Intelligent Cover Centralizes Medical Fluid Pump Alarms
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Solution Overview
Problem
In intensive-care medicine, the simultaneous operation of multiple medical fluid pumps can lead to confusion due to individual error displays, making it difficult for operators to manage and monitor the status of each pump effectively.
Innovation Solution
A supporting/holding device with an intelligent cover that provides a centralized visual and acoustic alarm system using a light strip and loudspeaker to indicate errors, allowing for clear and easy identification of malfunctioning pumps, even when multiple pumps are in use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple medical fluid pumps are operated simultaneously with individual error displays, then each pump can be monitored independently, but the operator becomes confused and cannot easily identify which pump has a malfunction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the error display functions of multiple individual pumps into a single centralized intelligent cover. This cover integrates the error indication systems of several pumps, allowing operators to view the status of all pumps through one unified interface rather than monitoring each pump's individual display separately, thereby eliminating confusion and improving operational ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The intelligent cover acts as an intermediary between the multiple pumps and the operator. It receives error signals from individual pumps and presents consolidated, easily interpretable error information to the operator, serving as an intermediate layer that translates multiple individual status signals into a unified, clear error display that is easier to monitor and understand.
2Loss of information
If individual error displays are provided for each pump, then detailed error information is available, but the overall system complexity and manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual error display systems into a single intelligent cover that handles error indication for multiple pumps. This consolidation reduces the total number of display components, control circuits, and interfaces required, thereby lowering device complexity and manufacturing costs while maintaining complete error information availability through the integrated system.
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 intelligent cover simplifies error detection and management by providing a clear visual and auditory indication of pump status, reducing complexity and manufacturing costs, while ensuring operators can quickly react to faults without needing to examine each pump individually.
Implementation Method 1
the intelligent cover comprises a light strip/light band/fluorescent strip visually indicating an error of the medical fluid pump
Implementation Method 2
an intelligent cover/lid/top part for the centralized presentation and/or output of visual (and possibly also acoustic) alarms
Data Source
AI summary
A supporting or holding device for the position-safe holding of one or more medical fluid pumps during operation. The supporting or holding device has a basic body and a plurality of vertically spaced trays that project from a front side of the basic body. Each vertically spaced tray is adapted to receive a medical fluid pump. The supporting or holding device includes, at an uppermost end, an intelligent cover for the centralized representation of alarm(s) of the one or more medical fluid pumps.