Side-Lying X-Ray Bed With Detector Mount to Avoid Patient Transfers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Patients with mobility difficulties experience significant pain and require considerable manpower for transportation during X-ray imaging, especially when their chest is filled with water or air, as they need to be moved multiple times between beds and imaging tables.
Innovation Solution
A side-lying bed for X-ray imaging with a frame, mattress, and detector mounting unit that allows a patient to lie on their side for imaging, equipped with a detector mounting unit for a portable X-ray device, handrails, and wheels for mobility, enabling imaging without transferring the patient.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a patient with mobility difficulties is transported multiple times between beds and imaging tables for X-ray imaging, then X-ray imaging can be performed in the standard imaging room, but the patient experiences significant pain and considerable manpower is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the bed and imaging table into a single integrated device. The bed includes a detector mounting unit that can hold an X-ray detector, and the bed itself can be positioned for imaging. This merging eliminates the need to transfer the patient between separate beds and imaging tables, directly resolving the contradiction by maintaining imaging capability while improving patient comfort and reducing staff workload.
Solution Approach 2:
The bed is designed with multi-functionality: it serves as both a patient bed and an imaging table. The detector mounting unit and the ability to position the bed for various imaging angles allow it to perform multiple functions. This universality resolves the contradiction by enabling X-ray imaging to be performed on the bed itself, eliminating transfers while maintaining imaging reliability.
2Reliability
If a conventional imaging table is used in the X-ray imaging room, then X-ray imaging can be performed, but the patient must be moved from the hospital room bed to the imaging table and positioned in a side-lying posture
Solution Approach 1:
The bed integrates the imaging table functionality directly into the bed structure. The detector mounting unit is attached to the bed frame, and the bed can be positioned for imaging without requiring separate imaging table equipment. This merging reduces device complexity by eliminating the need for multiple separate devices and transfer steps while maintaining imaging quality.
3Ease of operation
If a portable X-ray imaging apparatus is used with the bed, then imaging can be performed without moving the patient, but the detector must be properly mounted and positioned
Solution Approach 1:
The detector mounting unit is designed to be adjustable and movable. The detector can be positioned at different locations on the bed frame, and the mounting unit itself can be moved along the bed. This dynamic design resolves the contradiction by providing easy detector positioning and mounting while enabling imaging without patient movement, thus improving ease of operation without excessive complexity.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a bed configured to such that a patient with the chest full of water or air may assume a posture of lying on his or her side when taking an X-ray image and, in particular, configured to allow X-ray imaging to be easily carried out when the patient is lying on his or her side, reduce the transportation of a patient with limited mobility, and reduce the staffing of a medical team. The side-lying bed, according to the present invention, to achieve the purposes as described above comprises: a frame that supports a patient with a side-lying posture; a mattress with cushions positioned on the upper surface of the frame; and a detector mounting unit formed on one side of the frame in a longitudinal direction of the frame such that a detector for X-ray imaging can be mounted on the detector mounting unit.