Defibrillator and Chest Compression Coordination to Reduce Therapy Downtime
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multiple medical devices operating on a patient can experience conflicts, inefficiencies, and downtime due to manual operation challenges in high-stress environments, making it difficult to coordinate monitoring and treatment effectively.
Innovation Solution
Medical devices communicate wirelessly to coordinate therapy administration, analyzing data to determine control parameters for synchronized treatment delivery, minimizing conflicts and downtime.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple medical devices are operated manually in high-stress environments, then monitoring and treatment functions are provided, but conflicts and coordination difficulties arise between devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple medical devices into a coordinated system where they communicate through a common network interface. The monitoring device and treating device are combined into an integrated system that shares data and coordinates operations automatically, eliminating the need for manual coordination between separate devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the monitoring device continuously reports patient conditions to the treating device, which automatically adjusts treatment parameters based on real-time monitoring data. This closed-loop feedback enables automatic coordination without manual intervention.
2Ease of operation
If a user stops operating a first medical device to operate a second medical device, then the second device can be controlled, but downtime occurs for the first device
Solution Approach 1:
The medical devices perform self-service through automatic data exchange and coordinated operation. The monitoring device continues to monitor patient conditions autonomously while the treating device automatically receives and processes monitoring data, eliminating the need for user intervention to switch between devices and preventing downtime.
3Productivity
If multiple medical devices administer treatment simultaneously, then comprehensive therapy is provided, but conflicts and safety risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by having the monitoring device assess patient conditions and determine optimal treatment timing before the treating device administers therapy. The monitoring device prepares treatment parameters in advance and coordinates with the treating device to ensure safe simultaneous operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a network interface and control system as intermediaries between the monitoring device and treating device. This intermediary layer manages communication and coordination, ensuring that multiple devices can operate simultaneously without conflicts by mediating their interactions and resolving potential safety issues.
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AI summary
Techniques for administering therapy and monitoring a subject based on communication between medical devices are described. An example method includes receiving, by an external defibrillator, data from a mechanical chest compression device administering chest compressions to a subject, determining, by the external defibrillator, a control parameter for controlling administration of a therapy to the subject, and generating a control signal configured to cause the external defibrillator to administer the therapy to the subject in accordance with the control parameter. Another example method includes receiving, by a mechanical chest compression device, data from an external defibrillator that is administering a therapy to a subject, determining, by the mechanical chest compression device, a control parameter for controlling administration of chest compressions to the subject, and generating a control signal configured to cause the mechanical chest compression device to administer the chest compressions to the subject in accordance with the control parameter.