Telescopic X-ray Manipulation System with Cable Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing X-ray apparatus systems lack flexibility in positioning the radiation source and receiver, limiting the ability to perform oblique projections and requiring extensive cabling that can become entangled and collect dust, restricting practical patient coverage and examination capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A manipulation system with rotatable and extendable telescopic columns, allowing for independent movement and positioning in a X-Y plane, along with a cable management system using flexible enclosures and pulleys to maintain cable tension and organization, enabling precise and versatile placement of X-ray equipment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If two telescopic columns slide in the same rail, then the system structure is simplified, but positioning flexibility is limited and oblique projections in both directions cannot be performed
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the positioning function into two independent telescopic columns, each capable of sliding in opposite directions along the rail. This segmentation allows the source and detector to be positioned independently, enabling oblique projections in both directions while maintaining a relatively simple rail-based structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The telescopic columns are designed with dynamic extension and retraction capabilities, allowing them to change length independently. This dynamic behavior enables flexible positioning of the X-ray source and detector at various distances from the rail, providing adaptability for different examination configurations including oblique projections.
2Adaptability or versatility
If extensive cabling is provided to accommodate extreme positions, then all positions can be reached, but cables become slack, entangled, and collect dust
Solution Approach 1:
The cable management system recovers excess cable length by winding it onto reels when the apparatus moves away from extreme positions. This prevents cables from becoming permanently slack and entangled, while still allowing the apparatus to reach all required positions during examinations.
Solution Approach 2:
A cable management system with reels and guides acts as an intermediary between the fixed cable routing and the moving X-ray apparatus. This intermediary mechanism controls cable tension and routing, preventing direct contact between slack cables and the examination area, thereby reducing dust accumulation and interference.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the X-ray source and detector are positioned at the end of the table for oblique angles, then oblique projections are possible, but patient coverage is limited to head or feet only
Solution Approach 1:
By providing two independent telescopic columns instead of a single positioning system, the invention enables the source and detector to be positioned independently at different locations along the rail. This allows oblique projections to be performed at multiple positions along the patient's body, not just at the head or feet.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a longitudinal dimension to oblique projection capability by allowing the source and detector to be positioned at different distances from the rail along the length of the table. This enables oblique views of body sections remote from the head and feet, expanding patient coverage beyond the traditional end-position limitation.
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AI summary
A manipulating system, for manipulating two telescopic columns into desired positions in particular for use in an X-ray apparatus is disclosed, wherein the system comprises: one or more rails arranged in parallel in a first direction X and fastened to a ceiling; a carriage comprising an upper and a lower section, where said upper section comprises means for travelling along the rails in the X direction and the lower section is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to a horizontal X-Y plane by means of a rotation device arranged between the upper and lower section; —two sliding rails arranged in parallel with a mutual distance between the rails, provided in a lower face of the lower section, where the sliding rails overlap each other in the direction of the longitudinal extent of the sliding rails; —two telescopic columns extendable in a Z direction perpendicular to the X-Y plane, where each column is slidably fastened to separate. sliding rails in the lower section, and where the columns may slide past each other on the sliding rails; —connection means arranged in the free ends of the telescopic columns, where said connection means may be used in order to mount X-ray equipment, detectors, extension arms, vision systems and the like.