Perforated Container Wicking Liquid Collection Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for drawing liquid from body openings, such as wounds, are inefficient and require extensive use of sponges, making surgical procedures cumbersome and resource-intensive, especially during surgeries involving internal bleeding or fluid accumulation on the body surface.
Innovation Solution
A perforated container with an outlet port and designed to receive wicking material, allowing liquid to be drawn into the container via a partial vacuum, facilitating efficient collection and transportation of fluids from body openings by using the wicking material to channel liquids through the container's perforations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of substance
If traditional sponges are used to draw liquid from body openings, then liquid absorption is achieved, but the procedure becomes cumbersome and resource-intensive requiring extensive use of multiple sponges
Solution Approach 1:
The device segments the liquid collection function into distinct components: a container with multiple perforations distributed across its surface, allowing liquid to be drawn through numerous small openings simultaneously. This segmentation enables a single device to replace multiple sponges, reducing resource consumption while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The container serves multiple functions: it acts as a collection chamber, provides multiple entry points for liquid through perforations, and includes an outlet for controlled removal of collected liquid. This multi-functionality allows one device to perform what previously required multiple separate sponges, improving both resource efficiency and operational convenience.
2Productivity
If wicking material is placed over perforations to channel liquid, then liquid collection efficiency is improved, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The device utilizes wicking material, a porous substance, placed over the perforations to channel liquid through capillary action. This porous material enhances liquid collection efficiency by drawing liquid through the perforations and into the chamber, while the simplicity of placing a material over existing perforations keeps the overall structural complexity manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The wicking material acts as an intermediary between the external liquid source and the collection chamber. It facilitates liquid transport through capillary action, improving collection efficiency, while its role as a simple intermediate layer avoids significant increases in device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables efficient collection and transportation of liquids from body openings, reducing the need for multiple sponges during surgeries and allowing for more frequent dressing changes, thereby minimizing resource consumption and improving surgical efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
wicking material that covers at least some of the perforations and is also configured and dimensioned for placement of the wicking material in, or over approximately an exposed breadth of, an opening in a person or an animal, so that upon said placement of the container with at least some of the perforations being covered by said wicking material, when a partial vacuum is applied at the outlet port, liquid can be drawn from said opening through the wicking material and into the chamber
Implementation Method 2
outlet port through which liquid can be drawn from the chamber by a partial vacuum applied at the outlet port
Data Source
AI summary
A liquid collection device for use in drawing liquid from an opening in a body of a person or an animal. The device includes a perforated container, and an outlet port. The perforated container defines a chamber shaped to collect liquid drawn into the chamber through perforations in the container. The outlet port enables liquid to be drawn from the chamber by a partial vacuum applied at the outlet port. The container is configured to receive wicking material that covers at least some of the perforations and is also configured and dimensioned for placement of the wicking material in, or over approximately an exposed breadth of, an opening in a person or an animal, so that upon said placement of the container with at least some of the perforations being covered by said wicking material, when a partial vacuum is applied at the outlet port, liquid can be drawn from said opening through the wicking material and into the chamber and from the chamber through the outlet port.