摘要 |
An apparatus for organizing, transporting, and using medical devices and supplies during obstetrical evaluations, comprising a portable housing with an alarm system for contents thereof, a base housing capable of being structurally and electrically coupled to by the portable housing and optional housings, and a fixture mounting bracket for attaching the base housing to an examination table. The portable housing and base housing preferably have compartments for medical devices and supplies. The portable housing has a medical device compartment for accepting a Doppler receiving insert for storing a conventional Doppler device with a probe connected to a base, for accepting a customized Doppler base unit of an integral Doppler device with a probe connected to the base, or for accepting a scanhead receiving insert for storing a sonogram device with a scanhead connected to a console. The portable housing preferably also has a gel bottle compartment with a gel bottle heater for maintaing the temperature of a gel bottle stored therein. The alarm system preferably has at least one trigger device in the medical device compartment. Optional housings may include a recording housing for use with the Doppler or sonogram devices and/or a blood pressure housing. The base housing is attached to an examination table with the portable housing coupled thereto and conveniently located for use with a patient on the table with the medical devices secured and protected therein, and the portable housing may then be decoupled from the base housing for transport to other places.
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