Mobile clinics

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10420685-B2
Application number	US-201515523126-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2015
Priority date	Nov 12, 2014
Publication date	Sep 24, 2019
Grant date	Sep 24, 2019

Abstract

One aspect of the invention provides a mobile clinic including: an intermodal container defining at least a first opening and a second opening; a partition wall located within the intermodal container, the partition wall separating the intermodal container into an anteroom and a treatment room; and an access control device programmed to prevent passage from the anteroom into the treatment room until a user's donning of personal protective equipment is verified. Another aspect of the invention provides a collapsible structure including: a rigid base; a rigid roof; one or more collapsible walls extending between the floor and the base; and an erector system comprising four cross-bars. Another aspect of the invention provides a crate including: a bottom panel; a top panel; and a plurality of walls, wherein at least two of said plurality of wails including one or more conduits.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A collapsible structure comprising:
a rigid planar base;
a rigid planar roof having a substantially identical cross-sectional dimension as the rigid planar base;
one or more collapsible walls extending between the rigid planar roof and the rigid planar base; and
an erector system comprising four cross-bars extending between the rigid planar roof and the rigid planar base, wherein the four cross-bars are configured to engage with the rigid planar roof and the rigid planar base to keep the collapsible structure in an erect position.

2. The collapsible structure of claim 1 , wherein the four cross-bars are tensioned with a spring mechanism.

3. The collapsible structure of claim 1 , wherein the rigid roof or rigid base includes a rail or slide guide adapted and configured to allow for horizontal sliding of the four cross-bars.

4. The collapsible structure of claim 1 , further configured and adapted to be stacked on a plurality of additional collapsible structures.

5. The collapsible structure of claim 1 , further configured and adapted for linking to a plurality of additional collapsible structures.

6. The collapsible structure of claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more communications devices adapted and configured to facilitate communications between one or more additional collapsible structures.

7. A collapsible structure comprising:
a rigid planar base;
a rigid planar roof having a substantially identical cross-sectional dimension as the rigid planar base;
one or more collapsible walls extending between the rigid planar base and the rigid planar roof; and
opposing pairs of cross-bars adapted and configured for engagement with the rigid planar base and the rigid planar roof;
wherein at least one end of each cross-bar is:
moveable to an increased angle with respect to the rigid planar base or the rigid planar roof in order to raise the rigid planar roof relative to the rigid planar base; and
configured to engage with either the rigid planar base or the rigid planar roof to keep the collapsible structure in an erect position;

wherein at least one of the rigid planar base and the rigid planar roof comprise a rail or a slide guide adapted and configured to allow for horizontal sliding of the opposing pairs of cross-bars.

Assignees

• Baylor College Medicine

Inventors

• Anandasabapathy Sharmila
• Michel Sarah
• Popper Caroline

Classifications

• A61G3/001 Primary

  Vehicles provided with medical equipment to perform operations or examinations · CPC title

• E04H3/08

  Hospitals, infirmaries, or the like; Schools; Prisons · CPC title

• B60P3/32

  comprising living accommodation for people, e.g. caravans, camping, or like vehicles (tents or canopies, in general E04H15/00) · CPC title

• A62B31/00 Primary

  Containers or portable cabins for affording breathing protection with devices for reconditioning the breathing air or for ventilating, {in particular those that are suitable for invalids or small children}(ventilation of gasproof shelters A62B13/00; protective clothes or coverings A62B17/00; treatment rooms for medical purposes A61G10/00) · CPC title