Ceiling Mount Box-Beam Structure for Heavy Medical Device Suites
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional medical ceiling mounts are often bulky and inefficient in supporting heavy suites of medical devices due to their fixed position and inability to withstand unbalanced loads without compromising ceiling space or structural integrity.
Innovation Solution
A compact medical device mounting system featuring a box beam structure with a base plate and structure connection portion, utilizing longitudinal, horizontal, and diagonal members to form a stiff and adjustable framework that can engage medical devices and the ceiling structure effectively, providing enhanced stability and flexibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If conventional ceiling mounts are made bulky to withstand high bending loads, then strength and stability are improved, but ceiling space is excessively occupied and structural efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate functional components: a ceiling mount portion with mounting panels, a base plate portion with egg-crate structure, and connection sub-sections with angle clips. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while working together to provide overall strength without requiring excessive bulk in any single element.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs a composite structural approach combining multiple materials and configurations: rigid mounting panels with longitudinal and horizontal members, flexible egg-crate base plate structure, and angular connection clips. This composite design enables the system to withstand high bending loads while maintaining a compact profile that minimizes ceiling space occupation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple movable arms are attached to ceiling mounts, then device flexibility and maneuverability are improved, but bending loads on the mount increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting panels are integrated with the egg-crate base plate structure through multiple connection points, creating a unified load-bearing system. This merging distributes the bending loads from multiple movable arms across the entire structure rather than concentrating them at a single attachment point, enabling support for versatile device configurations without compromising mount strength.
3Ease of manufacture
If ceiling mounts are fixed at one attachment point, then installation simplicity is improved, but load distribution and structural stability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from a single-point attachment to a distributed multi-point attachment system. The mounting panels provide multiple attachment points across different locations on the ceiling, distributing loads in multiple dimensions. This dimensional expansion maintains installation simplicity while dramatically improving load distribution and structural stability.
Data Source
AI summary
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.