Tool-Free Medical Device Mount with Dynamic Clamping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medical apparatuses face challenges in easily and toollessly exchanging devices such as power sources, like batteries, due to complex and time-consuming mounting and removal processes.
Innovation Solution
A mount with adjustable side parts that can transition between positions to securely accommodate and release devices without tools, allowing for easy insertion and removal in any direction, featuring a design that includes stops, catches, and handles for secure fastening and support.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a device is designed for releasable reception on a medical apparatus, then the device can be exchanged and replaced, but the mounting and removal process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The mount is divided into a housing and a separate clamping mechanism that can move independently between clamped and unclamped positions. This segmentation allows the device to be quickly released by moving only the clamping mechanism, rather than disassembling the entire mount structure, thus reducing mounting and removal time while maintaining exchangeability
Solution Approach 2:
The clamping mechanism is designed to be movable between a first position (clamping the device) and a second position (releasing the device). This dynamic design enables rapid transitions between mounted and removed states without complex tool operations, resolving the contradiction between secure attachment and quick exchange
2Adaptability or versatility
If a device is designed for releasable reception on a medical apparatus, then the device can be exchanged and replaced, but the mounting and removal process requires tools and complex procedures
Solution Approach 1:
The mount incorporates a self-operating clamping mechanism that can be actuated without external tools. The mechanism uses inherent mechanical advantages (such as cam actions or lever principles) to amplify user input force, allowing simple manual operation to achieve secure clamping or release, thus making the exchange process tool-free and operationally simple while maintaining device exchangeability
Solution Approach 2:
The movable clamping mechanism transitions between fixed clamped and released positions through simple user input, eliminating the need for complex tool-based procedures. This dynamic design enables easy operation for device exchange while maintaining secure attachment when mounted
3Reliability
If a mount design includes adjustable side parts and clamping mechanisms, then device securement is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mount is segmented into a housing and a clamping mechanism that can be manufactured separately using standard manufacturing processes, then assembled through simple joining methods. This segmentation maintains device securement reliability while avoiding the need for complex integrated manufacturing, thus improving ease of manufacture
Solution Approach 2:
The clamping mechanism is integrated with the housing through a designed interface that allows relative movement between clamped and unclamped positions. This merging approach ensures reliable device securement through the clamping action while maintaining manufacturing simplicity by using conventional assembly techniques rather than complex integrated structures
Data Source
AI summary
A mount for being releasably received on a medical apparatus and for accommodating a device adapted for insertion inside the mount includes at least two side parts including a first side part and a second side part, at least the second side part or at least a portion thereof being configured so as to pass from a first position into a second position as a result of operational arrangement of the mount on the medical apparatus and/or by operational insertion of the device into the mount. In addition, a medical apparatus includes a like mount.