Wireless Earpiece Medical Engine Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Wearable devices, such as wireless earpieces, are limited in functionality due to size constraints and processing power, preventing full integration of virtual assistants and medical engines that can retrieve and act on user biometrics and environmental data.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a medical engine within wireless earpieces that includes a processor, memory, sensors, and a transceiver, allowing for the execution of medical tasks, retrieval of data from medical databases, and provision of automatic assistance based on user preferences and biometric data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If virtual assistants and medical engines are integrated into wireless earpieces, then functionality and medical assistance capability are improved, but device complexity and processing requirements increase beyond current wearable limits

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemedical assistance capabilityVSAvoidprocessing power requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the medical engine functionality into two parts: a lightweight version executed locally on the wireless earpiece for immediate biometric monitoring and basic medical tasks, and a more comprehensive version accessible via cloud-based medical databases for complex medical queries and detailed analysis. This segmentation allows the wearable device to provide advanced medical assistance without requiring full processing power of a computer system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The wireless earpiece acts as an intermediary between the user and medical databases. It includes a transceiver that communicates with external systems and cloud-based medical databases, allowing the device to retrieve and process medical information without requiring all processing capabilities to be embedded within the earpiece itself. This mediator approach enables complex medical functionality while keeping the wearable device relatively simple.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If medical databases are made accessible to wireless earpieces, then medical information retrieval capability is improved, but data security and privacy protection requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemedical information accessVSAvoiddata security
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by establishing secure communication protocols and authentication mechanisms before accessing medical databases. The wireless earpiece verifies user identity and authorization levels prior to retrieving medical information, ensuring that data security measures are in place before any sensitive medical data is accessed or transmitted.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the wireless earpiece continuously monitors and reports on data access patterns, security events, and database interactions. This feedback loop allows for real-time detection of potential security threats and enables the system to adjust security measures dynamically, maintaining reliable data protection while enabling medical information retrieval.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10698983B2Wireless earpiece with a medical engine
Publication Date: 2020.06.30 BRAGI
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AI summary

A system, method, and wireless earpieces for implementing a medical engine utilizing wireless earpieces. A request is received from a user to be implemented by wireless earpieces. A medical engine is executed on the wireless earpieces. Information associated with the request is retrieved from one or more medical databases accessible to the wireless earpieces. An action is implemented to fulfill the request utilizing the information through the medical engine.