FR2639825A1 - Device for gathering together and supporting medical equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention concerns a movable device which can be fitted on stretchers in order to bring together and support medical equipment. It consists of a frame 1 provided with at least one panel 2 on which are gathered together the items of medical equipment, the latter being held on the device with the aid of securing members 3. The frame is provided with uprights whose ends define a bearing surface 5 which is extended by a lower retention element 6 intended to take up a position on the outer part of the arm of the stretcher, the movable elements 7 slide along the uprights when users exert a force counter to that of the springs 8 whose upper end bears on a limit stop 9 fixed to the frame. The end of the element 7 in contact with the inner face of the arm of the stretcher withdraws, thereby disconnecting the device from the stretcher. Small removable bags 4 can be fixed to the device. The device according to the invention is intended in particular for supporting medical equipment when transporting patients by stretcher.

Description

 The present invention relates to a mobile device used to assemble @ and to maintain medical assistance devices on the same support.

 Patients requiring a stretcher transport are most of the time connected to assistance or control devices such as: ventilator, electric syringe, cardioscope, and others. Currently these devices are distributed around. of the patient. being of a certain size and weight. on the one hand, they significantly reduce the space available and are a donger for the patient in the event of clashes or possible chaos during transport. The devices being dissimilar, the reading, the manipulation and the contble of the functioning of these>: - these are badly ai @ és.

 The device according to the invention overcomes these drawbacks.

 It in fact comprises at least one plate on which the devices are fixed; these being assembled on the same support. free 1 stretcher space, reading and handling are notably improved. The ancillary accessories and medicines are gathered in removable pockets thus avoiding forgetting and ridding the pockets of the operators. The speed of intervention is improved, it is enough for two operators distributed on either side of the stretcher to know @@ the elements mobile pretensioning device and to do the lifting action. the springs being subjected to an antagunistic force compress, the said movable elements coul is @ ent t le l onq of the uprights and come into abutment, the device is then detached from the stretcher. The patient can then be installed and the device be put back in square; to do this, the operators correctly position it on the stretcher and release the mobile elements which by the action of the springs coul i ssent along the uprights until the lower stop. The device is then made again secured to the stretcher.

 According to a preferred embodiment, the device will be free of projecting angles detrimental to the safety of operators.

 I1 must be made of materials of sufficient mechanical strength for a reduced weight, resist by its composition or by its treatment to corrosion and :: soiling.

 Figure 1 shows the device according to the invention.

 Figure 2 shows the locking system in the closed position.

 FIG. 3 shows the same locking system in the open position.

 The device according to FIG. 1 comprises a chassis (1) whose dimensions correspond to 1 @ spacing of the arms of the stretcher for the lower hoppers. The height and width as well as the number of trays (2) are dependent on the number and size of the devices to be supported.

 The plates: shown are fitted on their periphery with rectangular holes allowing the passage of fixing straps (3). The crossbars (9) are fitted with studs allowing the pockets (4) to be hung. At the lower part of the device are located the sliding mobile elements (7).

 The device according to FIGS. 2 and 3 consists of an ormart lower stop piece (5) on which the movable element (7) comes to rest. In the rest phase, the retaining element for the function of being in contact on the stretcher tube by three points a, b, c, preventing three degrees of freedom, the 4th degree of freedom being locked by the end of the element (7), this locking being maintained by the action of a spring (8), the upper end of which bears on the stop (9) solid @ ire of the chassis (1).

 The device according to the invention is particularly intended for gathering medical devices on the same support.

Claims (6)

 1) Device intended to group, maintain, move medical devices, adaptable to stretchers, characterized in that it consists of a frame (1) provided at least with a tray (2), two movable elements ( 7) sliding along the uprights of the chassis when activated by the users, removable pockets (4) attached to the chassis by means of quick fasteners.  2) Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the bqse of the uprights is extended by a retaining element (6) defining three bearing surfaces, the upper surface tA) by which the device rests on the stretcher arm, the lateral reach (B) bearing on the e :: tterior face of the arm and the lower reach (C). These three ranges prohibit three degrees of freedom, the fourth degree of freedom is defined by the end of the retractable mobile elements when the device is gripped by the users.  3) Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the movable elements are provided with springs (8) maintaining the closed position  4) Device according to claim 2. characterized in that 1 '@ invention is provided with at least one tray. comprising fasteners.  5) Device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the materials used in its manufacture are sufficiently resistant to mechanical stress and to corrosion while keeping a reduced weight.  6) Device according to claim - '! characterized in that the invention comprises at least one removable pocket, the fastening of which is rapid.