Fiber-optic Cable Magnetic Coupling Adapter for Medical Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fiber-optic cable adapters are not easily separable, posing a safety risk during invasive medical procedures due to their screw or switch-based designs, which can lead to medical accidents when unexpected forces are applied.
Innovation Solution
A fiber-optic cable magnetic coupling adapter with a magnetic joint that can be easily detached when a threshold force is applied, featuring a protrusion or recession design that prevents accidental separation and maintains optical transmission efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a screw or switch method is used to increase optical transmission efficiency, then optical transmission efficiency is improved, but the adapter becomes difficult to separate and safety cannot be secured when medical accidents occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical screw or switch-based coupling system with a magnetic coupling system. The magnetic joint uses magnetic attraction to maintain connection during normal operation, ensuring optical transmission efficiency, while allowing easy separation when force is applied, thus resolving the contradiction between secure connection and ease of separation.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the adapter is designed to be firmly connected to prevent accidental separation, then connection stability is improved, but the adapter cannot be easily detached when force is applied to prevent medical accidents
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic coupling system changes the connection parameters based on applied force. Under normal conditions, magnetic attraction maintains strong connection stability. When excessive force is applied, the magnetic coupling allows detachment, thus achieving both stability and ease of detachment when needed.
3Reliability
If additional fixing members are added to prevent accidental separation, then connection safety is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a magnetic coupling system that inherently provides safe connection without requiring additional fixing members. The magnetic field naturally maintains connection stability and allows controlled detachment, eliminating the need for extra mechanical fixing components and reducing device complexity while improving connection safety.
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 magnetic coupling adapter ensures safe detachment and prevents medical accidents by allowing easy separation under force while maintaining stability and optical efficiency, eliminating the need for additional fixing members and allowing connection with various connectors.
Implementation Method 1
a joint that is provided on one surface of the adapter main body and has a magnetic body
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a fiber-optic cable magnetic coupling adapter, and the fiber-optic cable magnetic coupling adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an adapter main body; a joint that is provided on one surface of the adapter main body and has a magnetic body; and an insertion connection part that is provided on the other surface of the adapter main body and connected to a connector, in which the joint is provided as a protrusion that protrudes from a central portion of one surface of the adapter main body to an outer side of one surface, but has a hollow part formed inside and has opened one surface, or is provided as a recession that is recessed from the central portion of one surface of the adapter main body to an inner side of one surface, but is provided so as to be engaged with the protrusion and has the hollow part formed inside and has opened one surface.