Fish Bleeding via Heart Tube Insertion and Pressurized Liquid Discharge

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional bleeding methods for fish, particularly for round fish, fail to effectively remove blood and maintain freshness due to the exposure of internal organs and inefficient blood discharge, leading to rapid freshness deterioration and increased fishiness.

Innovation Solution

A bleeding method involving the formation of a slit connecting the pericardial cavity to the outside without cutting the abdominal aorta, allowing for the insertion of a tubular instrument to discharge blood using a press-fit liquid, which reduces fishiness and maintains freshness by minimizing organ exposure and optimizing blood discharge.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the abdomen is cut open to insert the tube for press fitting liquid into the vascular system, then blood can be removed more reliably, but the internal organs are exposed to outside air and the round fish status is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveblood removal effectivenessVSAvoidinternal organs exposure to outside air
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The incision is segmented into two parts: a first incision through the skin to the muscle layer, and a second incision through the muscle layer to the pericardial cavity. This segmentation allows precise control of the incision path to avoid damaging internal organs while ensuring adequate access for tube insertion and blood removal.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The muscle layer acts as an intermediary barrier between the skin and the pericardial cavity. By making a separate second incision through the muscle layer at a position远离 from the abdominal cavity, the path is routed through intermediate tissue that protects internal organs from direct exposure to outside air while still allowing access to the vascular system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If the tube is inserted through the heart to reach the arterial sphere, then blood can be discharged effectively, but the width of the slit must be large which increases the load on the fish

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveblood discharge effectivenessVSAvoidslit width and fish load
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The pericardial cavity is accessed first through the controlled incision path, and the tube is then inserted through the heart muscle into the arterial sphere. This preliminary access to the pericardial cavity allows for precise positioning and minimizes the required slit width, thereby reducing the load on the fish while ensuring effective blood discharge.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If the abdominal aorta is cut to access the vascular system, then blood can be removed directly, but the internal organs are exposed to outside air

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveblood removal efficiencyVSAvoidinternal organs exposure to outside air
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The tube is extracted through the heart muscle into the arterial sphere without cutting the abdominal aorta or opening the abdominal cavity. This extraction path through the muscle layer and pericardial cavity allows direct access to the vascular system for efficient blood removal while keeping the abdominal aorta and internal organs intact and protected from outside air exposure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

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

This method enables the effective removal of blood from round fish, reducing fishiness and enhancing freshness by maintaining the fish's round shape and ensuring efficient blood discharge without exposing internal organs, thereby improving the quality and shelf life of the fish.

Implementation Method 1

discharging blood of the fish outside by press-fitting liquid into vascular system of the fish via the tubular instrument

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPressure gradient: Pressure Gradient

Data Source

PatentEP4005393B1Bleeding method for fish and round fish processed thereby
Publication Date: 2024.04.17 HAMASUI CO LTD
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AI summary

A bleeding method for a fish includes step of forming a slit SL that connects pericardial cavity 11 to an outer part of the fish by cutting membrane 16 to split a head and an abdomen such that abdominal aorta 19 is not cut and internal organs incorporated in abdominal cavity 12 are not exposed to an outside air, step of spreading the slit such that arterial sphere 18 does not tomozure, and a caudal side surface of ventricle 171 is exposed, step of inserting tubular instrument 2 in heart 17, which runs through the spread slit SL from the caudal side surface of the ventricle toward arterial sphere 18, step of fixing tubular instrument 2 to heart 17, and step of discharging blood of the fish outside by press-fitting liquid into vascular system of the fish via tubular instrument 2.