Activation Control Apparatus for Coupling Medical Intervention Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional automated intervention systems for medical diagnosis and therapy processes are vulnerable, unstable, and difficult to automate, especially in multistage systems, leading to inefficiencies and financial challenges due to incomplete coverage and country-specific complexities.
Innovation Solution
An activation and control apparatus that couples reciprocally or complementarily activatable automated intervention systems using a proxy trigger with measuring apparatuses to detect user-specific parameters and generate activation data, allowing seamless integration and dynamic adaptation to user-specific conditions, enabling real-time handling of coverage events and minimizing user involvement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If conventional automated intervention systems are used for medical diagnosis and therapy processes, then automation is achieved, but the systems become vulnerable and unstable
Solution Approach 1:
The intervention system is divided into multiple independent stages (first stage, second stage, third stage), each with its own intervention apparatus. These stages can operate independently or in coordination, allowing the system to maintain automation while improving stability through modular architecture. Each stage can be activated based on specific criteria without requiring complete system activation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary registration and verification mechanisms that cushion against system vulnerabilities before they manifest. By pre-registering intervention criteria and establishing activation thresholds in advance, the system prepares protective measures that prevent instability when activation decisions are made.
2Reliability
If framework parameters are determined for each intervention system, then intervention limits are synchronized, but the systems remain static and cannot dynamically adapt
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms static framework parameters into dynamic activation criteria. Instead of fixed intervention thresholds, the system uses registrable events and conditions that can be dynamically evaluated. The activation apparatus continuously monitors registered parameters and can adapt activation decisions based on current system state and pre-defined criteria, enabling dynamic response while maintaining controlled intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where activation decisions are based on registered events and current parameter states. The activation apparatus receives input from monitored parameters, evaluates them against registered criteria, and adjusts activation status accordingly. This feedback loop enables dynamic adaptation while maintaining controlled intervention through predefined registration rules.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multistage intervention systems are introduced, then coverage is improved, but the systems become complex and difficult to automate
Solution Approach 1:
The activation apparatus serves multiple functions: it activates individual intervention apparatuses, coordinates between stages, registers events, and monitors parameters. This universal activation mechanism simplifies the overall system architecture by providing a common control interface for all intervention stages, reducing complexity despite the multistage structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The activation apparatus acts as an intermediary between the registered events and the intervention apparatuses. Instead of direct complex interactions between multiple intervention systems, the activation apparatus mediates by receiving registration data, evaluating activation criteria, and triggering appropriate interventions. This intermediary layer simplifies automation by centralizing the decision-making logic.
4Speed
If complete automation is implemented, then response time is reduced, but user involvement is minimized to the point of losing control
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service automation where the activation apparatus autonomously monitors registered parameters, evaluates activation criteria, and triggers interventions without continuous user input. Once events are registered and criteria set, the system serves itself by automatically making activation decisions, achieving fast response times while maintaining user-defined control through the initial registration configuration.
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AI summary
Activation and control apparatus (11) and also appropriate process for coupling two reciprocally activatable automated intervention systems (10/12) for coverage events in medical diagnosis and/or therapy processes, where the activation and control apparatus (11) comprises a proxy trigger (14), which proxy trigger (14) comprises at least first measuring apparatuses (141) which can be used to detect first measurement parameters on the basis of user-specific walking distance and/or a user-specific visual accuracy and/or a user-specific sitting period, and/or second measuring apparatuses which can be used to detect second measurement parameters on the basis of user-specific communication ability. The measurement parameters can be stored in a lookup table (15) in association. The proxy trigger (14) also comprises a filter module (146), where the filter module (146) can be used to generate appropriate activation parameters on the basis of the measurement parameters in the lookup table (15) and associated, synchronized threshold parameters if at least one of the measurement parameters exceeds the associated threshold value. In addition, the activation and control apparatus (11) also comprises means (13) for generating the activation data on the basis of the activation parameters.