Controller for Respiratory and Exercise Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current pulmonary rehabilitation methods require significant resource intensity and supervision, making it challenging to provide effective and efficient treatment for patients with chronic lung conditions, especially those recovering from respiratory diseases like COVID-19, which limits their ability to conduct rehabilitation exercises at home without professional supervision.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize a controller communicatively connected with respiratory and exercise devices to automatically or semi-automatically adjust settings based on patient physiological parameters, such as heart rate and SpO2, to ensure safe and effective rehabilitation, reducing the workload of medical professionals and enabling remote supervision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If pulmonary rehabilitation is conducted with professional supervision and manual monitoring, then therapeutic effectiveness is improved, but resource intensity and operational complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables patients to conduct rehabilitation exercises independently at home using automated monitoring and feedback mechanisms. The controller automatically adjusts exercise device parameters and respiratory device settings based on real-time physiological data, eliminating the need for continuous professional supervision while maintaining therapeutic effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors physiological parameters (heart rate, SpO2, respiratory rate) and provides real-time feedback to automatically adjust exercise intensity and oxygen supplementation. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures safe and effective rehabilitation without requiring manual intervention from healthcare professionals.
2Reliability
If multiple physiological parameters are continuously monitored and automatically adjusted, then safety and effectiveness are improved, but device complexity and operational difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system integrates multiple monitoring functions (heart rate, SpO2, respiratory rate), exercise control, and oxygen supplementation into a single unified controller. This consolidation simplifies the user interface and operational workflow, allowing patients to benefit from comprehensive monitoring and automatic adjustment without dealing with multiple separate devices or complex procedures.
3Productivity
If automated control based on physiological parameters is implemented, then supervision requirements are reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller is designed to perform multiple functions: monitoring physiological parameters, controlling exercise device settings, adjusting respiratory device parameters, and providing real-time feedback. This multi-functional design consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems into a single integrated platform, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive automated supervision capabilities.
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AI summary
A method for assisting a patient in physical rehabilitation, the method being executed by a controller, and the controller being configurable with at least one physical rehabilitation strategy and being communicatively connected with a respiratory device and an exercise device. The method includes controlling at least one of a device setting of the respiratory device and a device setting of the exercise device, based on a target physical rehabilitation strategy among the at least one physical rehabilitation strategy.