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Thanks for the input! That's a pretty good idea!

The main issue is that you don't have the time to pull up the flooring and then run the lines. You get the machines into the room and then into the patient ASAP, as they tend to be some of the only things keeping them alive. Think a machine that replaces heart-beat function and that you will have a hard time disconnecting.

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Maybe a foam pool noodle split longitudinal. You can feed in tubes/cables in the split after being hooked up, when you have time. Should protect the tubes/cables and be light weight and cheap. Cut to desired length. Put some Velcro straps at the ends of noodle to secure them in a position along the tubes.

This is what I put around the lines of my sailboat.

Or, for a pre-split alternative, foam water pipe insulation: https://www.homedepot.com/p/M-D-Building-Products-1-in-x-72-...

Bad idea in search of good idea, start with power, some sort of bumper car style power distribution system. You could do something similar to the newer floor pick up system, where the ceiling has a fine grid of + and - terminal rails, and the carts have hookups designed to always be touching at least 1 of each polarity, and then normalize the power.

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