Abstract: A power tap configured to deflect falling material, such as liquid and/or object, from electrical outlets. The power tap includes a housing having an opening to an electrical outlet, and a shelf that extends outwardly from a portion of the housing above the opening when the housing is in an upright position to divert or deflect falling matter away from the electrical outlet. The power tap may be configured as a relocatable power tap, and may be configured for use in a patient care area in compliance with one or more standards for safety and effectiveness of medical electrical equipment.
Abstract: A power tap configured to deflect falling material, such as liquid and/or object, from electrical outlets. The power tap includes a housing having an opening to an electrical outlet, and a shelf that extends outwardly from a portion of the housing above the opening when the housing is in an upright position to divert or deflect falling matter away from the electrical outlet. The power tap may be configured as a relocatable power tap, and may be configured for use in a patient care area in compliance with one or more standards for safety and effectiveness of medical electrical equipment.
Abstract: A medical electrical equipment power supply is configured to satisfy at least one industry standard for patient leakage current. The power supply is provided with a plurality of electrical sockets into which IV pumps, patient monitors and other equipment may be plugged in. In one embodiment, the power supply has a housing configured to be mounted on an IV pole. An isolation transformer within the housing helps reduce the total patient leakage current to a value that satisfies at least one industry standard for patient leakage current. In another embodiment devoid of an isolation transformer, the power supply's electrical circuit detects whether the patient leakage current exceeds a predetermined value based on the industry standard, and disconnects power to one or more sockets so as to maintain the patient leakage current below this predetermined value.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 13, 2007
Date of Patent:
August 17, 2010
Assignee:
American IV, Inc.
Inventors:
Tim Malkus, Kenneth M. Eshenbaugh, Richard Stacey, John O. Taylor
Abstract: A medical electrical equipment power supply is configured to satisfy at least one industry standard for patient leakage current. The power supply is provided with a plurality of electrical sockets into which IV pumps, patient monitors and other equipment may be plugged in. In one embodiment, the power supply has a housing configured to be mounted on an IV pole. An isolation transformer within the housing helps reduce the total patient leakage current to a value that satisfies at least one industry standard for patient leakage current. In another embodiment devoid of an isolation transformer, the power supply's electrical circuit detects whether the patient leakage current exceeds a predetermined value based on the industry standard, and disconnects power to one or more sockets so as to maintain the patient leakage current below this predetermined value.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 13, 2007
Publication date:
February 19, 2009
Applicant:
American IV, Inc.
Inventors:
Tim Malkus, Kenneth M. Eshenbaugh, Richard Stacey, John O. Taylor