Integrated Storage Box Layout for Medical Device Cable Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Medical devices in hospitals, such as patient monitors, are often cluttered with power and data lines that are prone to damage and interference, leading to inefficiencies and increased maintenance costs due to tangling and space occupation, with existing storage solutions being inflexible and inconvenient for real-time monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A medical device with an accommodation compartment integrated into the main case, allowing for hidden storage of medical articles, and a storage box that is removably connected to the device, reducing space occupation and improving flexibility and ease of use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If lines and cables are scattered near medical devices, then connectivity and functionality are maintained, but the lines and cables are prone to breaking and signal transmission loss due to trampling
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the lines and cables from the scattered state near medical devices and relocates them into a dedicated storage compartment integrated into the medical device structure. This extraction resolves the contradiction by protecting lines from trampling (improving reliability) while keeping the workspace clean and accessible (maintaining ease of operation).
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested structure where the storage compartment for lines and cables is integrated within the medical device housing. The compartment is disposed inside the main device body, allowing lines to be stored neatly within the device structure itself, thus protecting them from damage while maintaining device compactness and workspace cleanliness.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a storage bracket is externally hung on the main bodies of patient monitors, then lines and cables can be accommodated, but large space occupation and inflexible configurations result
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the storage compartment within the medical device housing rather than using external brackets. The compartment is nested inside the main device body, which eliminates the need for external attachments and reduces overall space occupation while maintaining configuration flexibility through internal design variations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the storage function with the medical device housing itself. The storage compartment is combined with the existing device structure, eliminating the need for separate external storage brackets. This integration reduces space occupation while maintaining adaptability through various compartment design options within the housing.
3Volume of stationary object
If an accommodation compartment is integrated into the main case, then space occupation is reduced and flexibility is improved, but the compartment must be hidden and embedded in the main body
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested structure where the accommodation compartment is integrated within the main case housing. The compartment is disposed inside the housing structure with its outer walls connected to the chamber outer walls of the main case, creating a compact integrated design that reduces overall device volume while managing manufacturing complexity through modular integration.
Data Source
AI summary
A medical device and a storage box for a medical article are provided, where the medical device at least includes a main case having at least two exposed chamber outer walls and an accommodation compartment for accommodating a medical article. The at least two exposed chamber outer walls enclose an accommodation chamber to accommodate a functional module. The accommodation compartment is disposed on the main case and adjacent to the accommodation chamber. The accommodation compartment includes at least one exposed compartment outer wall, and the at least one exposed compartment outer wall is connected to the at least one chamber outer wall of the main case. The medical device enables the medical article to be well accommodated in the accommodation compartment, and the accommodation compartment can be flexibly configured onto the medical device to decrease the space occupied by the accommodation compartment.