Protective Lens Assembly With Replaceable Adhesive Stabilization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing optical imaging devices face issues with shaking due to personal factors like breathing and heart beating, requiring time-consuming and labor-intensive vacuuming to fix the lens for stabilization, which affects image clarity and efficiency during area changes.

Innovation Solution

An imaging equipment set with a housing, transparent partition, and adhesive member that allows the lens to be movably fixed, enabling quick attachment to examination areas and easy replacement of adhesive members for sanitary conditions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If a vacuum pump mechanism is used to stabilize the optical imaging lens, then image stability is improved, but the time and labor required for repeated fixing increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage stabilityVSAvoidtime for repeated fixing
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The adhesive member is pre-applied to the bottom surface of the housing before the imaging lens is moved to a new examination area. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for time-consuming vacuuming operations when changing examination areas, as the adhesive member is already in position to immediately secure the lens upon contact with the skin surface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The invention extracts the adhesive member as a separate, replaceable component from the housing structure. This allows the adhesive member to be independently replaced between examinations, enabling quick transition between different examination areas without requiring complex vacuum pump operations, thus reducing time loss while maintaining image stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Ease of operation

If the adhesive member is made detachably and replaceably, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of adhesive replacementVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The housing is segmented into a main body and a bottom segment that can be detachably connected. The adhesive member is further segmented as a separate replaceable component attached to the bottom surface of the housing. This segmentation allows the adhesive member to be easily replaced without disassembling the entire device, improving ease of operation while adding minimal complexity through simple detachable connections.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

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 provides stable image capture by allowing the lens to move in a small range while preventing direct contact with the examination area, ensuring clear images and one-time sanitary use.

Implementation Method 1

The adhesive member has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface of the adhesive member is fixed onto a bottom surface of the housing

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAdhesion: Adhesive

Data Source

PatentEP4155796B1Protective assembly and imaging equipment set
Publication Date: 2025.12.10 NAT TAIWAN UNIV
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AI summary

A protective assembly (700) and an imaging equipment set are provided. The protective assembly (700) is used to accommodate an imaging lens (500, 500a), and includes a housing (10a, 10b, 10c), a transparent partition (20), and an adhesive member (30a,30b,30c). The housing (10a,10b,10c) includes a tube body segment (11a,11b,11c) and a bottom segment (15a,15b,15c) that is connected to the tube body segment (11a,11b,11c). A curved portion (151) is formed on a periphery of the bottom segment (15a,15b,15c), and an accommodating space (19) is defined by the housing (10a,10b,10c). The imaging lens (500, 500a) is movably disposed in the accommodating space (19). An inner side of the curved portion (151) has an inclined surface (1551) that is configured to abut against a shell of the imaging lens (500, 500a). The transparent partition (20) is disposed on the bottom segment (15a,15b,15c) of the housing (10a,10b,10c). The adhesive member (30a,30b,30c) has an outer surface that is sticky and an inner surface that is fixed onto a bottom surface of the housing (10a,10b,10c).