Universal Fluid Container Adapter for Endoscopic Tubing Sets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fluid container adapters are not compatible with a wide range of fluid container designs, necessitating manufacturers to produce multiple versions, complicating product acquisition and stocking for healthcare facilities.
Innovation Solution
Development of universal fluid container adapters that can couple with various fluid container designs, featuring adjustable threads, elastic members, and carriages to accommodate different thread patterns and dimensions, ensuring compatibility and secure fluid communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple versions of fluid container adapters are produced to match different fluid container designs, then compatibility with various container designs is improved, but device complexity and inventory management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter is designed with a universal interface that can accommodate multiple fluid container designs through a single standardized connection mechanism, eliminating the need for multiple specialized adapter versions and simplifying inventory management while maintaining broad compatibility
2Device complexity
If a standardized adapter design is used for all fluid containers, then device complexity and inventory management are simplified, but compatibility with different thread patterns and container designs is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter incorporates adjustable parameters such as interchangeable thread inserts or resizable sealing surfaces that can be modified to match different thread patterns and container dimensions, allowing a single standardized adapter design to accommodate various container types without compromising compatibility
3Reliability
If custom adapters are manufactured for each fluid container design, then compatibility and sealing performance are optimized, but manufacturing cost and acquisition complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter design separates the sealing function from the threading interface, using modular components such as removable seal elements or interchangeable thread adapters that can be independently manufactured and assembled, reducing overall manufacturing complexity while maintaining optimized sealing performance for different container designs
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 manufacturers to offer adaptable products for a broader market and simplifies product acquisition and stocking by healthcare facilities, while maintaining efficient and safe access to fluid contents.
Implementation Method 1
utilizing elastic members and adjustable threads to create a secure seal and fluid communication with the container's interior
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AI summary
Various embodiments are generally directed to fluid container adapters that couple with a fluid container, so to enable access to the contents of the fluid container, such as from an endoscopic system via a tubing set. Several embodiments are particularly directed to a fluid container adapter that can couple with an opening in a variety of fluid containers to place one or more tubes in fluid communication with an interior of any particular one of the variety of fluid containers.