetrical section such that they define the oblique sides of the prism and intermediate vertical sheets or profiles of flat con fi guration that define the minor base of the prism.

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Technical module for medical services according to claim 2, characterized in that the fixation to the base structure of the end plates or lateral profiles is carried out by means of vertical axis hinges allowing access to the conduit of electrical, lighting and telecommunications services formed by the base, the profiles laterals and duct separation wall.

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Technical module for medical services according to claim 2, characterized in that the plates or

Intermediate lateral profiles are of cross-section in L carrying, on the orthogonal side, the main flanges joining said base on necklines made thereon, forming the other side of the coplanar plane L with the articulated end profiles, the joint being made of these profiles in this plane to the partition wall through dumps, allowing access to the gas service duct formed by the base, and the intermediate vertical profile in L.

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Technical module for medical services according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that between the two intermediate vertical profiles, a vertical housing channel is arranged for the folding curtain system by manual or automatic systems with the help of pneumatic spring or square interlocking systems .

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Technical module for medical services according to previous claims, characterized in that the folding curtain system incorporates housings and hanging devices to support diagnostic or treatment devices and medication dispensers.

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Module according to previous claims, characterized by integrating in the conduit for electrical and telecommunications services, a control panel and electrical protection.

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Technical module for medical services according to previous claims, characterized by integrating into the conduit for electrical and telecommunications services, a reader system of means of payment among others for payment by vision.

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Technical module for medical services according to previous claims, characterized by integrating into the conduit for electrical and telecommunications services, a patient information screen programmed from the nursing control.

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Technical module for medical services according to previous claims, characterized by integrating into the conduit for electrical and telecommunications services, a multifunction module with integrated lighting and blind control systems, communications with the nursing station, audiovisual system with bluetooth technology and reader MP3

SPANISH OFFICE OF THE PATENTS AND BRAND Application no .: 200801620 SPAIN Date of submission of the application: 05.26.2008 Priority Date: REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE 51 Int. Cl.: See Additional Sheet RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

Category

Documents cited Claims Affected

Y

US 4104710 A (DAMICO FRANK M et al.) 01.08.1978, column 1, paragraph [1]; column 3, lines 8-28; column 4, lines 5-9; Figures 3-4; claim 3. 1-10

Y

JP 2003 180764 A (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD) 02.07.2003, summary. 1-10

TO

US 3769502 A (SCHULTZ J et al.) 30.10.1973, column 10, paragraph [1]; figure 20. 3

TO

GB 2427519 A (PREMIER TELESOLUTIONS LTD) 27.12.2006, the whole document. 8-10

TO

CN 2894177 Y (WANG WEIHUA) 25.04.2007, the whole document. 8-10

Category of the documents cited X: of particular relevance Y: of particular relevance combined with other / s of the same category A: reflects the state of the art O: refers to unwritten disclosure P: published between the priority date and the date of priority submission of the application E: previous document, but published after the date of submission of the application

This report has been prepared • for all claims • for claims no:

Date of realization of the report 28.11.2011

Examiner D. Cavia del Olmo Page 1/5

REPORT OF THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE CLASSIFICATION OBJECT OF THE APPLICATION A47B97 / 00 (2006.01) A47B79 / 00 (2006.01) A61G12 / 00 (2006.01) Minimum documentation sought (classification system followed by classification symbols) A47B, A61G Electronic databases consulted during the search (name of the database and, if possible, terms of search used) INVENTIONS, EPODOC, WPI  WRITTEN OPINION Date of Written Opinion: 28.11.2011 Statement

Novelty (Art. 6.1 LP 11/1986)

Claims Claims 1-10 IF NOT

Inventive activity (Art. 8.1 LP11 / 1986)

Claims Claims 1-10 IF NOT

The application is considered to comply with the industrial application requirement. This requirement was evaluated during the formal and technical examination phase of the application (Article 31.2 Law 11/1986).  Opinion Base.- This opinion has been made on the basis of the patent application as published.  WRITTEN OPINION 1. Documents considered.- The documents belonging to the state of the art taken into consideration for the realization of this opinion are listed below.

Document

Publication or Identification Number publication date

D01

US 4104710 A (DAMICO FRANK M et al.) 01.08.1978

D02

JP 2003 180764 A (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD) 02.07.2003

D03

US 3769502 A (SCHULTZ J et al.) 10/30/1973

D04

GB 2427519 A (PREMIER TELESOLUTIONS LTD) 12.27.2006

D05

CN 2894177 Y (WANG WEIHUA) 04.25.2007

2. Statement motivated according to articles 29.6 and 29.7 of the Regulations for the execution of Law 11/1986, of March 20, on Patents on novelty and inventive activity; quotes and explanations in support of this statement D01 is considered the state of the art document closest to the object of the claimed invention. Following the wording of the independent claim, D01 describes the following: Technical module for medical services specially intended for use in hospital rooms constituted by a vertical body with trapezoidal shape with the major base towards the wall of the premises of the facility for supply electrical service, lighting, gas and telecommunications to the patients' beds (see column 1, paragraph 1 and figure 3). Said module is constituted by two lateral sections or lighting sections (see reference 20 in figure 3) and a central section (see reference 18 in figure 3) composed of attachable profiles and vertical partitions joined together by fixing systems (see figure 4 and column 3, lines from 8 to 13). The central section has horizontal separations in order to distribute and locate the different systems: at least two electrical boxes one at each upper and lower end of the central section (see refs. 80 and 110 in figure 4), gas supply system (see reference 142 in figure 4), telecommunications system (see reference 130 in figure 4). In the upper part of the central section there are also plates that act as a vertical separation (see column 4, lines 5 through 9 and figure 4). The electrical box located at the bottom of the central section has plugs accessible from the outside for the connection of electrical appliances while the electrical box located at the top has means to receive the electrical supply from the building (see claim 3 ). The same applies to the gas pipelines and the telecommunications cable that run vertically and have their connection through the upper part of the technical module (see column 5, lines 28 to 41). The upper and lower parts of the module are closed with two covers (see column 3, lines 14 through 28 and figure 4). In relation to the independent claim, and taking into account the content of document D01, it is concluded that the main difference between R1 and D01 is that in D01 there is no mention of the existence of a curtain system housed inside the technical module The technical effect that derives from this difference allows to increase the privacy of the patient in the hospital room thanks to the separation provided by the installation of a curtain between two beds in the same room. In this sense, it is recommended to read document D02 that describes a technical module for medical services to be installed in a hospital room and that, for greater privacy of the patient, houses a curtain inside (see summary). Therefore, in relation to the independent claim and taking into account the content of D01 and D02 it is concluded that it lacks inventive activity within the meaning of Article 8.1 of the Patent Law since the combination of the technical characteristics of D01 and D02 in order to obtain the technical effect claimed in R1 it would be obvious to the person skilled in the art. In relation to dependent claims 5 and 6, it is considered that the technical elements contained therein (vertical channel to house the folding curtain and housings and hanging devices for diagnostic devices), although not explicitly mentioned in D01 and D02, are detached of their content and constitute mere particular executions that would be obvious to the person skilled in the art, and therefore lack inventive activity. With regard to dependent claims 2 to 4 and 7 to 10, it is considered that the technical characteristics they incorporate constitute mere design options that the person skilled in the art would consider. Therefore, dependent claims 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 lack inventive activity. In order to reinforce this point, the following observations are made: - Claims 2 and 4 refer to basic construction details that the person skilled in the art would consider when constructing a technical module as claimed or as described in D01. - Claim 3 refers to the existence of hinged panels on the sides of the technical module. A technical effect is derived from this difference with D01: greater ease in accessing and maintaining the equipment. However, the existence of hinged panels in technical modules of this type is widely extended since the advantages that are derived are easily foreseen, which, at most, this difference can be considered a slight constructive variant. To reinforce this point, it is proposed to read document D03 that presents a technical module to be installed in hospital rooms and that has hinged panels around a hinge to facilitate access to the interior of the same (see column 10, first paragraph and figure twenty).  WRITTEN OPINION

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With regard to dependent claim number 7, the integration of the control panel and electrical protection in the technical module is considered an obvious technical characteristic that the person skilled in the art would consider and does not imply a degree of inventive activity. -In relation to dependent claims 8 to 10, the inclusion of payment services, patient information screen, lights and blinds, etc. design options are considered that, on the other hand, are already used within the technical field in question. To reinforce this point, it is recommended to read documents D04 and D05 representative of the state of the art in the sector.