Ventilation Unit Housing With Modular Storage and Separated Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ventilation devices have limited functionality and require multiple medical devices, leading to cumbersome transportation and setup in emergency situations.
Innovation Solution
A main unit of ventilation device with an integrated accommodation cavity for portable medical devices, allowing for modular expansion and separation of connection interfaces to reduce clutter and improve flexibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate medical devices are used for ventilation and monitoring, then functional versatility is improved, but device complexity and transportation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the ventilation device housing with an accommodation cavity that can hold portable medical devices such as monitoring instruments. This merging of functions allows the ventilation system to integrate multiple medical functions (ventilation + monitoring) into a single unified structure, improving versatility while maintaining manageable complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing structure serves multiple purposes: it provides structural support for the ventilation system, contains the accommodation cavity for additional devices, and offers mounting surfaces for various interfaces. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate structural components and simplifies the overall system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate medical devices are carried, then functional versatility is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to cumbersome wiring and transport
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating the accommodation cavity into the housing, the patent merges multiple devices into a single transportable unit. This eliminates the need to separately carry and wire multiple independent devices, significantly improving ease of operation during emergency situations while maintaining access to multiple functions.
3Volume of moving object
If connection interfaces are located close together, then device compactness is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to connection clutter
Solution Approach 1:
The patent distributes connection interfaces across different spatial locations on the housing rather than concentrating them in one area. This spatial distribution across multiple dimensions reduces connection clutter and improves accessibility during operation, while the overall device remains compact through efficient use of the housing volume.
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AI summary
Disclosed are a main unit of ventilation device, a ventilation device, and a medical device, including a housing, a gas path assembly and a pressure monitoring assembly. The housing is provided with an inner cavity and an outer side of the housing is recessed inward to form an accommodating cavity. The gas path assembly includes an oxygen control assembly and an output interface. The oxygen control assembly is connected with an oxygen supply apparatus, the output interface is connected with an inspiratory branch. the accommodation cavity is configured to removably accommodate at least one portable medical device. The portable medical device includes an interface side which is provided with a cable interface, wherein when the portable medical device is accommodated inside the accommodation cavity, the output interface and the cable interface are located on different sides of the housing, so as to expand its function and broaden a use scope.