Surgical Traction Apparatus Using Adjustable Magnetic Force
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional surgical methods, such as laparotomy, require large incisions and result in significant blood loss and scarring, hindering patient recovery and daily life, while minimally invasive surgeries face challenges in effectively and safely pulling organs or tissues within the body.
Innovation Solution
A surgical traction apparatus featuring a magnetic body with adjustable magnetic strength, allowing for remote manipulation of organs or tissues using a moving body portion with a hook and an operating portion that adjusts magnetic force externally, enabling precise control without damaging tissues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional laparotomy is used to access organs inside the body, then surgical access is improved, but blood loss and scarring increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical surgical instruments that require large incisions with a magnetic field-based system. The magnetic body inside the body interacts with the magnet portion outside the body through magnetic attraction, eliminating the need for large incisions and mechanical manipulation through open wounds.
Solution Approach 2:
The magnetic field acts as an intermediary between the operating portion outside the body and the moving body portion inside the body. This intermediary allows force transmission and organ manipulation without direct mechanical contact or large incisions, thus avoiding blood loss and scarring while maintaining surgical access.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If minimally invasive surgery is used to reduce incisions, then blood loss and scarring are reduced, but the ability to effectively pull organs or tissues deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter of magnetic strength to control traction capability. The magnet portion can adjust its magnetic strength to provide appropriate pulling force on organs or tissues, achieving effective traction while maintaining minimally invasive benefits. The adjustable magnetic strength allows optimization of force application without increasing incision size.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent substitutes mechanical traction instruments that require large incisions with a magnetic field-based traction system. The magnetic attraction between the magnet portion and magnetic body provides the necessary pulling force on organs or tissues without mechanical contact through large wounds.
3Device complexity
If fixed magnetic strength is used in the magnet portion, then device complexity is reduced, but the ability to adjust traction to tissue type and thickness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic adjustability to the magnet portion, allowing the magnetic strength to be changed based on tissue type and thickness. This dynamic capability enables the system to adapt to different surgical conditions and tissue characteristics, improving versatility without significantly complicating the overall device structure.
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
Enables safe and precise traction of organs or tissues within the body by adjusting magnetic strength according to tissue type and thickness, reducing the risk of damage and facilitating minimally invasive procedures with improved surgical access and reduced recovery time.
Implementation Method 1
a magnet portion configured to be mounted on the operating portion and be with adjustable magnetic strength
Implementation Method 2
a first magnet layer including a permanent magnet having a polarity and a second magnet layer comprising a permanent magnet having a polarity
Implementation Method 3
an electromagnet portion including an electromagnet configured to be with changeable magnetic strength according to a level of a current
Data Source
AI summary
A surgical traction apparatus according to the present invention includes a moving body portion including a magnetic body and configured to be inserted into a body, a hook portion configured to be connected to the moving body portion inside the body and pull an object inside the body, an operating portion configured to operate the moving body portion to move inside the body while moving outside the body, and a magnet portion configured to be mounted on the operating portion and be with adjustable magnetic strength.