Modular Surgical Platform for Enhanced Patient Articulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional surgical tables offer limited patient articulation, restricting the degree of flexion or extension of the spine and often constrained by their horizontal orientation and attachment mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A surgical platform system comprising a first and second platform portion that can be independently moved relative to each other, allowing for enhanced patient positioning and orientation. This system includes a support structure with adjustment portions that enable rotation and tilting of the first platform portion, and is integratable with a surgical robotic system for precise positioning during surgery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional surgical tables use horizontally-oriented patient platforms with integrated adjustment mechanisms, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the patient articulation is limited and constrained by the horizontal orientation
Solution Approach 1:
The patient platform is divided into multiple separable platform portions (first platform portion, second platform portion, third platform portion) that can move independently relative to each other. This segmentation allows each portion to be adjusted separately, providing enhanced patient articulation and positioning flexibility while maintaining manageable structural complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from conventional single-plane horizontal platform orientation to multi-dimensional positioning by allowing platform portions to move in multiple directions and planes. The separation of platform portions enables articulation in additional dimensions, including vertical movement and rotational movement, thereby increasing patient articulation capability beyond the constraints of a single horizontal plane.
2Adaptability or versatility
If patient platform portions are attached to and articulatable with respect to one another, then patient articulation is enhanced, but the articulation is constrained to only one axis or in one plane
Solution Approach 1:
The platform is segmented into multiple independent portions that can be adjusted separately. The first platform portion, second platform portion, and third platform portion are separated from one another, allowing independent movement and adjustment of each portion. This segmentation enables articulation in multiple axes and planes, providing operational freedom beyond the constraints of single-plane attachment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform portions are designed with dynamic adjustment capabilities, allowing them to move independently relative to each other in multiple directions. The separation and independent movability of platform portions enable real-time adjustment in multiple axes, enhancing operational freedom and allowing the system to adapt to various surgical positioning requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the first platform portion and second platform portion are separated to allow independent movement, then patient positioning flexibility is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The platform is divided into separable portions (first platform portion, second platform portion, third platform portion) that can move independently. Each portion is supported by its own support structure (first support structure, second support structure), allowing independent adjustment and positioning. This modular segmentation achieves enhanced positioning flexibility while managing complexity through standardized, repeatable connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structures and platform portions are designed with universal connection capabilities that allow for flexible assembly and disassembly. The standardized interfaces and multi-functional adjustment mechanisms enable the same structural components to serve multiple positioning functions, reducing overall device complexity despite the increased number of separable elements.
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AI summary
A surgical platform system including a first platform portion, a second platform portion, and a support portion is provided. The support platform supports the first platform portion, and can be moveable relative to a surgical robotic system supporting the second platform portion. With the support portion and the first platform portion positioned relative to the surgical robotic system, the first platform portion supporting a first portion of the patient and the second platform portion supporting a second portion of the patient can be adjusted relative to one another to correspondingly adjust positions/orientations of the first portion and the second portion of the patient.