Guide
Ceiling pendant guide: an organised workspace in the OR and ICU
Ceiling pendants bring medical gas outlets, power and data connections, equipment shelves and monitors together on a moving console mounted on the ceiling. Cables and hoses leave the floor, staff get 360° access around the patient and cleaning becomes easier. Reanimed makes the fixed MEDIFIX, single-arm SOLOPEN, double-arm DUOPEN, two-workstation TANDEM and TANDEM Plus, and lift pendants for heavy devices.
Which pendant for which room?
- MEDIFIX fixed pendant: ICU, neonatal and procedure rooms with limited need for movement; efficient use of space with a 330° rotating console.
- SOLOPEN single-arm: one workstation in operating rooms and ICU beds; height adjustment on the motorised model.
- DUOPEN double-arm: operating rooms where the anaesthesia and surgical sides must be positioned separately; 700 mm vertical travel on the motorised model.
- TANDEM / TANDEM Plus: ICU, trauma, resuscitation and recovery areas; twin columns separate the wet (gas) and dry (electrical) sides.
- Lift pendants: safe lifting and moving of heavy equipment such as monitors and surgical devices.
Console and accessories
HEXMOD and KALE consoles are configured per project with the number and type of gas outlets (DIN, BS, NF), power sockets, data points, shelves, drawers, infusion poles and monitor arms. The device list for the room (anaesthesia machine, ventilator, infusion pumps, monitors) drives the configuration.
Planning considerations
Pendants should be planned together with the operating table and surgical lights. Ceiling support structure, false ceiling height, arm lengths and the movement envelope are fixed at the start of the project. Reanimed’s engineers prepare layout proposals and mounting plate details from the architectural drawings.