Conical Cannula Implant for Plant Endotherapy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing endotherapy methods for plant treatment are rudimentary, often involve external components for sealing and coupling, and pose risks due to pathogen contamination, require multiple perforations, and lack efficient control over fluid delivery.
Innovation Solution
A conical cannula implant with a helical hole and fastening nut provides a hermetic sealing mechanism using physical force and friction, allowing continuous and controlled delivery of substances through the plant's vascular system without external sealants or additional perforations, adaptable to low-pressure irrigation systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If rudimentary endotherapy methods with external sealants are used, then sealing and coupling can be achieved, but device complexity increases and pathogen contamination risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing mechanism is merged directly into the implant body through conical surfaces that create hermetic sealing when the implant is inserted into the plant trunk. This eliminates the need for separate external sealants and coupling components, reducing device complexity while maintaining sealing effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The conical surfaces act as an intermediary mechanism between the implant and plant tissue, creating a hermetic seal through mechanical interlocking and friction. This intermediary sealing mechanism eliminates the need for external sealants while ensuring reliable fluid delivery.
2Productivity
If multiple perforations are made for treatment, then fluid delivery access is improved, but plant damage and pathogen entry risk increase
Solution Approach 1:
The implant incorporates multiple internal channels and perforations within a single device body. This segmentation allows multiple fluid delivery pathways to be achieved through one implant insertion, eliminating the need for multiple separate perforations in the plant trunk while maintaining delivery efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The implant serves as an intermediary device that consolidates multiple delivery functions into a single insertion point. The internal channel structure provides multiple fluid pathways without requiring multiple external perforations, reducing plant damage and pathogen entry risk.
3Reliability
If external sealants and masses are used for coupling, then sealing is achieved, but environmental impact and occupational risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
External sealants and coupling masses are completely extracted from the system. The sealing function is achieved through the implant's own conical surfaces and friction-based hermetic seal, eliminating harmful external substances from the treatment process.
Solution Approach 2:
The implant is self-sealing through its conical geometry and friction-based mechanism. The device creates its own hermetic seal without requiring external sealants or masses, making the system self-sufficient and eliminating environmental contaminants.
4Ease of operation
If simple injection methods are used, then treatment can be applied, but control over fluid delivery quantity and dose is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The implant incorporates flow control mechanisms that allow regulation of fluid delivery rate and quantity. The system provides controlled dosing through adjustable flow parameters while maintaining ease of operation through a simple insertion and connection process.
Solution Approach 2:
The implant allows dynamic adjustment of fluid delivery parameters including flow rate, pressure, and dosage. The system transitions from static simple injection to dynamic controlled delivery, enabling precise dosing while maintaining operational simplicity through adjustable controls.
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
Enables efficient, safe, and controlled delivery of nutrients and pesticides directly into plant vessels, reducing environmental impact and occupational risks, with easy installation and maintenance, and minimizing water usage.
Implementation Method 1
its design has an hermetic sealing by physical force and friction generated between its surface and the receptor body
Implementation Method 2
a cannula conical implant for endotherapy in plants... with a conical nozzle with access of helical hole
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AI summary
A multiple conical implant with its accessories is provided to introduce agents in a vegetal body used for treatment of trees and plants. A cannula conical implant for endotherapy in plants is made of plastic or other biocompatible, innocuous material and susceptible of being sterilized. The multiple conical implant may be adapted to any irrigation systems of low pressure whether by gravity or by external sources of energy. The implant includes a permanent and hermetic access through a main body with a conical nozzle with access to a helical hole and a fastening nut with a connector body with protrusions of two cones formed by a herringbone inverted shape and its own fastening nut with two inner diameters to couple the conical end of a hose, the connector body with protrusions and the main body.