Image-Guided Cosmetic Injection Parameter Planning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Determining the proper dosage, location, depth, and angle for cosmetic medical injections, such as botulinum neurotoxin injections, is challenging and often requires experienced personnel due to the difficulty in achieving the desired effect without causing additional pain or delayed absorption.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a camera, display, and processing system that captures digital images, allows user input to adjust desired appearances, and calculates injection parameters to achieve those appearances, including location, depth, dosage, and angle, with optional projection for guidance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If experienced personnel manually determine injection parameters, then flexibility and adaptability are maintained, but time consumption and subjectivity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical assessment process with an automated image processing system. The camera captures images of the body part, and image processing algorithms automatically analyze the images to determine injection parameters such as location, depth, and dosage, eliminating the need for manual visual assessment by experienced personnel.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a digital copy (image) of the body part and analyzes this copy to determine injection parameters. The camera captures a digital image, which is then processed by algorithms to extract relevant information about the body part's characteristics, allowing automated determination of treatment parameters without direct manual intervention.
2Measurement precision
If manual determination methods are used, then system simplicity is maintained, but measurement precision and reliability of injection parameters decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual visual assessment with automated image processing algorithms that objectively measure and analyze body part characteristics. The system processes digital images to precisely determine injection parameters such as location, depth, and dosage, providing more accurate and reliable measurements than manual methods.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback by displaying processed images and determined injection parameters to the user. This feedback mechanism allows verification and adjustment of the automated measurements, ensuring precision while maintaining user control over the process.
3Manufacturing precision
If automated image processing is implemented, then measurement precision improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual assessment with automated image processing to achieve precise injection parameter determination. The system uses camera-based imaging and digital image analysis to accurately determine location, depth, and dosage, providing manufacturing-level precision in medical administration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is designed to handle multiple functions within a single integrated platform: capturing images, processing images, determining injection parameters, and providing guidance. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate tools and manual processes into one unified system.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed that include determining medical treatment parameters based on a desired appearance. The system includes a camera, a display, and a processing system. The system may also include a projection device or system. The camera may capture one or more digital images of a body part of a subject. The display may display one of the digital images captured by the camera and allow inputs through a touchscreen user interface that alter a characteristic of the body part of the subject based on a desired appearance of the subject. The processing system may analyze the inputs and the desired appearance of the subject to calculate a medical treatment designed to achieve or to correspond to the desired appearance in the subject.