Basalt Fiber Bed Board for Medical Imaging

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Solution Overview

Problem

The high cost and limited material options for bed boards in medical imaging apparatuses, such as CT, MR, and C-arm systems, pose challenges in achieving the necessary strength, rigidity, and image quality while minimizing interference with medical detection results.

Innovation Solution

The use of basalt fibers, bound with a binder in specific ratios, to form a bed board that is lightweight, anti-magnetic, and filled with substances like wood-based materials or foamed plastics, offering improved mechanical properties and reduced noise interference.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If carbon fiber material is used for bed board, then strength and rigidity are improved, but material cost increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebed board strengthVSAvoidmaterial cost
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses basalt fiber composite materials as an alternative to carbon fiber. Basalt fiber composites provide comparable strength and rigidity properties while significantly reducing material cost. The composite structure combines basalt fibers with appropriate matrices to achieve the required mechanical performance for bed boards in medical imaging apparatuses.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the material parameter from carbon fiber to basalt fiber, which has different cost characteristics while maintaining adequate mechanical properties. This parameter substitution allows the bed board to meet strength requirements without incurring the high costs associated with carbon fiber materials.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Object-affected harmful factors

If fiberglass is used for MR bed board, then anti-magnetic properties are achieved, but overall performance is inferior to carbon fiber

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanti-magnetic propertiesVSAvoidoverall performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs basalt fiber composite materials that combine the anti-magnetic properties needed for MR applications with improved strength characteristics. Basalt fiber composites offer a superior balance compared to traditional fiberglass, providing both the required non-magnetic properties and enhanced mechanical performance for bed board applications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

3Ease of manufacture

If basalt fiber bed board is used, then material cost is reduced, but load-bearing capability must be maintained

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvematerial costVSAvoidload-bearing capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent develops basalt fiber composite materials with optimized formulations that maintain adequate load-bearing capability while reducing material cost. The composite structure and fiber orientation are designed to provide sufficient strength for supporting examination subjects in medical imaging applications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality enhancement by optimizing basalt fiber distribution and composite structure in critical load-bearing areas of the bed board. This ensures that cost-effective basalt fiber materials meet the required strength standards where they are most needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP3266377B1Bed board and associated diagnostic bed, medical apparatus and method for manufacturing bed board
Publication Date: 2023.02.15 SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
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AI summary

Disclosed in the present invention is a bed board for a diagnostic bed, the diagnostic bed comprising: a supporting device, which supports the bed board; a bed frame, which bears the supporting device; and a driving device, which drives the bed board to move relative to the bed frame; wherein a material of the bed board comprises basalt fibers. Also disclosed in the present invention are a diagnostic bed comprising the bed board, a medical apparatus comprising the diagnostic bed, and a method for manufacturing the bed board. The bed board for a medical apparatus according to the present invention has characteristics such as a high tensile strength, and being anti-magnetic, insulating, environmentally friendly, resistant to acids, alkalis and high temperatures, and having a simple manufacturing process. The use of the bed board broadens the range of bed board materials which may be chosen, improves the image quality of the medical apparatus, improves the overall performance indices, and lowers costs.