Compartmented Peritoneal Dialysis Cart for Faster Setup
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) systems require significant setup time and effort, occupy space, and limit patient mobility due to ad hoc organization and handling of components, posing sanitation risks and mobility constraints.
Innovation Solution
A multi-functional mobile cart with compartments for organizing APD components, including a cycler compartment, fluid bag management, and drain compartment, equipped with sanitizing devices, heating capabilities, and sensors, allowing for easy setup and mobility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If APD components are organized ad hoc, then setup time and effort increase, but patient mobility and sanitation are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile cart is divided into multiple specialized compartments: a cycler compartment for the APD machine, a fluid bag management compartment for dialysis solutions, and a drain compartment for waste collection. This segmentation organizes components systematically, reducing setup time while maintaining sanitation through dedicated spaces for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile cart serves as an intermediary structure that mediates between the APD components and the patient environment. It provides a centralized, sanitized platform that eliminates ad hoc organization, reducing both setup effort and sanitation risks through its designed compartments and integrated features.
2Area of stationary object
If APD equipment occupies significant space, then treatment area requirements increase, but patient mobility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile cart merges multiple APD components and functions into a single integrated unit. By combining the cycler, fluid bag storage, and drain collection in one mobile structure, the system reduces the total space required while maintaining all necessary functions, thereby improving patient mobility.
Solution Approach 2:
The cart is designed with mobility features (implied by 'mobile cart' designation) that allow it to be dynamically repositioned. This dynamic capability enables the equipment to occupy minimal space when stationary while allowing easy movement to different locations, enhancing patient mobility during treatment.
3Device complexity
If multiple fluid bags are handled manually, then setup complexity increases, but sanitation risks worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The fluid bag management compartment is segmented to accommodate multiple fluid bags in an organized manner. This segmentation reduces setup complexity by providing designated spaces for each bag, while simultaneously reducing sanitation risks through isolated, controlled environments for each fluid container.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The mobile cart enhances APD therapy by reducing setup time, ensuring sanitation, maintaining component organization, and improving patient mobility, facilitating easy transport and setup in various environments.
Implementation Method 1
The fluid bag management compartment includes a heating device adapted to heat dialysis fluid in one or more fluid bags positioned within the fluid bag management compartment
Implementation Method 2
In another aspect, the mobile dialysis therapy cart includes at least one sanitizing device configured to sanitize at least one location of a disposable set associated with the fluid bags
Implementation Method 3
the sanitizing device includes an ozone generator configured to direct ozone containing gas towards the location
Data Source
AI summary
A mobile dialysis therapy cart includes a top shelf and a fluid bag management compartment located beneath the top shelf. The fluid bag management compartment includes at least one heating device for heating a fluid bag. The mobile dialysis therapy cart also includes at least one temperature sensor located to sense a temperature associated with dialysis fluid located within the fluid bag. The mobile dialysis therapy cart further includes a control unit communicatively coupled to the at least one heating device and the at least one temperature sensor. The control unit is programmed to use an output from the at least one temperature sensor to operate the at least one heating device to heat the dialysis fluid within the fluid bag to a desired temperature.