Integrated Camera Fluid Injector for Authorization and Procedure Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current fluid injectors in medical diagnostic and therapeutic procedures lack integrated image capture capabilities, making it difficult to ensure safety, ease of use, and proper authorization for users, as well as effective documentation of procedures and inventory management.
Innovation Solution
A fluid injector system equipped with at least one image capture device, such as a camera, that captures images or videos of patients, operators, and objects, and a control device with a processor to analyze the data for authorization, documentation, and inventory tracking, including facial recognition, object identification, and gesture recognition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If fluid injectors are designed to deliver preset amounts of fluid at preset pressure and flow rate, then injection precision is improved, but the system lacks safety features and authorization verification capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the fluid injector system with an image capture device (camera) and control system into an integrated unit. The camera is positioned to capture images of patients, operators, and procedural elements, while the control system processes these images for facial recognition, authorization verification, and procedural documentation. This merging allows the injector to maintain its precise fluid delivery capability while adding safety and authorization features through the integrated imaging system.
2Productivity
If fluid injectors use drive members to deliver fluid, then fluid delivery control is improved, but the system lacks automated documentation and inventory tracking capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses the image capture device to create visual copies (images and videos) of the procedural environment, including the fluid injector, syringe, patient, and operator. The control system processes these visual copies to automatically document procedural details, track inventory items through image recognition, and record authorization information. This copying approach enables automated documentation without interfering with the mechanical fluid delivery process driven by the drive members.
3Ease of operation
If technologists manually operate fluid injectors and image scanners, then procedural control is maintained, but training requirements increase and operational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service functionality through automated image processing and recognition algorithms. The control system automatically captures images, identifies operators through facial recognition, verifies authorization, and documents procedures without requiring manual intervention for these tasks. The system serves itself by autonomously performing safety checks, authorization verification, and procedural documentation, thereby simplifying operator tasks while maintaining procedural control.
4Measurement precision
If fluid injectors are used for contrast media injection, then imaging quality is improved, but coordination with image scanners becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the image capture device continuously monitors the procedural environment and provides real-time information to the control system. The control system processes this feedback to automatically coordinate the timing of contrast media injection with the image scanner operation. This feedback loop enables precise synchronization without requiring complex manual coordination, as the system automatically adjusts injection timing based on real-time imaging data and procedural progress.
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AI summary
A fluid injector system configured for use in administering at least one fluid to a patient, the fluid injector system including at least one image capture device configured for capturing image data in an environment surrounding the fluid injector system; and a control device comprising at least one processor programmed or configured to receive, with the at least one processor, the image data captured by the at least one image capture device; determine, with the at least one processor, whether the received image data comprises at least one predetermined characteristic; and perform, with the at least one processor, at least one action in response to determining whether the received image data comprises at least one predetermined char-acteristic.