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A mobile ambulatory surgery center comprises a motor vehicle in which patients can schedule and undergo nonemergency, nonlife threatening, elective surgical procedures. The motor coach has a front driver's cab and a main body section which houses the ambulatory surgery center. Within the main body s

A mobile ambulatory surgery center comprises a motor vehicle in which patients can schedule and undergo nonemergency, nonlife threatening, elective surgical procedures. The motor coach has a front driver's cab and a main body section which houses the ambulatory surgery center. Within the main body section, there are designated and separate sterile and nonsterile areas. An expandable portion of the main body enlarges the sterile area and creates a patient flow pattern which protects the integrity and sterility of the operating room. The separation of sterile and nonsterile areas allows the vehicle to have a business and a medical section and function autonomously as an ambulatory surgery center.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A mobile ambulatory surgery center equipped with medical equipment and capable of being driven on the highways to different locations to provide a surgical site thereat comprising:(a) a motor vehicle capable of being driven on the highways and housing a main body section,(b) said ma

[ I claim:] [1.] A mobile ambulatory surgery center equipped with medical equipment and capable of being driven on the highways to different locations to provide a surgical site thereat comprising:(a) a motor vehicle capable of being driven on the highways and housing a main body section,(b) said main body section having sterile and nonsterile areas,(c) said main body section having an expandable portion which moves outwardly to enlarge said sterile area so as to provide a relatively large surgical area where patients can undergo elective, nonemergency outpatient surgical procedures,(c) said nonsterile area of said main body area also comprising an admitting area and a separate changing area which is positioned between said admitting area and said sterile area,(d) said admitting area being separated from said separate changing area by a wall with a changing-area entrance door so that said admitting area and said separate changing area can be completely separated from each other,(e) said separate changing area being separated from said sterile area by a wall having a changing-area exit door so that said separate changing area and said sterile area can be completely separated from each other, said separate changing area thereby having two doors, the changing-area entrance door and the changing-area exit door,(f) said sterile area also having an exit door leading to an area other than said changing area so that a patient can exit said sterile area without passing through said changing area,(g) whereby patients will not be able to enter said sterile area directly from said admitting area, and will not have to pass through said changing area when leaving said sterile area, thereby to decrease the risk of contaminating said sterile area and said patient after surgery.