The design, construction and operation of a clinical operating table

number: 
2015
English
Degree: 
Author: 
Mohammed Maan Abdul Sattar
Supervisor: 
Dr. Albert E. Yousif
year: 
2008

Abstract: An important component of hospital equipment is a clinical operating table (surgical table). Operating tables have to perform various types of tasks. A simple traditional table cannot serve for all the tasks to satisfy up to date surgical requirements. For example, an operation table will differ from an examination table ,thus and surgical operating table offers the staff and nurses the required flexibility of movement and transportation . These tables are foldable when required. They are not only designed for diagnoses and surgical operations but also for the comfort they offer the patient. The work reported in this thesis describes the detailed design, construction and operation of clinical table. The construction of the table was achieved by using locally available materials (timber, steel sections, sponge, polymeric cover …..etc) and simple equipment like (hydraulic cylinder, actuator, screws, hinge joints………..etc). The table was tested with subjects of different weights and for the deflections and stresses of the various parts of the table. The values were calculated and compared with measured values. Such this design could be further improved such that a great saving can be achieved as compared with imported similar tables, where the cost of the foreign operating tables about 15000 to 20000$ but the operating table that made from local materials is about 2000 to 4000$.