Diagnostic Kit Container With Augmented Reality Proctoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenges of at-home COVID-19 testing during the pandemic highlighted logistical and technical issues such as ensuring timely test delivery, verification, and reporting, as well as connecting patients with medical providers for guidance, which are not unique to COVID-19 and persist in remote health diagnostics.
Innovation Solution
A medical diagnostic test kit system that includes a container with QR codes or augmented reality codes, enabling users to access information and connect with proctoring platforms for overseeing test procedures and verifying results through portable devices, along with a computer-implemented system for proctored examinations that facilitates remote health testing, prescription ordering, and delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If at-home testing is implemented, then patient convenience and accessibility are improved, but test delivery timing and result verification reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements real-time feedback mechanisms where patients can track test kit delivery status, receive automated notifications when tests are ready, and get updates on result verification progress. This continuous feedback loop ensures patients are informed at each stage, maintaining reliability of timely delivery while preserving the convenience of at-home testing.
Solution Approach 2:
A centralized digital platform acts as an intermediary between patients, testing facilities, and verification authorities. This intermediary system coordinates the complex logistics of test delivery, sample transport, and result verification, ensuring timely and reliable processes while keeping the patient experience simple and convenient.
2Ease of operation
If at-home testing is implemented, then travel to testing sites is avoided, but connection with medical providers and test verification complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple functions into a single integrated platform: patient registration, test kit ordering, remote proctoring, sample submission coordination, and result verification are all combined in one digital system. This consolidation simplifies the verification process for patients while managing the complexity of coordination between all stakeholders.
Solution Approach 2:
Patients perform self-service functions including online registration, test kit unboxing with automated guidance, sample collection, and result viewing. This self-service approach eliminates the need for complex in-person verification procedures while maintaining thorough testing protocols, thereby avoiding travel without increasing perceived complexity.
3Ease of operation
If remote proctoring is implemented, then patient privacy and comfort are improved, but monitoring accuracy and test integrity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces physical proctor presence with digital proctoring technology using cameras, microphones, and software-based monitoring. This substitution maintains patient privacy and comfort by eliminating physical intrusion while ensuring test integrity through automated observation of testing procedures and environmental monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
Remote proctors receive real-time feedback from multiple camera angles and can immediately intervene if testing protocols are not followed. The system provides continuous monitoring feedback to ensure test integrity while allowing patients to complete tests in private, comfortable home environments.
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AI summary
An at-home medical diagnostic test kit container including a plurality of at-home medical diagnostic test kits is provided herein. In particular, the medical diagnostic test kit container may include a machine-readable code (e.g., QR code) configured to facilitate an augmented reality experience associated with the at-home medical diagnostic test kit container. In some embodiments, a testing and diagnostic platform may facilitate tracking of inventory within the at-home medical diagnostic test kit container and/or may facilitate coordination of prescription medication order fulfillment and delivery upon indication of a medical condition that could benefit from taking prescription medication.