Spring-Biased RAIVES System for Medical Extension Device Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Transferring or repositioning patients attached to medical extension devices (MEDs) such as IV and respiratory equipment is cumbersome due to the attached tubing, wires, and cables, leading to organizational challenges and potential safety issues.
Innovation Solution
A respiratory airway and intravenous (RAIVES) extension system with spring-biased side plates and anchor points allows for easy transfer and organization of MEDs, incorporating securing bands and sensors for patient safety, and can be configured for disposability or recyclability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If patients are attached to medical extension devices (MEDs) for monitoring and treatment, then patient care and monitoring are improved, but patient transfer and repositioning become cumbersome and difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus divides the MED management system into separate functional components: a first apparatus for securing respiratory airway devices and a second apparatus for securing IV devices. Each apparatus can be independently attached to the patient treatment platform, allowing modular organization and easier patient transfer by managing different device types separately.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus utilizes vertical space by attaching to the head portion and foot portion of the patient treatment platform, organizing MEDs in the vertical dimension rather than allowing them to drape across the patient or floor. This dimensional reorganization improves accessibility during patient transfer while maintaining secure device management.
2Ease of operation
If MEDs are allowed to drape freely during patient transfer, then ease of movement is improved, but MED organization and safety are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus is attached to the patient treatment platform before patient transfer, and MEDs are secured to the apparatus in advance. This preliminary organization of MEDs allows the patient to be transferred smoothly while the MEDs remain pre-positioned and secured, eliminating the need to manage loose tubing during movement.
3Reliability
If medical tape and other valuable medical resources are used to create improvised MED organization solutions, then MED organization is achieved, but medical waste increases and costs rise
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus is designed as a disposable medical device that can be attached to the patient treatment platform and then discarded after use, eliminating the need for valuable medical resources like tape and tongue depressors. This single-use approach reduces medical waste of expensive materials while providing effective MED organization throughout the patient's stay.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates the easy transfer and organization of MEDs, reduces waste, enhances patient safety by preventing falls, and offers cost-effective, environmentally friendly solutions for managing medical equipment.
Implementation Method 1
A spring is configured to engage with the first side plate and the second side plate, where the spring provides a spring bias to each of the first side plate and to the second side plate to bias a lower portion of the first side plate and a lower portion of the second side plate together into a default closed position
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AI summary
An apparatus has a first side plate and a second side plate. A spring is configured to engage with the first side plate and the second side plate, where the spring provides a spring bias to each of the first side plate and to the second side plate to bias a lower portion of the first side plate and a lower portion of the second side plate together into a default closed position. A medical extension device channel is configured into each of the first side plate and the second side plate. Two anchor points are configured as part of each of the first side plate and the second side plate.