Patents Assigned to Lifespan Healthcare, LLC
  • Publication number: 20140048661
    Abstract: An equipment transfer device is provided that is transferrable from one support to another support. The transport device is formed as a housing that has two spaced apart, generally parallel recesses, which form docking cups that are open to the bottom. Each docking cup is configured to receive a docking cone that is supported on a structure and is capable of moving in generally a vertical direction into engagement or out of engagement with their respective docking cups. A support post is also supported by the housing and protrudes from the upper end thereof as a base to which an equipment support structure is attached. In this manner the transfer device can be transferred from one docking cone to another with minimal handling and virtually no possibility of dislodgement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: LIFESPAN HEALTHCARE, LLC.
    Inventor: Alexander Bally
  • Patent number: 8579244
    Abstract: An equipment transfer device is provided that is transferable from one support to another support. The transport device is formed as a housing that has two spaced apart, generally parallel recesses, which form docking cups that are open to the bottom. Each docking cup is configured to receive a docking cone that is supported on a structure and is capable of moving in generally a vertical direction into engagement or out of engagement with their respective docking cups. A support post is also supported by the housing and protrudes from the upper end thereof as a base to which an equipment support structure is attached. In this manner the transfer device can be transferred from one docking cone to another with minimal handling and virtually no possibility of dislodgement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Lifespan Healthcare, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Bally
  • Publication number: 20110272538
    Abstract: An equipment transfer device is provided that is transferable from one support to another support. The transport device is formed as a housing that has two spaced apart, generally parallel recesses, which form docking cups that are open to the bottom. Each docking cup is configured to receive a docking cone that is supported on a structure and is capable of moving in generally a vertical direction into engagement or out of engagement with their respective docking cups. A support post is also supported by the housing and protrudes from the upper end thereof as a base to which an equipment support structure is attached. In this manner the transfer device can be transferred from one docking cone to another with minimal handling and virtually no possibility of dislodgement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: LIFESPAN HEALTHCARE, LLC.
    Inventor: Alexander Bally
  • Patent number: 7857354
    Abstract: A component-based utility supply apparatus includes a wall mounting bracket, a utility distribution unit mounted to the wall mounting bracket and an equipment management rail. The wall mounting bracket includes a longitudinally extending wall mounting flange and at least one longitudinally extending supporting flange. The utility distribution unit can comprise a fluid (gas) manifold, or a power distribution assembly, or both the gas manifold and the power distribution assembly may be coupled together with the wall mounting bracket and equipment rail to provide a combined power and gas utility configuration. The utility supply apparatus further comprises integrated lighting devices and light transmissive lens panel for supplying light along at least a portion of the utility supply apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Lifespan Healthcare, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company
    Inventors: Alex Bally, Barry D. Wixey, John P. Kasten, Gary M. Schindele, James Scott Stewart, Sr., Tomio Kato
  • Patent number: 7770934
    Abstract: A component-based utility supply apparatus includes a wall-mounting bracket, a utility distribution unit mounted to the wall mounting bracket and an equipment management rail. The wall mounting bracket includes a longitudinally extending wall mounting flange and a support bracket having an upper supporting flange and a lower supporting flange that are interconnected via a rear wall extending therebetween, the rear wall being attached to the mounting bracket. The utility distribution unit can comprise a fluid (gas) manifold, or a power distribution assembly, or both the gas manifold and the power distribution assembly may be coupled together with the wall mounting bracket and equipment rail to provide a combined power and gas utility configuration. The utility supply apparatus further comprises integrated lighting devices and light transmissive lens panel for supplying light along at least a portion of the utility supply apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Lifespan Healthcare, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Bally, Barry D. Wixey, John P. Kasten, Gary M. Schindele, James Scott Stewart, Sr., Eric Colburn, Tomio Kato
  • Patent number: 7425679
    Abstract: An open medical system for deploying, supporting and organizing medical equipment and medical utilities including a utility connection, and a main assembly having a primary structure having an upper plate and lower plate held in fixed spaced apart relation by a plurality of spacers, the main assembly also having at least one core, with each core having at least one utility outlet, the system having an open space bounded by the upper and lower plates and the inner surfaces of the outlets, which open space is free of utility outlets. Equipment rails are connected between the spacers to support medical equipment. A rotating base assembly may be used to support the system, and to restrict rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Lifespan Healthcare, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Kasten, Alex Bally, Tomio Kato, Gary M. Schindele
  • Publication number: 20070267219
    Abstract: A component-based utility supply apparatus includes a wall mounting bracket, a utility distribution unit mounted to the wall mounting bracket and an equipment management rail. The wall mounting bracket includes a longitudinally extending wall mounting flange and at least one longitudinally extending supporting flange. The utility distribution unit can comprise a fluid (gas) manifold, or a power distribution assembly, or both the gas manifold and the power distribution assembly may be coupled together with the wall mounting bracket and equipment rail to provide a combined power and gas utility configuration. The utility supply apparatus further comprises integrated lighting devices and light transmissive lens panel for supplying light along at least a portion of the utility supply apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: LIFESPAN HEALTHCARE, LLC
    Inventors: Gary M. Schindele, Barry D. Wixey, Alex Bally, Tomio Kato, James Scott Stewart, John P. Kasten
  • Publication number: 20070267209
    Abstract: A component-based utility supply apparatus includes a wall-mounting bracket, a utility distribution unit mounted to the wall mounting bracket and an equipment management rail. The wall mounting bracket includes a longitudinally extending wall mounting flange and a support bracket having an upper supporting flange and a lower supporting flange that are interconnected via a rear wall extending therebetween, the rear wall being attached to the mounting bracket. The utility distribution unit can comprise a fluid (gas) manifold, or a power distribution assembly, or both the gas manifold and the power distribution assembly may be coupled together with the wall mounting bracket and equipment rail to provide a combined power and gas utility configuration. The utility supply apparatus further comprises integrated lighting devices and light transmissive lens panel for supplying light along at least a portion of the utility supply apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: LIFESPAN HEALTHCARE, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Bally, Barry D. Wixey, John P. Kasten, Gary M. Schindele, James Scott Stewart, Eric Colburn, Tomio Kato
  • Patent number: 7227081
    Abstract: An open medical system for deploying, supporting and organizing medical equipment and medical utilities includes a utility connection, and a main assembly having a primary structure having an upper plate and lower plate held in fixed spaced apart relation by a plurality of spacers, the main assembly also having at least one core, with each core having at least one utility outlet, the system having an open space bounded by the upper and lower plates and the inner surfaces of the outlets, which open space is free of utility outlets. Equipment rails are connected between the spacers to support medical equipment. A rotating base assembly may be used to support the system, and to restrict rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Lifespan Healthcare, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Bally, Gary M. Schindele, Tomio Kato, John P. Kasten
  • Patent number: 7211726
    Abstract: An open medical system for deploying, supporting and organizing medical equipment and medical utilities comprising a utility connection, and a main assembly having an upper plate and lower plate held in fixed spaced apart relation by a plurality of spacers, at least one core located between the upper plate and lower plate, with each core having at least one utility supply line and one outlet. An open space bounded by the upper and lower plates and the inner surfaces of the cores is free of utility outlets. Equipment rails are connected between the spacers to support medical equipment. The utility connection can be a ceiling tube or a base assembly, permitting the supplying of utilities from above or below the main assembly. Alternatively, the system can be supported by a support which can be a base assembly and can rotate. A rotating base assembly can be used to restrict rotation, and several alternative means can provide indexed rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Lifespan Healthcare, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Bally, Gary M. Schindele, Tomio Kato, John P. Kasten
  • Publication number: 20070022668
    Abstract: An open medical system for deploying, supporting and organizing medical equipment and medical utilities comprising a utility connection, and a main assembly having a primary structure having an upper plate and lower plate held in fixed spaced apart relation by a plurality of spacers, the main assembly also having at least one core, with each core having at least one utility outlet, the system having an open space bounded by the upper and lower plates and the inner surfaces of the outlets, which open space is free of utility outlets. Equipment rails are connected between the spacers to support medical equipment. A rotating base assembly may be used to support the system, and to restrict rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: Lifespan Healthcare, LLC
    Inventors: John Kasten, Alexander Bally, Tomio Kato, Gary Schindele
  • Patent number: D655408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Lifespan Healthcare, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Bally
  • Patent number: D655409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Lifespan Healthcare, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Bally