Surgical Table Relocation Module for Cable and Air Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing operating rooms face inefficiencies and safety hazards due to unplanned equipment placement, leading to tripping hazards, contamination risks, and distractions for healthcare professionals, with equipment cables and hoses scattered across the floor, and inadequate ventilation and monitoring systems.
Innovation Solution
A relocation module is designed to house patient monitors and surgical equipment under the arm-board of the surgical table, incorporating cable management systems, waste heat and air management, and automated data capture to optimize equipment placement and reduce clutter and contamination risks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If equipment is placed in available shelf space above the anesthesia machine, then equipment can be stored and accessed, but the anesthetist cannot simultaneously observe the patient and monitors, creating safety distractions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent relocates monitors from the vertical space above the anesthesia machine to the horizontal plane of the surgical table, specifically positioning them on the far side of the table. This dimensional relocation allows the anesthetist to view both the patient and monitors simultaneously without head movement, resolving the contradiction between equipment accessibility and monitoring safety.
2Reliability
If monitors are placed on the far side of the surgical table, then simultaneous patient and monitor observation is enabled, but cable length and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the cable management problem from the overall system by providing dedicated cable routing pathways and connection points integrated into the surgical table structure. This allows cables to be routed cleanly along the table edges and underneath surfaces, preventing them from becoming tangled or creating tripping hazards while maintaining the beneficial monitor placement.
3Adaptability or versatility
If equipment is scattered throughout the operating room, then flexibility and adaptability are improved, but tripping hazards and contamination risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple previously separate equipment items (monitors, cable management systems, and potentially other surgical equipment) into a coordinated arrangement centered on the surgical table. By integrating these elements and providing dedicated mounting locations and routing pathways, the system maintains adaptability while eliminating scattered placement that creates tripping hazards and contamination risks.
Data Source
AI summary
An anesthetic equipment storage and waste air management module configured to housing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration. The module can include a housing having a lower section and a tower-like upper section, wherein the lower section is configured to house unrelated waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment. The module can also include a cowling that substantially confines waste heat generated by the unrelated waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment, and can include a system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids.