Data Transfer Component for Cardiac Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing user-specific portable heart rate monitor systems face challenges in efficiently storing and transferring measured data, particularly due to complications in wireless transmission and reliability issues.
Innovation Solution
A data transfer component with a waterproof plastic casing, incorporating a heart sensor connector for electromechanical coupling, an amplifier, analog-to-digital converter, controller, and memory, which enables reliable storage and transfer of cardiac data, along with optional features like wireless transmission and user authentication, using standardized interfaces for easy attachment and detachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If wireless transmission is used for data transfer, then convenience is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to transmission limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically switches between wireless and wired transmission modes based on availability. The controller monitors transmission conditions and automatically selects the appropriate interface (wireless antenna or electrical connector) to maintain reliable data transfer while preserving convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The data transfer component acts as an intermediary between the heart sensor and external devices, providing multiple transmission pathways. It includes both wireless communication circuitry and wired electrical connectors, allowing the system to mediate data transfer through the most reliable available channel.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple functional components are integrated in the data transfer component, then data management capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional components into a single integrated data transfer component: memory for data storage, wireless communication circuitry for wireless transmission, electrical connectors for wired connection, and a controller for managing all operations. This merging provides versatile data management while containing complexity within a unified module.
Solution Approach 2:
The data transfer component is designed as a multi-functional unit that can perform diverse operations: storing measured data in memory, transmitting data wirelessly via antenna, transferring data through electrical connectors, and controlling all these functions through a centralized controller. This universal design improves adaptability without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution allows for seamless storage and transfer of cardiac data to external devices, enhancing data management and usability in portable heart rate monitoring systems, ensuring reliable operation and user-specific data security.
Implementation Method 1
The user wearable structure comprises an electronic circuit for detecting an electrocardiogram from the surface of the user's skin
Implementation Method 2
The data transfer component includes an analog-to-digital converter
Data Source
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AI summary
A data transfer component (100) receives cardiac data from a heart sensor (106) while the data transfer component (100) is electromechanically coupled with the heart sensor (106) sensitive to heart activity. A standard electromechanical interface (102) of the data transfer component (100) and a counterpart (104A) of the heart sensor (106) are repeatedly connectable and disconnectable. The received data is stored in the data transfer component (100). The stored data is transferred from the data transfer component (100) to an external device while the data transfer component (100) is electromechanically coupled with the external device by using a coupling between the standard electromechanical interface (102) of the data transfer component (100) and a counterpart of the external device which are repeatedly connectable and disconnectable.