AI Cannula Diagnostic Device for Liposuction Safety

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Solution Overview

Problem

Liposuction procedures face challenges due to practitioner fatigue leading to increased surgical accidents and difficulty in predicting surgical outcomes, making accurate post-care management challenging.

Innovation Solution

An artificial intelligence-based cannula surgery diagnostic device that senses cannula movement, processes surgical data, and provides real-time feedback and predictive analytics to ensure accurate and stable operations by learning from past data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If liposuction procedure is performed for extended duration, then surgical effect is achieved, but practitioner fatigue increases leading to surgical accidents

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesurgical safetyVSAvoidsurgical procedure duration

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDuration of action of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements real-time feedback systems including sensors that monitor cannula position, depth, and movement throughout the surgical procedure. This continuous feedback allows practitioners to maintain awareness of cannula location even during extended procedures, preventing fatigue-related errors while enabling prolonged surgical duration to achieve desired cosmetic results.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical monitoring with automated sensing systems. Sensors, transducers, and computational algorithms substitute for human sensory monitoring and judgment, allowing extended surgical procedures to be performed with maintained precision without relying on practitioner concentration levels that deteriorate over time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Adaptability or versatility

If general post-care method is prescribed, then post-care is provided, but accurate post-management according to individual surgical results is difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepersonalized post-care managementVSAvoidsurgical procedure data

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary data collection and analysis during the surgical procedure itself, capturing cannula movement patterns, tissue resistance, and procedural parameters. This preliminary action creates a comprehensive data foundation that enables personalized post-care recommendations rather than generic protocols, allowing post-management to be tailored to the specific characteristics of each surgical procedure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces computational algorithms and data processing systems as intermediaries between the surgical procedure and post-care management. These intermediaries transform raw surgical data into actionable insights and personalized care protocols, bridging the gap between procedural execution and post-operative management with precision tailored to individual cases.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If cannula movement is monitored in real-time, then surgical accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecannula position monitoring accuracyVSAvoiddiagnostic device structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent designs the diagnostic device to perform multiple functions using integrated sensor arrays that simultaneously monitor cannula position, depth, movement velocity, and tissue interaction forces. This multi-functionality achieves comprehensive real-time monitoring with a single unified device rather than multiple separate instruments, managing complexity through functional integration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements nested sensor configurations where sensors are positioned within or on the cannula structure itself. This nesting approach allows monitoring components to be embedded within the surgical instrument, achieving precise measurement capabilities while minimizing additional external device complexity through compact integrated design.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentUS11534201B2Artificial intelligence-based cannula surgery diagnostic device

Publication Date: 2022.12.27 365MC NETWORKS

AI summary

Disclosed is an artificial intelligence-based cannula surgery diagnostic device. The device includes a cannula stroke sensing unit for sensing a stroke of a cannula generated in a surgical procedure of a patient; a surgical data processing unit for receiving surgical data generated based on a stroke of the cannula; and a surgical prognostic information-generating unit for analyzing the received surgical data based on the existing learned surgical data to generate surgical prognostic information for the patient.