Among other things, a movable medical device cart has a work surface on a pedestal and legs under the pedestal, an electronic device accessible at the work surface in connection with performing a medical procedure, and a computer mounted near a bottom of the pedestal to sink heat away from the computer.
1. An apparatus comprising
a movable medical device cart that has a work surface that has a front end and a back end a cart base that has a front end and a back end, legs mounted on the cart base, casters mounted on the legs, and a single pedestal that has a hollow lower end connected at the back end of the cart base and an upper end connected at the back end of the work surface,
a probe for electronically imaging skin of a patient and accessible at the work surface,
a computer mounted on the cart base and within the hollow lower end of the pedestal to sink heat away from the computer,
a handle that extends along at least a portion of the front end of the work surface and along at least half of a perimeter of the work surface, and
a center of gravity that is no higher than about ⅓ of a total height of the apparatus from a floor on which the apparatus stands,
the apparatus being stable on a surface having a tilt angle up to about 15 degrees.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the legs comprise a metal.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 also comprising connections extending within the pedestal from the computer to the probe.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising an electronic device that comprises a display.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising an electronic device that comprises a receptacle for a memory card.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the work surface is at a height for a seated or standing adult to work, and the breadth of the work surface is less than one-half of a height of the pedestal.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the work surface is at a height for an adult to work, and the breadth of the legs is less than one-half of the height of the work surface.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 in which there are four legs.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 in which two of the legs span a width of about 18 inches to about 20 inches along a first direction.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 in which two of the legs span a width of about 15 inches to about 18 inches along a second direction different from the first direction.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the handle is in an ergonomic shape.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the handle includes a metal core and a plastic shell.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the pedestal is hollow and houses wires connecting a power supply to one or more of the electronic devices.
14. The apparatus of claim 1 also including one or more USB ports adjacent to the work surface.
15. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising an electronic device that comprises a touch monitor.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 in which the monitor is set in a bezel of a casing.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 in which the casing is assembled about the monitor by snapping.
18. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the handle is spaced from the work surface by a gap that is large enough to receive a hand of a user that is holding the handle.
19. The apparatus of claim 18 in which the handle is attached to the work surface by spars at attachment locations along a length of the handle.
20. The apparatus of claim 19 in which the handle has a cross-section that enables a user's hand to grasp the handle at locations along its length.