Pocket-Sized AED Housing With Unitary Frame and Segmented Enclosures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are not designed to be pocket-sized, making them inconvenient and inaccessible for immediate use in cardiac emergencies, particularly in locations away from public access points.
Innovation Solution
A compact, lightweight AED designed to fit within a pocket, featuring a housing with a secure wire arrangement and a user-friendly interface for rapid deployment and use by an average citizen, even in stressful situations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If conventional AED design is used, then reliability and functionality are maintained, but size and weight become too large for pocketability
Solution Approach 1:
The AED housing is divided into two separate enclosures: a first enclosure containing the electrode pads and a second enclosure containing the electronic circuitry. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently for size and function, enabling the overall device to be compact enough for pocketability while maintaining full defibrillator functionality through the coordinated operation of both enclosures.
2Ease of operation
If AED is made compact for pocketability, then portability improves, but wire management and pad deployment complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wire assembly is configured with the wire nested within the housing structure, allowing the wire to be stored compactly within the first enclosure when not in use. This nesting approach enables rapid deployment by eliminating the need for separate wire management steps, while keeping the overall device size compact for pocketability.
Solution Approach 2:
The electrode pads are pre-assembled with the wire and wire connector in a ready-to-use configuration within the first enclosure. This preliminary assembly eliminates the need for complex wire management during emergency deployment, allowing the user to simply remove the pre-configured pad assembly and apply it to the patient, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining compact dimensions.
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AI summary
A defibrillator housing with a unitary frame is provided. The unitary frame includes four walls and a dividing layer affixed to an interior surface of each of the four walls creating, on one side of the dividing layer, an electrode enclosure configured to hold a pair of pads and on an opposite side of the dividing layer, a circuit enclosure configured to hold circuitry. The unitary frame is formed from a single piece of material. A cover is configured to fit over the electrode enclosure on a side opposite the dividing layer. A bottom surface is affixed on each side to one of the four walls of the circuit enclosure.