AR Headset Guidance for Remote Medical Procedure Training
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current remote communication systems in healthcare lack the ability to provide real-time, personalized feedback and guidance for patients performing medical procedures, leading to issues such as lost follow-up and inadequate training, especially for self-administered treatments.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing Augmented Reality (AR) technology enables healthcare providers to guide patients through medical procedures remotely, offering visual, auditory, and haptic cues, with image recognition to track supplies and patient vitals, and allowing for real-time interaction and feedback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional remote communication systems are used for patient training, then device complexity is low, but information completeness and real-time feedback capability are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple communication modalities (video, audio, text, images) and feedback mechanisms into a single integrated remote training platform. This merging allows comprehensive information transmission while maintaining unified system management, resolving the contradiction between information completeness and system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The remote training system is designed to perform multiple functions including real-time video communication, image sharing, text messaging, and procedural guidance simultaneously. This multi-functionality ensures complete information exchange without requiring separate specialized systems for each communication type.
2Adaptability or versatility
If in-person training is provided for medical procedures, then training quality and real-time feedback are high, but patient accessibility and follow-up continuity are poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote training platform as an intermediary that bridges the gap between in-person training quality and remote accessibility. This intermediary system provides real-time video communication and interactive guidance, maintaining training quality while enabling patient accessibility from any location.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables patients to receive comprehensive training before actually performing medical procedures at home. By providing preliminary remote training with real-time feedback, patients are adequately prepared to perform procedures independently, ensuring both accessibility and training reliability.
3Loss of information
If multiple communication modalities are used for remote training, then information completeness improves, but system complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The remote training system automatically manages multiple communication modalities without requiring patients to manually switch between different tools or platforms. The system self-coordinates video, audio, text, and image transmission, making multi-modal communication easy to operate while maintaining information completeness.
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AI summary
A system for remote guidance of medical procedures enables patients to be remotely trained by a healthcare provider on how to perform a medical procedure. The system implements Augmented Reality (AR) technology to enhance the remote training of the patient by the healthcare provider. The system includes a patient interface subsystem, a provider interface subsystem, a patient communication module, and a provider communication module. The patient interface subsystem includes an AR headset that enhances the training of the patient by providing video feed enhanced with AR instructional elements while simultaneously providing intelligent feedback during the training session. The provider interface subsystem allows the healthcare provider to remotely monitor and communicate with the patient and to provide the appropriate guidance to the patient during the training session. The patient communication module and the provider communication module allow for remote communication between the patient and the healthcare provider during the training session.