Slideable Platform for Patient Conveying Equipment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current patient conveying equipment, such as gurneys, does not allow medical personnel to perform procedures on patients while the equipment is in transit without having to walk beside it, often compromising treatment due to unfavorable patient positioning and requiring unnecessary movement.
Innovation Solution
A platform that can be attached to conveying equipment, featuring a base with a coupling receiver and a slideable platform member that can extend to provide a stable working surface for medical personnel, allowing them to perform procedures without walking beside the equipment and maintaining optimal positioning relative to the patient.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If medical personnel walk beside the conveying equipment during patient transport, then they can perform procedures on the patient, but the treatment quality is compromised due to unfavorable positioning and the need for continuous movement
Solution Approach 1:
The platform serves as an intermediary between the medical personnel and the conveying equipment. It attaches to the equipment frame and provides a stable working surface that moves with the equipment, allowing medical personnel to maintain optimal positioning relative to the patient without walking beside the equipment during transport.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the patient is positioned at a higher height on the conveying equipment, then the equipment is more stable during transport, but the patient becomes difficult to access for medical procedures
Solution Approach 1:
The platform extends horizontally from the equipment frame in addition to the vertical height provided by the equipment itself. This creates a two-dimensional working surface that allows medical personnel to access the patient at the elevated height while maintaining lateral accessibility, effectively adding another dimension to the working space.
3Reliability
If medical personnel remain stationary relative to the patient during transport, then treatment quality improves, but current equipment design does not allow this without walking beside the equipment
Solution Approach 1:
The platform is designed to be dynamically adjustable, allowing it to extend and retract as needed. It attaches to the moving equipment frame and moves with it, providing a stable working surface that adapts to the transport conditions while allowing medical personnel to maintain a stationary position relative to the patient throughout the transport process.
Data Source
AI summary
A platform adapted to be attached to a piece of conveying equipment such as a gurney. The platform includes a base defining a cavity. The platform further includes a coupling receiver mounted on the top of the base. The coupling receiver receives a support structure of the conveying equipment and releasably secures the platform to the conveying equipment. A platform member is slideably received within the cavity and is moveable between extended and non-extended positions.