Oxygen Distributor with Ball Joint for Stable Nasal Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Oxygen distributors without tubular members for nostril insertion often tip away from the face, making reliable oxygen supply to the nose and mouth challenging, requiring additional fastening means like adhesive strips, which are uncomfortable.
Innovation Solution
An oxygen distributor with a base body positioned between the mouth and nose, featuring a swirler with openings under the nose and a ball joint for articulated connection of the oxygen supply, allowing pivoting to adapt to facial contours and prevent tipping, ensuring secure positioning without additional fastening.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If tubular members are inserted into the patient's nostrils, then the oxygen distributor can be securely positioned, but the wearing comfort deteriorates and the patient perceives it as annoying
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and eliminates the tubular members that were previously inserted into the patient's nostrils. The oxygen distributor is redesigned to function without these intrusive tubes, using instead a support surface that rests on the upper lip and a swirler with openings positioned under the nose, thereby improving wearing comfort while maintaining positioning stability through the articulated connection and facial contour adaptation.
2Reliability
If additional fastening means like adhesive strips are used, then the oxygen distributor can be securely fastened to the patient, but the wearing comfort deteriorates and the patient perceives it as uncomfortable and annoying
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and eliminates the need for additional fastening means such as adhesive strips. Through the articulated connection that allows the oxygen supply to pivot and adapt to facial contours, the distributor achieves secure positioning naturally, making additional fasteners redundant and thereby improving wearing comfort.
Solution Approach 2:
The oxygen supply with articulated connection serves itself by automatically adapting to the patient's facial contours through pivoting motion. The system self-adjusts to maintain secure positioning without requiring external fastening aids, thereby achieving both reliability and comfort.
3Ease of operation
If the oxygen distributor is designed without tube elements for nostril insertion, then the wearing comfort improves, but the positioning stability deteriorates and the distributor tips away from the face
Solution Approach 1:
The invention introduces dynamics through the articulated connection between the oxygen supply and the distributor body. This connection allows the oxygen supply to pivot about at least one axis, enabling dynamic adaptation to the patient's facial contours and movements, thereby maintaining positioning stability without requiring intrusive tubular members.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the parameter of connection flexibility by introducing the articulated joint with at least one degree of freedom. This allows the system to adjust its configuration continuously, adapting to varying facial contours and maintaining secure positioning while avoiding the use of uncomfortable tubular insertions.
4Reliability
If the oxygen supply is made articulated with a joint allowing pivoting, then the positioning stability improves by adapting to facial contours, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The articulated connection with at least one degree of freedom introduces necessary dynamics to the system, allowing the oxygen supply to pivot and adapt to facial contours. This dynamic capability enhances positioning stability while the design keeps the complexity manageable through a focused articulation mechanism rather than multiple complex components.
Data Source
AI summary
The distributor has a base body (1) comprising a support surface to position the distributor in a region between mouth and nose of a patient. A swirler is extended from a body side opposite to the support surface. The swirler comprises an aperture (3a) positioned in a user under the nose and directed to the nose. A connector (4) attaches an oxygen supply i.e. hose pipe (7), to the swirler. A ball-and-socket joint (5) is provided for an articulated connection of the connector and the oxygen supply. A pivotal movement is made by the joint around an axis parallel to a center axis of the aperture.