Digital Twin Rehabilitation System for Remote Patient Monitoring

Solution Overview

Problem

Patients with brain disorders face difficulties in performing rehabilitation training at home due to the need for continuous hospital visits, and existing AR/VR-based rehabilitation services are often ineffective without medical knowledge, leading to risks of injury.

Innovation Solution

A system and method using digital twin technology to create a virtual model of a patient for rehabilitation training, allowing for remote monitoring and diagnosis by medical professionals through shared usage information, including video and sensing data, and kinematic simulations to optimize rehabilitation content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If patients perform rehabilitation training at home without medical supervision, then convenience and accessibility are improved, but rehabilitation effectiveness and safety deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a medical professional as an intermediary who remotely monitors and supervises the rehabilitation training. The system enables real-time communication between patients performing home training and medical professionals providing guidance, ensuring both convenience and safety are maintained simultaneously

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback mechanisms where medical professionals receive real-time data about patient progress and provide immediate guidance adjustments. This feedback loop ensures that home rehabilitation remains effective and safe while maintaining patient convenience

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If patients undergo continuous hospital visits for rehabilitation, then rehabilitation effectiveness is maintained, but accessibility and convenience deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical system of physical hospital visits with a digital remote monitoring system. Medical professionals can supervise rehabilitation effectiveness through electronic data transmission, video conferencing, and digital communication tools, eliminating the need for continuous physical presence while maintaining care quality

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides multi-functional capabilities including remote monitoring, real-time communication, data analysis, and guidance delivery all through a single integrated platform. This universal system enables effective rehabilitation supervision without requiring patients to be physically present at the hospital

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20240274261A1System, device, and method for controlling rehabilitation of patient

Publication Date: 2024.08.15

AI summary

Provided are a system, device, and method for controlling rehabilitation of a patient. The system includes a first device configured to create a virtual model for a first user on the basis of physical information of the first user using digital twin technology and a second device configured to visualize the virtual model and provide the visualized virtual model to a second user.