Universal Animal Injury Platform for Multi-Condition Simulation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current scientific experiment setups lack a comprehensive platform for accurately simulating various injury conditions and environments, leading to inefficiencies in experimental processes, increased costs, and incomplete data collection due to limited multi-condition and multi-simulation capabilities.

Innovation Solution

A universal platform incorporating fragment, shock wave, low-temperature, low-pressure, burning, and seawater soaking assemblies, along with high-speed photography and binding mechanisms, to provide multiple injury modes and environments, ensuring comprehensive data capture and reduced experimental workload.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple separate experimental setups are used for different injury modes and environments, then comprehensive experimental capabilities are achieved, but device complexity and experimental cost increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinjury mode versatilityVSAvoidplatform complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal injuring platform that integrates multiple injury modes (fragment injury, shock wave injury, burning injury, low-temperature injury, low-pressure injury, seawater soaking injury) and multiple environment simulation capabilities (high-altitude, underwater, underground) into a single system. This allows one platform to perform functions that previously required multiple separate setups, thereby reducing overall device complexity while maintaining comprehensive experimental capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges previously separate experimental apparatuses into an integrated platform. Different injuring assemblies (fragment generator, shock wave generator, burning assembly, low-temperature assembly, low-pressure assembly, seawater soaking assembly) and environment simulation assemblies are combined within a unified structure that shares common components such as the photographing system, binding assembly, and control systems, thereby reducing redundancy and complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If environment simulation equipment is added to provide severe environment conditions, then experimental capability in diverse conditions is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironment simulation capabilityVSAvoidplatform complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The environment simulation assembly is designed to provide multiple environment conditions (high-altitude simulation, underwater simulation, underground simulation) within a single integrated system. This allows the platform to simulate severe environment conditions across different scenarios without requiring separate dedicated equipment for each environment type, thereby improving versatility while controlling complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Measurement precision

If high-speed photography equipment is integrated to capture complete injury process, then measurement precision and data quality improve, but device complexity and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinjury process measurement precisionVSAvoidplatform complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The photographing assembly is integrated as a shared resource across all injury modes and environment simulations. A single high-speed photographing system captures data for fragment injury, shock wave injury, burning injury, and other modes, eliminating the need for separate photography equipment for each experimental type. This reduces overall device complexity while maintaining high measurement precision across all experiments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Productivity

If a universal platform integrates multiple injuring modes and environment simulations, then productivity and working efficiency improve, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveexperimental working efficiencyVSAvoidplatform complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The universal injuring platform enables researchers to conduct multiple types of injury experiments and environment simulations within a single system, eliminating the need to switch between separate apparatuses. This integration significantly improves experimental productivity and working efficiency by allowing seamless transitions between different injury modes and environmental conditions using a unified control and measurement system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

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

The platform enables efficient and accurate simulation of various injury conditions, reducing experimental costs and improving data quality by allowing multiple injury modes and environments, while ensuring safety and precise data capture through high-speed photography.

Implementation Method 1

injuring by high-pressure airflow shock waves

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHigh-pressure airflow: Pressure Gradient

Implementation Method 2

injuring by high-pressure airflow shock waves

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectShock waves: Shock Wave

Implementation Method 3

a low-temperature assembly for providing a low-temperature environment for the injured animal

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCooling: Cooling

Implementation Method 4

a low-pressure assembly for providing a low-pressure environment for the injured animal

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLow-pressure environment: Vacuum

Implementation Method 5

injuring by burning

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectBurning: Combustion

Data Source

PatentUS11660176B2Universal platform for accurately injuring animal under multi-condition and multi-simulation-environment
Publication Date: 2023.05.30 ARMY MEDICAL UNIV
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  • US11660176B2 patent drawing
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a universal platform for accurately injuring animal under multi-condition and multi-simulation-environment, the platform including a fragment assembly convenient for the animal to be injured by means of a fragment, a shock wave assembly convenient for the animal to be injured by means of shock waves, a low-temperature assembly for providing a low-temperature environment for an injured animal, a low-pressure assembly for providing a low-pressure environment for the injured animal, a burning assembly used for injuring the animal by means of burning, a seawater soaking assembly used for soaking the injured animal in seawater, a photographing assembly used for high-speed photography, and a binding assembly used for fixing the animal during fragment injury, shock wave injury, burning injury and seawater soaking.