Dialysis Service Box Integrating Backflow Preventer and Trap Primer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current dialysis service systems require extensive plumbing infrastructure due to separate locations of backflow preventers and trap primers, leading to increased response times, installation costs, and maintenance expenses.
Innovation Solution
A centralized dialysis service box with a casing that integrates a water supply inlet, waste outlet, backflow preventer, and trap primer, allowing for a compact and efficient plumbing arrangement that can be universally installed, reducing the need for extensive plumbing and simplifying maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If backflow preventer and trap primer are located at separate remote locations, then each component can be independently installed and maintained, but extensive plumbing infrastructure is required increasing installation cost and complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the backflow preventer and trap primer into a single integrated service box assembly, eliminating the need for separate remote installations and extensive plumbing infrastructure. The service box houses both components in close proximity, reducing plumbing requirements while maintaining independent functionality of each component.
2Reliability
If backflow preventer and trap primer are located at separate remote locations, then each component can function independently, but response time of medical personnel increases due to multiple locations
Solution Approach 1:
By consolidating the backflow preventer and trap primer into a single service box, the patent reduces the number of locations medical personnel must access during emergencies. Both components remain functionally independent but are physically co-located, enabling faster response times while preserving component independence.
3Adaptability or versatility
If separate components are installed at remote locations, then each component can be optimized for its specific function, but installation and maintenance costs increase due to additional plumbing
Solution Approach 1:
The service box integrates multiple dialysis components in a compact configuration that maintains each component's optimized functionality while eliminating extensive plumbing requirements. The design reduces material costs, labor requirements, and maintenance expenses associated with connecting separate remote components.
4Reliability
If extensive plumbing is installed to connect remote components, then all components can be connected to water supply and waste disposal, but wall space and material requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The service box consolidates water supply connections and waste disposal connections into a single compact unit, dramatically reducing the plumbing infrastructure required compared to connecting separate remote components. This integration minimizes wall space requirements and material usage while ensuring complete fluid connection for all components.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a cost-effective and efficient dialysis service system by reducing installation complexity, response times, and maintenance costs, while ensuring proper water supply and waste disposal for dialysis machines.
Implementation Method 1
A backflow preventer is in fluid flow communication with the plumbing arrangement for preventing retrograde flow of a fluid through the plumbing arrangement
Implementation Method 2
a trap primer in fluid flow communication with the plumbing arrangement for allowing the fluid to enter the waste outlet
Data Source
AI summary
A dialysis service box for centralized control and plumbing arrangement of a dialysis machine is disclosed. The dialysis service box includes a plumbing arrangement having a supply inlet for supplying a fluid to the dialysis machine, a backflow preventer for preventing retrograde flow through the plumbing arrangement, a trap primer for maintaining a trap seal designed to prevent waste gases from flowing into the dialysis service box and a waste connection for allowing waste from the dialysis machine to exit. The dialysis service box can be universally installed to operate, control and adjust any dialysis machine that requires supply connection, waste connection, backflow preventer and trap primer, or any combination of the foregoing.