Patent · US Expired

Coupling mechanism with a mobile infusion unit

US7278615B2 · kind B2 · utility

13Cited by

9References

26Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Trumpf Kreuzer Medizin Systeme GmbH + Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Werner Schubert · Wiesloch, DE
Rudolf Marka · Darmstadt, DE
Peter A. Mueller · Thalwil, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 11, 2005
Grant date	Oct 9, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 21, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/597
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A coupling mechanism for selectively coupling an equipment rack to a stationary receptacle unit and to a mobile equipment cart, the coupling mechanism includes a suspension mount disposed on the equipment rack, a first receptacle element, and a second receptacle element. The first receptacle element is disposed on the stationary receptacle unit and configured to receive the suspension mount of the equipment rack to support the equipment rack on the stationary receptacle unit. The second receptacle element disposed on the mobile equipment cart and configured to receive the suspension mount of the equipment rack to support the equipment rack on the equipment cart. The second receptacle element is movable along a column of the equipment cart.

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