Standing ICU Nursing Workstation Floor-Mounted Columns
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ICU suspension bridge/tower structures face challenges in installation and maintenance due to their suspension connection, which is inconvenient and poses safety hazards, and the flexible medical gas tubes have a short service life, leading to potential safety accidents.
Innovation Solution
A standing ICU nursing workstation with a main beam and monitoring/nursing columns fixed to the floor, using rigid medical gas tubes and power supplies, and incorporating alarm systems and movable medical equipment to ensure safety and ease of maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a suspension connection structure is used to hang the ICU bridge/tower from the ceiling or floor slab, then the structure can be installed without floor bearing points, but the installation and maintenance become inconvenient and safety hazards increase due to frequent maintenance requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional suspension structure by changing from a ceiling/floor-slab suspension to a floor-standing structure. The monitoring column and nursing column are fixedly connected to the floor with bearing points, eliminating the need for suspension connection brackets and making the structure stable without requiring frequent maintenance of suspension components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the ICU bridge into segmented columns (monitoring column and nursing column) that are independently fixed to the floor. This segmentation allows each column to be independently installed and maintained, improving both installation convenience and maintenance accessibility compared to a monolithic suspension structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If flexible hoses are used to connect medical gas tubes to terminals, then installation is flexible, but the hoses age easily causing safety accidents and require regular maintenance and replacement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical parameter of the medical gas tube from flexible hose to rigid tube. The rigid tube structure eliminates the aging problem of flexible hoses while maintaining installation flexibility through the articulated arm mechanism that allows positional adjustment. This parameter change significantly improves reliability and service life.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an articulated arm mechanism that provides dynamic adjustment capability to the rigid tube system. The articulated arm allows the rigid medical gas tube to be positioned and angled as needed, maintaining the installation flexibility previously provided by flexible hoses while retaining the durability of rigid tubing.
3Quantity of substance
If a large volume medicine solution rack is used in the existing ICU suspension bridge/tower, then storage capacity is sufficient, but the rack is inconvenient to connect and move within a limited bed space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the medicine solution rack dynamic by enabling it to slide along the nursing column and rotate at the connection point with the main beam. This dynamic design allows the rack to be moved and repositioned within the limited bed space while maintaining adequate storage capacity, solving the contradiction between storage volume and mobility.
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AI summary
The present invention discloses a standing intensive care unit (ICU) nursing workstation. The standing ICU nursing workstation includes a main beam, and a monitoring column and a nursing column which are respectively connected to two ends of the main beam on a floor; the nursing column is connected to one end of a horizontal segment of the main beam; the main beam is provided with a sleep lamp, a patient information digital display screen, an auxiliary illuminating lamp and an infusion solution pump support arm; the infusion solution pump support arm is provided with an alarm indicator, a medicine solution pump rack assembly and an examination illuminating lamp; the monitoring column is provided with a treatment monitoring function assembly; the nursing column is provided with a nursing function assembly; the monitoring column and the nursing column are both provided with a medical gas tube security control device and a power supply security control device; a rigid medical gas tube and a strong/weak power supply respectively extend into the main beam, the monitoring column and the nursing column to correspondingly connect a medical gas tube security control device and a medical gas terminal.