Anti-radiation Viewing Port Flat Surface Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current anti-radiation viewing ports in interventional radiology rooms have complex rebates, ribs, or grooves on the hot space side, making them difficult to clean and disinfect effectively.
Innovation Solution
The anti-radiation viewing port design features a peripheral attachment frame with a rebate bearing wing, a rebate periphery wing, and an attachment wing, creating a flat surface on the hot space side that facilitates cleaning and disinfection, while maintaining radio-protection continuity using inserts made of radio-protective materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If complex rebates, ribs or grooves are provided on the hot space side of the viewing port, then radio-protection continuity is ensured, but cleaning and disinfection become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment frame is divided into distinct functional components: a rebate bearing wing for screen mounting, a rebate periphery wing for positioning, and an attachment wing for wall fixation. This segmentation allows the hot space side to maintain a flat, cleanable surface while the radio-protection function is distributed through specific wing structures and joint seals
Solution Approach 2:
A joint structure with a front joint face acts as an intermediary element between the screen and the attachment frame. This joint structure provides the necessary sealing and radio-protection continuity while maintaining a flat external surface on the hot space side that is easy to clean and disinfect
2Ease of operation
If a flat surface is provided on the hot space side, then cleaning and disinfection are facilitated, but radio-protection continuity may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
Different parts of the attachment frame have different functions and properties: the rebate bearing wing and joint structure provide radio-protection and sealing, while the outer face of the attachment wing provides a flat cleanable surface. This local differentiation allows the surface to be flat for cleaning while maintaining radio-protection where needed
Solution Approach 2:
The viewing port assembly combines a transparent radio-protective screen material with a peripheral attachment frame made of non-radio-protective material. The frame includes inserts or structures that ensure radio-protection continuity while the outer surfaces remain flat and easy to clean
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an anti-radiation viewing port intended to be fitted to a wall opening provided in a wall which separates a space subjected to ionising radiation, the space being called a hot space, and a space which is not subjected to ionising radiation, the space being called a cold space. This anti-radiation viewing port includes a screen which is made from transparent radio-protective material and which is associated with a peripheral attachment frame. A joint structure is positioned between a rebate periphery wing of the peripheral attachment frame, and a peripheral screen edge; and the front screen face of the screen made of transparent radio-protective material, the front joint face of the joint structure and at least a portion of the outer face of an attachment wing which extends in continuation of the front joint face are located in the same plane or substantially in the same plane.