Rotatable Surgical Table With Integrated Anesthesia Channels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional surgical tables for small animals are cumbersome and inefficient, as they require separate anesthetic devices and do not allow for easy specimen repositioning or access from various angles during procedures, leading to slower procedure times and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
A rotatable surgical table with integrated anesthesia delivery system, where the platform member can rotate relative to the base member while maintaining fluid communication through channels, ensuring continuous anesthetic supply to the specimen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a stationary surgical table is used with separate anesthetic devices, then the specimen can be secured and anesthetized, but the procedure becomes cumbersome and inefficient with slower procedure times
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the anesthetic delivery system directly into the surgical table by incorporating channels within the table structure that transport anesthetic gas from a source to the specimen. This merging of functions eliminates the need for separate anesthetic devices and handlers, streamlining the surgical process and reducing procedure time while maintaining effective anesthesia delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The surgical table is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support for the specimen, delivers anesthesia through integrated channels, and allows for rotation to enable access from various angles. This multi-functionality consolidates what would traditionally require separate devices into a single unified system, improving efficiency without sacrificing capability.
2Ease of operation
If the specimen is secured to a stationary table, then stability is maintained, but easy access from various angles during procedure is not allowed
Solution Approach 1:
The surgical table incorporates a rotation mechanism that allows the platform to rotate while the specimen remains secured. This dynamic capability enables surgeons to access the specimen from various angles by rotating the table, while the specimen's secured position on the rotating platform maintains its stability relative to the table surface throughout the procedure.
3Ease of operation
If the platform member rotates relative to the base member, then easy access from various angles is enabled, but maintaining fluid communication for continuous anesthesia delivery becomes challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a dynamic rotation mechanism between the platform member and base member that maintains functional connectivity during movement. The rotation capability allows the platform to be repositioned for various surgical angles while the anesthetic delivery system adapts to maintain continuous flow through the channels, ensuring reliable anesthesia delivery throughout the rotation and positioning operations.
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 and continuous anesthesia delivery during specimen rotation, improving procedural efficiency and reducing costs by integrating anesthesia administration directly into the surgical table, allowing for easier access and manipulation of the specimen from various angles.
Implementation Method 1
the at least one platform channel and the at least one base channel are in fluid communication, and wherein the platform member may be configured to rotate relative to the base member while maintaining said fluid communication
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AI summary
Provided is a rotatable surgical apparatus and accompanying method for processing a specimen via the rotatable surgical apparatus. The surgical apparatus may include a base member and a platform member where the platform member and base member abut. Each of the base member and platform member may define one or more channel. The one or more base channels may be in fluid communication with the one or more platform channels. A nozzle may be disposed on the top surface of the platform member, in fluid communication with the at least one platform channel and may administer anesthetic to a specimen.