Abstract
A supporting or holding device for the position-safe holding of one or more medical fluid pumps during operation. The supporting or holding device has a basic body and a plurality of vertically spaced trays that project from a front side of the basic body. Each vertically spaced tray is adapted to receive a medical fluid pump. The supporting or holding device includes, at an uppermost end, an intelligent cover for the centralized representation of alarm(s) of the one or more medical fluid pumps.
Claims
1. A supporting or holding device for the position-safe holding of at least one medical fluid pump during operation, the supporting or holding device having an uppermost end and comprising: a basic body having a front side; a plurality of vertically spaced trays projecting from the front side; and an intelligent cover at the uppermost end that provides a centralized representation of alarms of the at least one medical fluid pump, each of the plurality of vertically spaced trays being configured to receive the at least one medical fluid pump.
2. The supporting or holding device according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent cover comprises a light strip indicating an error of the at least one medical fluid pump in the supporting or holding device which comprises a most critical error.
3. The supporting or holding device according to claim 2, wherein the light strip is configured to emit, depending on a degree of error of the at least one medical fluid pump, a green light, a red light, or a yellow light.
4. The supporting or holding device according to claim 2, wherein the light strip is formed of or arranged on three LED plates angled with respect to each other.
5. The supporting or holding device according to claim 4, wherein the LED plates are configured to emit light of a same brightness or of different brightnesses and are controllable or controlled separately.
6. The supporting or holding device according to claim 2, wherein the intelligent cover comprises a light sensor configured to detect a light emission of the light strip and switch an output of an alarm to the at least one medical fluid pump when a faulty behavior of the light strip is detected.
7. The supporting or holding device according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent cover comprises a loudspeaker.
8. The supporting or holding device according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent cover comprises a lateral operating unit comprising a membrane keyboard.
9. The supporting or holding device according to claim 1 further comprising a battery that supplies power to the intelligent cover.
10. The supporting or holding device according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent cover comprises an underside with a circumferential drip edge.
11. A supporting or holding system comprising: a supporting or holding device according to claim 1; and a plurality of medical fluid pumps held in the supporting or holding system, each of the plurality of medical fluid pumps being held by one of the plurality of vertically spaced trays, the plurality of medical fluid pumps comprising an uppermost medical fluid pump, the uppermost medical fluid pump being mounted between one of the plurality of vertically spaced trays and the intelligent cover.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES
[0038] The subject matter disclosed will now be explained in detail by means of advantageous embodiments and with reference to the associated Figures. The Figures are merely of schematic nature and serve exclusively for the understanding of the disclosure. It is pointed out that the features of the individual embodiments are exchangeable and may occur in any combination.
[0039] FIG. 1 is a front view of the supporting or holding device in accordance with the disclosure with a mounted intelligent cover.
[0040] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the intelligent cover of the supporting or holding device.
[0041] FIG. 3 is a side view of the intelligent cover of the supporting or holding device.
[0042] FIG. 4 is a representation of the underside of the housing of the intelligent cover of the supporting or holding device.
[0043] FIG. 5 is a top view of the underside of the mainboard of the intelligent cover of the supporting or holding device.
[0044] FIG. 6 is a sectional view through the front half of the intelligent cover of the supporting or holding device.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0045] In the following, the present disclosure and the advantageous embodiments will be described by means of the Figures.
[0046] FIG. 1 is a front view of the support/holding device 2 in accordance with the disclosure. The basic body of the support or holding device 2 is of elongate design and comprises a rectangular layout. At the front side of the support or holding device 2 four uniformly vertically spaced trays 4 are formed which are mounted perpendicular from the basic body. Four receiving spaces and/or slots for medical fluid pumps are formed between the trays 4. Each of the four receiving spaces comprises a centrally mounted mains plug 6 for the voltage supply of a medical fluid pump as well as an infrared interface 8 positioned at the left side of the fluid pump receptacle and serving as a communication interface between a medical fluid pump and the support or holding device 2. At the upper end of the support or holding device 2 an intelligent cover 10 is mounted which comprises a dark display strip 12 at the front side and at the left side face in front view a membrane keyboard 14 as an operating unit. The intelligent cover 10 projects above the basic body of the support or holding device 2, so that a medical fluid pump is receivable in the uppermost receiving space between the intelligent cover 10 and the uppermost tray 4. The intelligent cover 10 is firmly connected to the support or holding device 2 by means of a lateral yoke lock 16.
[0047] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the intelligent cover 10 for illustrating the structure thereof. The intelligent cover 10 comprises a housing upper shell 18 and a housing lower shell 20 which receive a mainboard 22. A plurality of LEDs 23 are mounted to three serially arranged LED plates 24 which are oriented side by side in an arcuate shape and are in turn mounted substantially perpendicular at an end of the mainboard 22. The housing lower shell 20 comprises a battery compartment 25 for receiving a battery 26, wherein the battery compartment 25 is closable by a battery compartment lid 27 to the housing lower shell 20. Moreover, the housing lower shell 20 comprises the junction to the supporting or holding device 2. The housing upper shell 18 comprises at the front side a dark display strip 12 which extends completely through the front side of the cover 10 and projects moreover (in a bending manner) a bit into the side faces of the cover 10. The rear half of the intelligent cover 10 comprises a rectangular recess at the side opposing the membrane keyboard 14.
[0048] FIG. 3 is a side view of the intelligent cover which illustrates the lateral membrane keyboard 14 in a detailed manner. The display strip 12 which projects by bits into the side faces of the intelligent cover 10 is illustrated at the right in this representation. The membrane keyboard 14 is of stadium-shaped design and is mounted to the housing upper shell 18 of the intelligent cover 10. The membrane keyboard 14 comprises an on/off button 28 and two volume buttons 29 for increasing and/or reducing the acoustic alarm volume. Furthermore, the membrane keyboard 14 comprises information indicators 30, preferably LEDs, representing the status of the intelligent cover 10. For instance, the general system status of the cover, the battery charging state, the mains operation state, and the adjusted volume of the acoustic alarm are, for instance, indicated by the information indicators 30. At the upper side of the intelligent cover a depression 31 is provided which extends in parallel to the display strip 12 throughout the housing upper shell 18, and which works as a storage place of a syringe or of other medical instruments/equipment.
[0049] FIG. 4 is a representation of the underside of the intelligent cover 10. Here, the rectangular junction 32 for the supporting or holding device 2 is formed at the position farthest away from the front display strip 12. It comprises interfaces for the current flow as well as the information flow between the intelligent cover 10 and the supporting or holding device 2. A loudspeaker 34 is mounted in the front half at the underside of the cover 10. It is formed next to the display strip 12 of the front side centrally between the side faces of the cover 10. Adjacent to the loudspeaker 34 a drip edge 36 is formed at the underside of the housing, which extends in parallel to the display strip 12, past the battery compartment lid 27, and angles at both of the side faces of the cover housing, so that the drip edge 36 extends in these places in parallel along the side faces in the direction of the rear side, i.e., in the direction of the junction 32 of the cover. A second L-shaped drip edge 36 is formed relatively centrally next to the junction 32 of the housing lower shell 20.
[0050] FIG. 5 is a top view of the underside of the mainboard 22 of the intelligent cover 10. The mainboard 22 comprises an almost rectangular recess corresponding to the recess of the cover housing. Moreover, the mainboard 22 comprises a central rectangular recess 38 through which the battery 26 mounted in the battery compartment 25 extends. FIG. 5 further shows electronic elements of the mainboard 22 and illustrates in particular the three LED plates 24 which are mounted substantially perpendicular to the mainboard 22 and which are placed next to each other and preferably slightly angled relative to each other. In this representation the three LED plates 24 project out of the image plane. Thus, light of the LED plates is irradiated both forward and also partially sideward of the holding device.
[0051] FIG. 6 is a sectional view with a sectional plane perpendicular through the display strip 12 and illustrates the front half of the intelligent cover 10. The horizontal faces of the housing upper shell 18 and of the housing lower shell 20 extend, from a certain distance to the display strip 12, in an angled manner toward same. The resulting inclination at the underside of the display strip 12 ensures that fluid is discharged along this inclination and flows into the afore-described drip edge 36. The drip edge 36 extends at the position forming the transition between the horizontal housing lower shell 20 and the inclination in the direction of the display strip 12. The intelligent cover 10 comprises a cavity behind the display strip 12 in which the mainboard 22 is screwed horizontally with the housing of the intelligent cover 10. The LED plate 24 which comprises the multi-colored LEDs 23 is fixed to the mainboard 22 perpendicular thereto and extends in the direction of the housing lower shell 20. The LEDs 23 are mounted to the upper end edge of the LED plates 24, i.e., at the end fixed with the mainboard 22. At the same time, the LED plates 24 are fixed to the mainboard 22 such that the mainboard 22 projects slightly over the LED plates 24 in the direction of the display strip 12, so that the light beam emitted by the LEDs 23 is restricted by the mainboard 22. Accordingly, only a small amount of light gets to the housing upper shell 18 and is focused more efficiently on the display strip 12.
