Modular mounting assembly

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Referring now to FIGS.
1 through 7 of the drawing, there is shown a mounting bracket assembly according to the present invention generally designated by the reference number 10.
The mounting assembly 10 may be used with a base assembly 2 (see FIG.
7).
For example, the base assembly 2 may comprise the "MD-4" Pump Base of the "MDX" Modular Heart Lung System, available from Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.
(3M) of St.
Paul, Minn.
That base assembly 2 includes a cart portion 3 having top 4 and bottom 5 surfaces with a plurality of wheels 6 attached to the bottom surface 5.
Healthcare or medical equipment such as the blood pumps available under the trade designations "SARNS 7000" or "Delphin II" or supplemental power units may be placed on the top surface 4 of the base assembly 2.
The base assembly also comprises a generally vertically projecting pole 12 having any suitable cross-sectional shape, such as cylindrical, hexagonal, triangular or any polygonal shape comprised of straight or arcuate lines or combinations thereof, but typically cylindrical.
While the base assembly described above is used with perfusion equipment, it should be noted that the mounting bracket assembly 10 of the present invention may be used with any suitable medical equipment that may be attached to a pole or mast 12.
The mounting bracket assembly 10 comprises a proximal arm 14 having first 11 and second 15 end portions, and a distal module mount arm 20 having first 21 and second 22 end portions and upper 23 and lower 24 surfaces.
Optionally, the second end portion 22 of the distal module mount arm 20 may comprise surfaces 17 extending between the upper and lower surfaces 23 and 24 which form a hole (FIG.
2) which opens onto the upper and lower surfaces.
The surfaces defining the hole 17 may be grasped by a user's hand and used as a handle to manipulate the relative positions of the distal 20 and proximal 14 arms.
The hole 17 may function as a reservoir to encompass tubes or cables from the operating room equipment that might otherwise stray into a user's way