Hospital bed equipment support apparatus
The present invention generally relates to devices for supporting equipment used with patient assist apparatuses, and more particularly to a device for supporting patient care equipment and providing electrical connections thereto from a receptacle attached to the patient assist apparatus which remo...
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| Format | Patent |
| Language | English |
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16.03.2004
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| Summary: | The present invention generally relates to devices for supporting equipment used with patient assist apparatuses, and more particularly to a device for supporting patient care equipment and providing electrical connections thereto from a receptacle attached to the patient assist apparatus which removably receives the support.
An equipment support for use with a patient assist apparatus having a signal source includes a receptacle adapted to mount to the patient assist apparatus having a plurality of contacts adapted to receive signals from the signal source and a cavity, and a support body or pole having an equipment mount on one end and a plug on the other end for being removably inserted into the cavity. The plug includes a plurality of contacts that are connected to conductors that extend through the support body to the equipment mount to provide the signals from the signal source to equipment mounted on the equipment mount. The plug contacts and receptacle contacts are arranged such that all of the plug contacts contact their corresponding receptacle contacts as the plug is inserted into the receptacle. |
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