Patient Monitoring Pod Clip With Rotating Locking Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing patient monitoring systems face challenges in efficiently attaching and detaching monitoring devices when patients are moved between locations, requiring cumbersome detachment and reattachment processes.
Innovation Solution
A clip system with a base plate and lever arm, featuring a rotating interface and locking mechanism, allows for secure attachment and detachment of patient monitoring pods to various structures, enabling easy reorientation and relocation without compromising stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a patient monitoring system uses fixed attachment to a monitoring device, then the patient can be monitored at a specific location, but the system becomes cumbersome when the patient needs to be moved to another location
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into separate components: a monitoring pod that can be detached from the monitoring device and attached to a clip. The clip itself is a separate component that can be attached to various structures. This segmentation allows the monitoring pod to be easily moved between locations by detaching it from the monitoring device and reattaching it to a clip at the new location, eliminating the need for complex reattachment procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The clip acts as an intermediary component between the monitoring pod and the support structure (rod, pole, stand). The clip provides a standardized attachment interface that simplifies the connection process. The monitoring pod attaches to the clip using a simple interface, and the clip attaches to various structures, serving as a universal mediator that enables easy relocation without direct reattachment to different monitoring devices.
2Productivity
If the monitoring pod is directly attached to the monitoring device, then the connection is stable, but the setup and teardown time increases when relocating patients
Solution Approach 1:
The clip is pre-attached to the support structure (rod, pole, stand) at the destination location before the patient monitoring pod arrives. This preliminary action eliminates the need for time-consuming setup at the new location. When the patient needs to be relocated, the monitoring pod is simply attached to the pre-positioned clip, significantly reducing setup and teardown time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the monitoring pod is securely fixed to the monitoring device, then patient monitoring is reliable, but the system lacks flexibility for patient movement
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from a static fixed attachment to a dynamic modular attachment. The monitoring pod can be easily attached and detached from the clip, allowing the system to adapt to patient movement needs. The clip provides secure holding during monitoring while enabling quick repositioning when patient location changes are required, achieving both reliability and flexibility.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The clip system simplifies the attachment and detachment of patient monitoring pods, facilitating easy relocation and rotation, which improves patient monitoring flexibility and reduces setup and teardown time, especially when patients are moved between locations.
Implementation Method 1
The lever arm includes a user grasping area, a clamp, and a torsion spring that provides torsion to the connection with the base portion.
Implementation Method 2
The clip can include one or more friction pads in some implementations. In such implementations, the one or more friction pads can be located on opposed, facing portions of the clamp, at the portion of the clamp that is configured to contact the structure.
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AI summary
Disclosed are clips for a patient monitoring pod that is used with portable patient monitoring devices and systems. A patient monitoring pod and clip can rotate relative to each other to accommodate a patient's environment.