Dynamic Guideline Tree for Therapy Visualization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for determining optimal therapies in healthcare are time-consuming, expensive, and biased, with published literature expanding rapidly, making it impossible for healthcare providers to aggregate and interpret all relevant data, leading to outdated guidelines and potential conflicts with new therapies or interactions.

Innovation Solution

A method involving the generation of a guideline tree based on therapies and guidelines, where each leaf node represents a therapy and each edge represents a guideline, allowing for a visual depiction that can be modified based on patient attributes, enabling healthcare providers to quickly identify suitable therapies and understand their interactions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual review of published literature is performed by subject-matter experts, then guidance and best practices can be provided, but the process becomes time-consuming, expensive, and inherently biased

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of therapy evaluationVSAvoidtime for reviewing literature
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical review process with an automated computational system that uses natural language processing and machine learning algorithms to analyze published literature, extract therapy information, and generate evidence-based recommendations, thereby eliminating time consumption and human bias while maintaining or improving accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary computational layer between the published literature and the decision-makers, which automatically processes and synthesizes the literature into structured guidance documents and best practices, reducing the need for direct manual review by experts

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If all published literature is aggregated and interpreted, then comprehensive and up-to-date guidelines can be generated, but the enormous amount of data makes it impossible for healthcare providers to evaluate all potential therapies

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of therapy informationVSAvoidcomplexity of data aggregation and interpretation
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the enormous body of published literature into manageable units by automatically extracting and organizing therapy information into structured formats with standardized schemas, making the data processable and interpretable without overwhelming healthcare providers

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal computational framework that can process diverse types of published literature (clinical trials, observational studies, guidelines) using the same automated extraction and synthesis methods, enabling comprehensive analysis without proportionally increasing complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Stability of the object's composition

If traditional static guidelines are used, then established best practices can be followed, but the guidelines become universally outdated and potentially conflict with newly discovered therapies or interactions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestability of guidelinesVSAvoidability to incorporate new therapies
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms static guidelines into dynamic, continuously updating recommendations by implementing automated systems that monitor new published literature, extract emerging therapy information, and refresh guidance documents in real-time, ensuring guidelines remain current while maintaining structural stability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback loops where the automated system continuously monitors new published literature and emerging therapies, compares them against existing guidelines, and automatically updates recommendations to resolve conflicts and incorporate new evidence, maintaining both stability and adaptability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11735320B2Dynamic creation and manipulation of data visualizations
Publication Date: 2023.08.22 MERATIVE US LP
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AI summary

Techniques for dynamic visualization of data are provided. A plurality of therapies is received, where each of the plurality of therapies is associated with a respective plurality of guidelines. A guideline tree is generated based on the plurality of therapies, where each leaf node in the guideline tree represents a respective therapy, and where each edge in the guideline tree represents a respective guideline. A visual depiction of the guideline tree is generated. Further, a first plurality of attributes associated with a first patient is received, and a first modified visual depiction of the guideline tree is generated based on the first plurality of attributes.