Patent ID: 7227081

Claim:
An open medical system for deploying, supporting and organizing medical equipment and medical utilities, comprising: a main assembly having an upper plate having upper and lower surfaces, a lower plate having upper and lower surfaces, said upper and lower plates being elongated so as to define a first end and a second end thereof, said upper and lower plates further including a front edge and a rear edge, a plurality of vertically extending structural spacers secured between said lower surface of said upper plate and said upper surface of said lower plate so as to maintain said upper and lower plate in fixed spaced apart relation, and first and second vertically extending opposing utility cores respectively extending between said lower surface of said upper plate and said upper surface of said lower plate at said first and second ends thereof, each of said utility cores having an inner surface and at least one utility outlet located on said respective inner surface, said lower surface of said upper plate, said upper surface of said lower plate and said inner surfaces of said utility cores bounding an open work space wherein no structural elements are located within said open work space between said front and rear edges of said upper and lower plates, said utility outlets having an outlet surface at least partially facing said work space and being accessible from within said work space by medical personnel; and a utility connection for connecting utilities to said respective first and second utility cores.