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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2012
Raymond E. Szkola, Batavia, IL (US);
Joseph W. Jun, Geneva, IL (US);
Eric Anthony Mihal, Crown Point, IN (US);
Rick Paul, Kokomo, IN (US);
Michael Robert Baker, Kokomo, IN (US);
Terry Lee Strunk, Windfall, IN (US);
Robert W. Reel, Kokomo, IN (US);
Raymond E. Szkola, Batavia, IL (US);
Joseph W. Jun, Geneva, IL (US);
Eric Anthony Mihal, Crown Point, IN (US);
Rick Paul, Kokomo, IN (US);
Michael Robert Baker, Kokomo, IN (US);
Terry Lee Strunk, Windfall, IN (US);
Robert W. Reel, Kokomo, IN (US);
Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation, Harvey, IL (US);
Abstract
A medical device mounting system is disclosed for connecting a medical device suite to ceiling support structure. The system includes a plurality of portions connected to form a box beam structure that has high strength and high rigidity to withstand substantial bending loads associated with heavy medical device suites. The system includes a structure connection portion for engaging ceiling structure, a central mounting panel portion, and a base plate portion for engaging the medical device suite at or above the ceiling panel level. The mounting panel portion includes multiple mounting panels formed into a box beam shape. The base plate portion forms an egg-crate structure. The structure connection portion includes a plurality of tubular members that connect to longitudinal members of the mounting panel portion, and a plurality of plate portions that facilitate fixation of the assembly to ceiling structure. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.