Medical Device Mobile Control Panel with Rotator-Connector Linkage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Ultrasonic imaging apparatuses face challenges in user convenience due to the difficulty in moving the bulky control panel independently from the body, which is necessary for optimal operation during medical examinations.
Innovation Solution
A medical device with a mobile unit connected to the body via a connection device that includes rotators, connectors, and controllers, allowing for flexible movement and positioning of the control panel, enabling easy reconfiguration and fixation at desired user locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the control panel is integrated with the body as a single unit, then the device structure is simple and stable, but the control panel cannot be moved independently to convenient locations for user operation
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into a stationary body and a mobile control panel unit, allowing independent movement of the control panel to convenient locations while maintaining structural stability through the connection device with rotators and connectors
Solution Approach 2:
The connection device incorporates rotators and connectors that enable dynamic repositioning of the control panel. The rotators allow rotational movement and the connectors enable pivotal connections, providing flexible positioning while maintaining stable connection
2Ease of operation
If the control panel is made movable and independently positioned, then user convenience is improved, but the stability and fixed position of the device is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The connection device uses rotators with rotation control members that can limit rotation angles, and connectors with pivotal connections that provide both movement flexibility and positional stability when locked into place
Solution Approach 2:
The rotation control member changes the rotation angle parameter of the rotators to limit the range of motion to predetermined angles, allowing the control panel to be positioned at optimal locations while maintaining stable connection within controlled movement parameters
3Ease of operation
If the entire device is moved to reposition the control panel, then the control panel reaches the desired location, but the operation becomes difficult and time-consuming due to the bulky size of the device
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the control panel from the bulky body and connecting them through a mobile connection device, only the lightweight control panel needs to be moved to new positions, significantly reducing the time and effort required for repositioning compared to moving the entire device
Solution Approach 2:
The rotators and connectors enable quick and easy repositioning of the control panel through rotational and pivotal movements, allowing rapid relocation to convenient locations without the time-consuming process of moving the entire bulky device
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AI summary
A medical device includes a body, a mobile unit connected to the body, a connection device configured to provide a movable connection between the body and the mobile unit to allow the mobile unit movable with respect to the body. The connection device includes a first rotator, a second rotator, a first connector, and a second connector. By the connection device, the mobile unit may be moved to a user desired position easily.