Defibrillator Status Detection Management Method

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Solution Overview

Problem

Automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) face challenges in timely status detection and maintenance, leading to potential malfunction during clinical use due to high energy consumption and inefficient power management, particularly in public settings where maintenance is often delayed and battery life is shortened by frequent status detection activities.

Innovation Solution

A status detection management method and system that automatically performs status detection on AEDs, comparing current and historical results to determine when to upload data, reducing unnecessary transmissions and conserving battery power by only uploading when results change or remain consistent over a set period, thereby optimizing energy consumption and enabling remote management of multiple devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If frequent status detection is performed on AEDs, then device reliability is improved through timely detection of failures, but energy consumption increases and battery life is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice reliabilityVSAvoidenergy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by comparing current status detection results with historical results and only triggering uploads when changes are detected. This feedback mechanism prevents unnecessary repeated uploads of identical status information, thereby reducing energy consumption while maintaining reliable monitoring of device changes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs partial action by selectively uploading only when status changes occur rather than continuously uploading all status data. This partial upload strategy reduces the frequency of energy-intensive transmission operations while still ensuring that all status changes are captured and reported

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

2Loss of information

If status detection results are uploaded frequently, then information completeness is improved, but energy consumption increases due to repeated transmissions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidenergy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses feedback comparison between current and historical status results to determine upload timing. By only uploading when actual status changes are detected, the system ensures complete information capture while avoiding redundant transmissions of unchanged status data, thus reducing energy consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Ease of operation

If AEDs are deployed in public places without timely maintenance, then device availability is improved for public use, but the risk of malfunction increases due to delayed maintenance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice availabilityVSAvoidmalfunction risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The AED system performs self-service through automatic status detection and self-diagnosis capabilities. The device autonomously monitors its own functional components (battery, charging/discharging circuits, ECG channels) and automatically uploads status changes without requiring manual inspection, enabling reliable monitoring in public places where maintenance personnel cannot provide timely service

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements remote feedback by automatically uploading status detection results to a server that can alert maintenance personnel. This feedback loop enables timely response to status changes even when devices are deployed in public places without immediate maintenance access, balancing device availability with malfunction risk management

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP3698846B1Defibrillator, state detection management method, state detection management system and device
Publication Date: 2024.10.16 SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A defibrillator, a status detection management method, a status detection management system and a device, which optimize the flux consumption of the defibrillator in the flow of uploading a status detection result, and is able to reduce the battery energy consumption of the defibrillator when networking and uploading the status detection result. A user can also perform remote management on a plurality of defibrillators by means of the status detection management system, and allows for timely detection of a machine failure and handle same, thereby effectively avoiding clinical risks.