Breathing Apparatus Holder Elevating Conduits to Prevent Contamination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Breathing assistance apparatuses lack adequate storage for accessories like conduits and patient interfaces, leading to potential contamination, tripping hazards, and challenges in transporting these devices.
Innovation Solution
A holder apparatus with mechanical features such as recesses, clips, or compliant slings is designed to securely hold conduits and patient interfaces, allowing them to be stored above a support surface and preventing contamination and tripping hazards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the breathing assistance apparatus is placed on the floor to be out of the way, then the apparatus can be positioned conveniently, but dust and particulate ingress into the apparatus and gasflow increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a floor-standing holder as an intermediary structure between the floor and the breathing assistance apparatus. The holder elevates the apparatus above the floor surface, mediating the conflict between convenient floor placement and contamination risk. The holder acts as a buffer that allows the apparatus to be positioned conveniently while preventing direct contact with dusty floor environments.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the apparatus is kept on the floor when not in use, then it can be positioned out of the way, but the likelihood of dust and particulate ingress increases
Solution Approach 1:
The floor-standing holder serves as a mediator that enables the apparatus to be stored out of the way while elevated above the floor. The holder provides a intermediate storage position that maintains the benefits of flexible positioning while eliminating the harmful effect of floor-level dust exposure.
3Device complexity
If adequate storage is not provided for the patient interface, then the apparatus design remains simple, but the used patient interface needs to be placed on a support surface creating tripping hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into the floor-standing holder: it provides storage for the patient interface, supports the breathing assistance apparatus, and manages conduit routing. By merging these functions into a single integrated structure, the solution avoids creating additional separate components while eliminating tripping hazards through proper accessory storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder acts as an intermediary storage solution between the patient and the floor. Instead of placing used patient interfaces directly on the floor (creating tripping hazards), the holder provides an intermediate elevated storage position that eliminates the hazard while maintaining simple overall system design.
4Ease of operation
If the conduit is allowed to lie on the floor, then it presents easy access, but it creates a tripping hazard
Solution Approach 1:
The holder provides an intermediary structure that elevates the conduit above the floor level. The conduit can be routed through or along the holder, maintaining accessibility while preventing direct contact with the floor that causes tripping hazards. The holder mediates between the need for conduit access and the need to eliminate tripping risks.
Data Source
AI summary
A holder apparatus for holding a conduit and/or patient interface such as a cannula, has a mount 251 to couple with a breathing assistance apparatus 10 and at least one mechanical feature 237a, 237b for holding the conduit and/or patient interface such as a cannula in place relative to the breathing assistance apparatus.