Mobile Container Morgue With Climate Control And Adjustable Stretcher
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current disaster response infrastructure lacks a robust, mobile, and affordable temporary morgue system that can be quickly deployed to manage cadavers and human remains during natural disasters, ensuring secure, dignified, and climate-controlled storage while minimizing health and logistical risks.
Innovation Solution
A mobile storage system comprising a modified container with climate control, adjustable stretcher, and rack units designed for easy deployment, secure storage, and efficient tray management, utilizing a refrigerated intermodal shipping container with access doors, climate control units, and a portable ramp for easy access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If tent-based systems are used for temporary morgue, then deployment speed is improved, but temperature control capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the morgue system from a soft-sided tent structure to a rigid container structure, fundamentally changing the physical parameters of the system. This structural parameter change enables effective temperature control while maintaining rapid deployability, as the rigid container provides inherent structural integrity and thermal insulation properties that tents cannot achieve.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes modified shipping containers that can be quickly deployed and relocated as needed. These containers serve as temporary morgue facilities during disaster response operations, providing a cost-effective solution that eliminates the need for permanent infrastructure while maintaining proper temperature control capabilities throughout the temporary storage period.
2Ease of manufacture
If repurposed equipment is used for storing human remains, then cost is reduced, but cross-contamination risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the morgue function from repurposed equipment and dedicated it to a specialized container system designed specifically for human remains. By separating the morgue function from general-purpose equipment, the system eliminates cross-contamination risks while maintaining cost-effectiveness through the use of modified shipping containers rather than purpose-built expensive facilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a dedicated container system as an intermediary between disaster response operations and human remains storage. This specialized container acts as a controlled environment that prevents cross-contamination while providing a cost-effective solution compared to using repurposed medical equipment or permanent morgue facilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If trailer-based systems are used for temporary morgue, then mobility is improved, but loading and unloading complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional approach by using shipping containers designed for horizontal transport rather than vertical trailer-based systems. This inversion simplifies loading and unloading operations, as containers can be easily rolled onto flatbed trailers and secured, eliminating the complex loading mechanisms required by vertical trailer-based morgue systems while maintaining full mobility.
4Quantity of substance
If public buildings are used for makeshift morgue, then storage capacity is increased, but health and public-relations issues worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a self-contained container system that provides all necessary morgue functions within a single mobile unit. The container includes integrated temperature control, secure storage, and appropriate facilities, eliminating the need to convert public buildings and avoiding the associated health and public-relations problems while providing sufficient storage capacity for disaster victim identification operations.
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 system provides a secure, climate-controlled, and easily deployable solution for managing cadavers and human remains, reducing logistical strain and health risks, while being cost-effective and capable of withstanding secondary events.
Implementation Method 1
climate control unit for controlling a climate within the container
Data Source
AI summary
In at least one embodiment the present invention provides a mobile storage system including a container having a first end, second end, first side, second side, ceiling and floor defining a rectangular prismatic cavity, an access door that corresponds with an access opening positioned on at least one of the longitudinal sides between the first end and the second and of the container, a climate control unit for cooling the container, a rack unit positioned within one of the first end and the second end of the container and adapted to slidably yet releasably receive a tray in a stowed position, and a mobile stretcher adjustable from a first height to a least a second height and adapted to securely yet releasably receive the tray.