Operating Table Column Cladding with Bellows-Free Intermediate Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing operating tables with bellows between the patient bearing surface and the column cladding are complex, costly, and difficult to maintain due to the bellows' folds being hard to clean during operation.
Innovation Solution
An operating table design with a column cladding featuring two rigid components and a bellows-free intermediate space, where movable parts are laterally covered by rigid headpiece elements or side rails, eliminating the need for a bellows and simplifying maintenance and cleaning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a bellows is provided between the patient bearing surface and the upper component of the column cladding to cover movable parts, then lateral covering of movable parts is achieved, but the design becomes complicated and costly, and maintenance becomes difficult due to hard-to-clean folds
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the bellows component from the system entirely. Instead of using a bellows to cover movable parts, the design employs rigid column cladding components that extend to cover the movable parts laterally, eliminating the complex folded structure and its associated cleaning and maintenance issues.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the expensive and complex bellows with simpler, more economical rigid covering components. The rigid column cladding components are easier to manufacture, install, and maintain, providing a cost-effective alternative to the bellows system.
2Reliability
If a bellows is provided between the patient bearing surface and the upper component of the column cladding to cover movable parts, then lateral covering of movable parts is achieved, but cleaning becomes difficult due to the folds of the bellows
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the bellows component from the system entirely. Instead of using a bellows to cover movable parts, the design employs rigid column cladding components that extend to cover the movable parts laterally, eliminating the complex folded structure and its associated cleaning and maintenance issues.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses uniform rigid materials for the column cladding components that provide consistent cleaning surfaces. The smooth, non-folded surfaces of the rigid components are homogeneous and easy to clean, unlike the varied and complex surfaces of bellows folds.
3Reliability
If a bellows is provided between the patient bearing surface and the upper component of the column cladding to cover movable parts, then lateral covering of movable parts is achieved, but cost increases due to the complex design
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the bellows component from the system entirely. Instead of using a bellows to cover movable parts, the design employs rigid column cladding components that extend to cover the movable parts laterally, eliminating the complex folded structure and its associated cleaning and maintenance issues.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the expensive and complex bellows with simpler, more economical rigid covering components. The rigid column cladding components are easier to manufacture, install, and maintain, providing a cost-effective alternative to the bellows system.
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AI summary
The present disclosure describes an operating table with an operating table column and a patient bearing surface arranged on the operating table column, wherein the operating table column comprises a column cladding with at least two rigid components arranged one above the other. The operating table column is designed and configured so that all movable parts of the operating table running inside the operating table column are completely covered laterally. An intermediate space extends from the upper edge of the two components of the column cladding arranged one above the other as far as the patient bearing surface, the intermediate space being a bellows-free space.