The design and implementation of a mechanical quick connector for medical equipment

摘要

Several commonly used mechanical connectors in the field of medical equipment was enumerated and analyzed in this paper. A mechanical quick connector for medical equipment was designed. The mechanical structure was designed for quick connection needed in the field of mechanical equipment. It could save valuable emergency time and make it easier for changing or cleaning medical equipment. Several calculations were done to make sure the mechanical structure would work. The actual mechanism was processed, and it could connect/disconnect quickly and stably, which proved the feasibility of the design. The force that needed from an operator to disconnect the holding device was 1.2N, which was in the comfortable range of the force that human could provide by a single hand. The whole design conformed to the requirement of miniaturization and facilitation for medical equipment.