Modular Patient Room Insert for Low-Cost Headwall Lighting Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medical care facilities face high construction costs due to the expensive installation of medical headwalls and examination lighting in patient rooms, with a need for a modular solution that provides medical gas, electrical services, and medical exam lighting at a lower cost and with easier installation.
Innovation Solution
A modular insert comprising a headwall with supply connections for electricity, vacuum, air, and oxygen, coupled with a lightbridge providing medical examination lighting, which can be easily transported and installed in patient rooms using a lifting frame, forming an L-shaped configuration and featuring a removable faceshell for access to supply connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional headwalls and medical examination lighting are installed separately, then comprehensive medical services are provided, but construction costs and installation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the headwall and lightbridge into a single integrated modular insert that provides both medical gas/electrical services and medical examination lighting. This merging of previously separate systems reduces installation complexity and cost while maintaining all required functions.
2Ease of operation
If modular headwalls are used, then installation is simplified, but medical examination lighting is not included
Solution Approach 1:
The modular insert merges the headwall structure with the lightbridge (medical examination lighting) into a single unit. This allows the installation team to benefit from the simplicity of modular installation while simultaneously receiving complete medical services including lighting, eliminating the need for separate lighting installation.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a fixed headwall structure is used, then structural stability is ensured, but transportation and installation become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the complete headwall and lighting system into a modular insert that can be manufactured as a stable, integrated unit yet transported as a manageable module. The modular design allows for stable construction while facilitating easier transportation and installation compared to traditional fixed headwall systems.
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AI summary
A modular insert for a patient room, the modular insert having a headwall with supply connections for electricity and medical grade vacuum, air and oxygen, and a lightbridge with medical examination lighting, the lightbridge coupled to the headwall. Further a lifting frame for transporting the modular insert to a patient room and facilitating installation thereof in the patient room, the lifting frame having a floor member for removably attaching to the headwall and a wall member for removably attaching to the lightbridge, the wall member pivotally attached to the floor member. Still further, a method for transporting the modular insert to a patient room and installing the modular insert in the patient room using the lifting frame.