Diagnostic Kit Container With AR Proctoring Platform
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote health testing and diagnostic systems face challenges in ensuring timely test delivery, verification, and result reporting for at-home COVID-19 tests, as well as connecting patients with medical providers for guidance and oversight, particularly during public health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Innovation Solution
A medical diagnostic test kit container equipped with a QR code that, when scanned, initiates an augmented reality experience, providing users with information and connecting them to a proctoring platform for overseeing test procedures and verifying results, while also facilitating the ordering and delivery of prescription medications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If at-home testing is implemented, then patient convenience and accessibility are improved, but logistical and technical issues such as test delivery, verification, and result reporting become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a proctoring platform as an intermediary system that mediates between patients taking at-home tests and healthcare providers. This platform handles the complex logistical coordination, verification of test administration, and result reporting, thereby maintaining patient convenience while managing the increased system complexity through a dedicated intermediary layer
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual verification processes with automated digital verification systems. The proctoring platform uses electronic communication, digital verification protocols, and automated result reporting mechanisms to substitute for traditional manual testing and verification processes, reducing the operational burden on patients while streamlining the overall system
2Reliability
If remote proctoring is used to verify test administration, then test integrity is improved, but connection requirements and technical coordination become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service verification model where patients independently complete the testing procedure while being remotely monitored by the proctoring platform. The system automatically captures images and video of the test administration, and patients themselves provide the necessary information and guidance, reducing the need for complex real-time coordination while maintaining test integrity
Solution Approach 2:
The proctoring platform incorporates feedback mechanisms that provide real-time guidance to patients during test administration and automatically verify test completion. The system captures images and video, verifies test results against predetermined criteria, and provides immediate feedback on test integrity, thereby ensuring reliability without requiring complex continuous coordination
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple medical diagnostic test kits are provided in a container, then versatility is improved, but organization and user guidance become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the container into organized compartments or sections for different medical diagnostic test kits. Each test kit is individually packaged and labeled, making it easy for users to locate and select the appropriate test. This segmentation maintains versatility while simplifying organization and user guidance through clear physical separation and labeling of different test types
Data Source
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.