Automatic Patient Device Registration via Combined ID Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for registering patient-bound medical devices with remote data processing systems are inefficient due to manual data input, which leads to time delays, data corruption, and increased administrative effort, reducing device acceptance among physicians.
Innovation Solution
An automatic registration method where physician identification data is combined with device identification data in a registration message and transmitted to the data processing system, allowing for secure, error-free registration and validation without human intervention, using a programming device to generate and transmit a data structure as a registration message.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual transmission of device identification data is used for registration, then the registration procedure can be performed, but time delays and administrative effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patient-bound medical device automatically transmits its own device identification data to the programming device without requiring manual intervention. The device self-registers by sending its identification data through the programming device to the data processing system, eliminating the need for physicians to manually input data and significantly reducing registration time.
2Reliability
If manual input of device identification data is used, then registration can be completed, but data corruption and loss may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The manual mechanical process of writing and transmitting device identification data via fax or paper forms is replaced with an automated electronic data transmission system. The device identification data is electronically extracted from the medical device and transmitted digitally to the programming device and then to the data processing system, eliminating errors associated with manual copying and transmission.
3Productivity
If automated registration is implemented, then registration speed improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The programming device serves multiple functions: it acts as a configuration tool for the medical device, a data transmission interface, and a registration system. By combining these functions into an existing device that physicians already use for device configuration, the system achieves automated registration without adding separate complex registration equipment, thus limiting the increase in overall system complexity.
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AI summary
A method for automatic registration of a patient-bound medical device with a remote data processing system, physician identification data being transmitted to the patient-bound medical device, the physician identification data being combined together with device identification data to form a registration message, the registration message being transmitted from the patient-bound medical device to the data processing system, and the data processing system checking the data contained in the registration message and, in case of success, performing the registration, as well as apparatuses for this purpose.