Biological Fluid Treatment Interface With Layout-Matched User Guidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for treating biological fluids, such as blood products, face challenges in user interaction efficiency and potential for process errors, particularly when handling large volumes or different types of fluids.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a graphical user interface that provides visual aids and time information to guide users through the treatment process, ensuring proper handling and timely removal of treated materials, with graphical user interfaces oriented to match the device layout for clarity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple different disposable processing sets are used for different blood products, then pathogen inactivation effectiveness is improved, but device complexity and user interaction difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates a user interface that provides real-time feedback and guidance to operators during the pathogen inactivation process. The interface displays step-by-step instructions, confirms proper container placement, and guides users through the specific procedures for different blood product types, thereby managing the complexity introduced by multiple processing set configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The user interface acts as an intermediary between the complex multi-container assembly system and the operator. It translates the complex interactions between different container types, illumination requirements, and processing parameters into simple, guided steps for the user, reducing the perceived complexity while maintaining the sophisticated pathogen inactivation functionality.
2Reliability
If multiple different disposable processing sets are used for different blood products, then pathogen inactivation effectiveness is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface provides continuous feedback to guide operators through the complex process of handling different processing sets for various blood products. It confirms correct container placement, displays appropriate illumination sequences, and provides step-by-step instructions that adapt to the specific blood product type being treated, making operation easier despite the complexity of multiple set configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is designed to guide itself through the treatment process via automated illumination sequences and timer control. Once the operator loads the appropriate containers, the system autonomously manages the illumination timing and sequences for different container types, reducing the operational burden on the user while ensuring effective pathogen inactivation.
3Productivity
If automated illumination timing and sequences are implemented, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates automated timing and sequencing control that manages the illumination process autonomously. The microprocessor-controlled system automatically sequences the illumination of different containers based on their specific requirements and monitors treatment duration, enabling high productivity through automated operations while managing the inherent complexity through integrated control logic.
Solution Approach 2:
The automated control system incorporates feedback mechanisms that monitor the treatment process, track illumination timing, and adjust sequences as needed. This feedback-driven automation increases productivity by eliminating manual timing operations while the integrated control architecture manages the complexity of coordinating multiple containers and illumination parameters.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances user interaction efficiency and reduces the risk of errors by providing clear visual guidance and timely processing, ensuring accurate and efficient treatment of biological fluids.
Implementation Method 1
Light is emitted within a selected range of wavelengths that are effective to inactivate pathogens in the biological fluid, particularly by photochemical inactivation of pathogens with a pathogen inactivation compound
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for implementing a plurality of graphical user interfaces. In one or more examples, an electronic device can include a display that provides the users with a series of graphical user interfaces, each graphical user interface corresponding to one or more of a plurality steps that a user can engage in to operate the electronic device. The one or more graphical user interfaces can include a visual depiction of what the user should be doing to operate the device at a given time, and can provide the user with information necessary such as processing status and identification information of the material being treated so as to operate the device. In one or more examples, the plurality of graphical user interfaces can place data and information of the screen that corresponds to the physical layout of the electronic device.