Hemorrhage Control Trainer with Blood Recirculation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current hemorrhage control training systems lack the ability to adjust flow, filtration, warming, and recirculation of simulated blood, limiting their customization and effectiveness in simulating various bleeding scenarios, and do not allow for the reuse of simulated blood during training sessions.
Innovation Solution
A table and pump system that includes a fluid container, pumping system, pump controller, distribution manifold, and temperature regulator, enabling the distribution, collection, filtration, warming, and recirculation of simulated blood for full-body hemorrhage control task trainers with adjustable flow types and pressures, allowing for multiple simulated bleeding sites and efficient training.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If current hemorrhage control training systems are used, then training can be conducted, but the system cannot adjust flow, filtration, warming, and recirculation of simulated blood
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates dynamically adjustable parameters including variable flow rates through electronic flow control, adjustable pressure settings, controllable filtration rates, and temperature regulation capabilities. These dynamic adjustments allow the system to adapt to different training scenarios and bleeding types without requiring multiple separate systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The training system integrates multiple functions into a single platform: blood distribution, collection, filtration, warming, and recirculation capabilities are combined in one system. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate systems for each function while providing comprehensive training capabilities for various hemorrhage control scenarios.
2Productivity
If simulated blood is used in training systems, then training scenarios can be created, but the simulated blood cannot be reused during training sessions
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates an automated collection system that captures simulated blood after it has served its training purpose. The collected blood is then processed through filtration and warming systems, allowing it to be reused in subsequent training sessions. This recovery and reuse process significantly reduces simulated blood consumption and associated costs while maintaining training quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The recirculation system enables continuous reuse of simulated blood throughout training sessions and across multiple sessions. By maintaining the blood in a closed loop through filtration and warming, the system ensures the simulated blood remains suitable for repeated use, eliminating the need to discard and replace blood after single use.
3Quantity of substance
If large amounts of simulated blood are required for task trainers, then training can be conducted, but the cost and complexity of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The automated collection, filtration, and recirculation systems enable the same simulated blood to be used repeatedly across multiple training sessions. This dramatically reduces the total quantity of simulated blood needed compared to single-use systems, while the automation handles the complexity of blood management.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service functions including automatic blood collection from training sites, self-filtering through integrated filtration systems, and self-warming through temperature regulation. This automation eliminates the need for manual intervention in blood management, reducing operational complexity while enabling repeated use of simulated blood.
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 high-fidelity hemorrhage control training with customizable scenarios, reducing training costs and allowing for repeated use of simulated blood, facilitating effective training of large numbers of students in lifesaving procedures.
Implementation Method 1
a fluid container fluidly coupled to the surface by way of a pumping system providing one or more pumps
Implementation Method 2
a simulated blood temperature regulator configured to selectively control a temperature of the simulated blood
Implementation Method 3
the systems automatically collects the expelled simulated blood, filtrates it, and warm the simulated blood up for continual effect
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AI summary
A table and pump system that allows for distribution, collection, filtration, warming and recirculation of simulated blood for the purposes of conducting medical training, wherein the hemorrhage control training device, method and system of the present invention allows for the utilization of a full body sized hemorrhage control task trainer to be used with multiple simulated bleeding sites a various and selectable flow types and pressure, wherein the systems automatically collects the expelled simulated blood, filtrates it, and warm the simulated blood up for continual effect or a future training regime.