Cochlear Implant Fitting Subsystem Data Archiving
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cochlear implant patients' data management is inefficient, as existing systems lack a method to archive patient data without permanently deleting it, leading to cluttered interfaces and inaccessible historical data.
Innovation Solution
A fitting subsystem that maintains patient data instances, displays them in a graphical user interface, receives user requests to archive data, and archives the data by removing it from main views while keeping it accessible in a separate archive view.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If patient data is retained in the fitting system for record keeping and traceability, then compliance with regulations is improved, but the graphical user interface becomes cluttered and data management efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides patient data into two distinct segments: active data displayed in main views for current fitting work, and archived data stored separately for regulatory compliance. The archiving facility segments the data storage structure, allowing the fitting system to maintain only necessary active data in the graphical interface while preserving historical data in an archived state that complies with record-keeping requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts archived patient data from the main graphical user interface views and places it in a separate archived state. This extraction removes unnecessary data from the active working environment, reducing interface clutter and improving data management efficiency, while the extracted data remains preserved in the archiving facility for regulatory compliance purposes.
2Ease of operation
If all patient data instances are displayed in main views, then data accessibility is improved, but interface complexity and clutter increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing different display states for different types of data access. Active patient data instances are displayed in main views with full accessibility for current fitting work, while archived data instances are stored in a separate archived state accessible through specific archiving facility operations. This local differentiation optimizes the interface for its primary function while preserving data accessibility when needed.
3Device complexity
If patient data is permanently deleted to reduce clutter, then interface simplicity is improved, but data loss occurs and compliance requirements may be violated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a discarding and recovering mechanism where patient data can be moved to an archived state (temporary discarding from active views) while remaining recoverable. The archiving facility allows data to be archived when no longer actively needed, reducing interface clutter, but the data remains preserved and can be recovered or accessed when compliance requirements or future needs arise, preventing permanent data loss.
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AI summary
An exemplary method includes a fitting subsystem maintaining a plurality of patient data instances associated with a fitting of a cochlear implant system to a patient, displaying one or more of the patient data instances within one or more main views of a graphical user interface used to fit the cochlear implant system to the patient, receiving data representative of a request by a user to archive a patient data instance included in the plurality of patient data instances, and archiving, in response to the request, the patient data instance by preventing the patient data instance from being displayed within the one or more main views of the graphical user interface. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.