No wires, tubes, high-tension cables, or hoses exposed to the working environment. To accomplish this 2 to 6 bollard-style floor pods are installed.
Bollard-style floor pods
Each pod:
Contains electric, vacuum, and gas access ports
Retracts back into the floor when not in use
Configured so that each of the five faces of the pod serves as a docking station for the anesthesia machine, laparoscopy and arthroscopy carts, specially modified with a matching docking unit located under the machine
Has one face configured for general use, and contains connectors for electric power, nitrogen, carbon dioxide and vacuum
The location of the floor pods away from the operating table causes the anesthesia cart to be deliberately out of the surgical field, resulting in a significant reduction in infection rates in the operating room.
The operating table also has its own pod. To eliminate clutter, the wires and hoses have been designed to originate from the table.
Wireless output connections. Wirelessly paired input and output devices connect to in-room equipment (e.g., microscopes, diagnostic imaging equipment, anesthesia monitoring, navigational devices, endoscopes) to wall-mounted high-definition display monitors. This eliminates the need for coaxial cables within the OR itself.
