Anesthesia Ventilator Manifold Layout Without Tubing Leaks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional anesthesia and ventilator systems suffer from leaks and space inefficiency due to tubing connections between modules, requiring complex reconfiguration for updates or changes.
Innovation Solution
A manifolded anesthesia ventilator system with a common gas manifold directly coupling modules, eliminating the need for tubing and allowing easy addition, removal, and updating of modules without reconfiguring the entire system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If modules are coupled via tubing, then the system is flexible in module positioning, but the tubing takes up large space and is prone to leaks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the tubing component entirely from the system architecture. Modules are directly coupled to the common gas manifold through integrated connection interfaces, eliminating the intermediate tubing that caused leaks and space consumption. This extraction of the problematic element (tubing) resolves the contradiction between reliability and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection interfaces are merged directly into the module structures themselves, which are then integrated with the common gas manifold. This merging eliminates separate tubing components and their connection points, reducing both leak potential and structural complexity while maintaining module positioning flexibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If modules are connected via tubing, then the system can be assembled with separate components, but reconfiguration requires complex reassembly
Solution Approach 1:
The system maintains modular segmentation of functional components (inlet module, mixer module, vaporizer module, breathing system) but integrates them through a common gas manifold with standardized connection interfaces. This allows individual modules to be updated or reconfigured by simply connecting/disconnecting at the manifold interfaces without affecting other modules, reducing reconfiguration time while preserving adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The common gas manifold serves as a universal interface for all module connections, providing standardized coupling points that work with different module types. This universal interface enables easy module updates and reconfigurations without requiring custom assembly procedures, reducing time loss while maintaining system versatility.
3Adaptability or versatility
If tubing is used to connect modules, then the system can accommodate different module arrangements, but the housing must be larger to accommodate the tubing
Solution Approach 1:
By removing the tubing from the system architecture and replacing it with direct manifold-to-module connections, the patent eliminates the space-consuming intermediate components. This allows modules to be arranged more compactly within the housing while maintaining arrangement flexibility through the standardized manifold interfaces, thereby reducing overall housing volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection architecture transitions from a distributed tubing-based spatial arrangement to a centralized manifold-based configuration. This dimensional reorganization allows modules to be positioned more efficiently in three-dimensional space around the manifold, reducing the overall envelope volume required while preserving arrangement flexibility.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems are provided for a manifolded anesthesia ventilator system. The manifolded anesthesia ventilator system includes a core and a kernel. The core includes a common gas manifold and one or more module and the kernel encases the core and includes inputs and outputs fluidly coupled to the core and is further coupled to a shell.