Examination table
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Solution Overview
Problem
In emergency situations such as accidents or home births, medical treatments are often performed without a dedicated examination table, making it difficult to maintain proper patient positioning and sanitation control.
Innovation Solution
A portable examination table with adjustable components, including a seat, backrest, and arm parts that can change angles to accommodate different patient positions, and a linkage system to reduce the table's dimensions for easy transport, along with detachable parts for hygiene and attachments for medical peripherals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a portable examination table is designed with adjustable components for multiple positioning states, then patient positioning capability and sanitation control are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The examination table is divided into multiple independent adjustable components: seat part, backrest part, and arm parts, each capable of independent angle adjustment. This segmentation allows each component to perform a specific function while collectively providing multiple positioning states for patient care
Solution Approach 2:
The examination table integrates multiple functions into a single device, including end-sitting positioning, lithotomy positioning, and folded storage states. The adjustable backrest and arm parts enable the table to adapt to different medical procedures and patient needs, making it a multi-functional device
2Ease of operation
If the examination table is designed to be portable with foldable components, then ease of transport and storage is improved, but stability during use may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The examination table employs dynamic components that can change state between folded and extended configurations. The leg parts can be extended and locked to provide stability during use, while the backrest and arm parts can be folded against the seat for compact storage, allowing the structure to adapt between portable and stable states
3Object-affected harmful factors
If detachable parts are provided for hygiene purposes, then sanitation control is improved, but device complexity and assembly time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The detachable parts, including the seat part and arm parts, can be removed from the main body of the examination table for separate cleaning and sterilization. This extraction of removable components allows for improved sanitation control while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure
Data Source
AI summary
An examination table that can be used in other places than a hospital is provided. A portable examination table comprises a seat part for supporting a bottom of a patient, an angle-changeable backrest part for supporting a back of the patient, a pair of angle-changeable arm parts, abutting parts configured to be raised or lowered when the angle of the arm parts relative to the seat part is changed and abut the back of the knees of the patient, and link parts configured to link the arm parts to the backrest part and change the angle of the arm parts, and is configured to convert between an end-sitting positioning state, a lithotomy positioning state, and a folded state.