Cochlear Implant Fitting Subsystem Emulation Device Data Isolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cochlear implant fitting systems struggle to distinguish between implanted devices and emulation devices, leading to data pollution and inaccurate fitting operations due to the inability to differentiate between the two, which affects the accuracy of patient data and fitting computations.
Innovation Solution
A cochlear implant fitting subsystem that maintains patient data and registration data for emulation devices, allowing it to detect and differentiate between implanted and emulation devices, preventing data from emulation devices from being included in patient data during operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a cochlear implant emulation device is used to emulate an implanted cochlear device for troubleshooting and diagnostic procedures, then the ability to diagnose and troubleshoot the cochlear implant system is improved, but the fitting system cannot distinguish between the emulation device and the implanted device, leading to data pollution and inaccurate patient data
Solution Approach 1:
A registration facility is introduced as an intermediary component that maintains registration data for emulation devices. The fitting facility queries this registration facility to determine whether a coupled cochlear implant device is an emulation device or an actual implanted device. This intermediary mechanism enables the fitting system to distinguish between the two device types, preventing data pollution while maintaining diagnostic capabilities.
2Ease of operation
If the fitting system treats all coupled devices as implanted devices, then all operations can be performed without differentiation, but data from emulation devices pollutes the patient data and affects fitting computations
Solution Approach 1:
The fitting facility implements a feedback mechanism by querying the registration facility to obtain information about the coupled device. Based on the registration data returned, the fitting facility determines whether to proceed with operations and whether to include acquired data in patient data. This feedback loop ensures data integrity while maintaining ease of operation, as the process is automated and does not require manual intervention.
3Measurement precision
If the fitting system prevents data from emulation devices from being included in patient data, then data pollution is avoided, but the system becomes more complex in managing and differentiating between device types
Solution Approach 1:
The registration facility maintains registration data for emulation devices in a self-service manner, allowing the fitting facility to automatically query and retrieve necessary information without manual intervention. The system self-differentiates between emulation and implanted devices through automated querying and processing, reducing the perceived complexity for users while maintaining data precision.
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AI summary
An exemplary method includes a cochlear implant fitting subsystem maintaining patient data associated with a cochlear implant patient, maintaining registration data for a cochlear implant emulation device registered with the fitting subsystem and configured to emulate an implanted cochlear device, detecting a coupling of a cochlear implant device to the fitting subsystem, automatically determining, based on the registration data, that the coupled cochlear implant device is the cochlear implant emulation device registered with the fitting subsystem, performing one or more operations while the cochlear implant emulation device is coupled to the fitting subsystem, and preventing data acquired by the fitting subsystem during the performance of the one or more operations while the cochlear implant emulation device is coupled to the fitting subsystem from being included in the patient data. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.