Single-Use Electrode Patch Wireless Data Broadcasting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for monitoring heart activity with multiple electrode patches become complex and inefficient, particularly in managing wireless connectivity and data transmission, often requiring excessive radio resources and limiting the ability to monitor multiple patients simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A single-use electrode patch that measures and displays heart activity while broadcasting data to external devices using wireless communication, including electromagnetic induction-based methods, allowing for simultaneous measurement, display, and data transfer, even if connection requests are received or predetermined times have passed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple electrode patches are used to monitor multiple patients or multiple parameters, then the monitoring capability is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into independent single-use electrode patches, each capable of autonomous measurement and wireless transmission. This segmentation allows multiple patients to be monitored simultaneously with simple, identical units rather than a complex centralized system.
Solution Approach 2:
Each electrode patch is designed as a universal unit that can monitor multiple parameters (heart rate, respiration, temperature, oxygen saturation) and communicate with various external devices through standardized wireless interfaces, enabling one patch design to serve multiple monitoring needs.
2Ease of operation
If wireless communication is used to transmit data from electrode patches, then the ease of operation is improved, but the radio resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electrode patches transmit wireless data periodically rather than continuously, adjusting the transmission frequency based on clinical needs. This periodic communication maintains ease of operation while significantly reducing radio resource consumption and battery power usage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patches automatically detect when data transmission is needed and initiate communication without requiring constant manual intervention or proximity to monitoring devices, reducing the operational burden on personnel while maintaining efficient data transfer.
3Reliability
If continuous monitoring and data transmission are performed, then the reliability is improved, but the use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs continuous measurement but uses periodic wireless transmission, maintaining reliability through continuous data collection while reducing energy consumption by keeping the wireless transmitter in low-power states between transmissions.
Solution Approach 2:
The electrode patch dynamically adjusts its operational mode based on detected events or predetermined conditions, transitioning between high-power transmission modes and low-power standby modes to maintain reliability while optimizing energy consumption.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient monitoring of multiple patients with a single device, ensuring continuous data display and transmission, even if broadcast messages are not received by the monitoring device, thereby improving patient safety and reducing the need for constant proximity of monitoring personnel.
Implementation Method 1
measuring the heart activity of the person
Implementation Method 2
broadcasting at least one message enabling transfer of heart activity data indicating the heart activity of the person from the electrode patch to the one or more external devices
Implementation Method 3
the control signal is received using a second wireless communication circuitry of the electrode patch, the second wireless communication circuitry utilizing electromagnetic induction-based communication
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AI summary
There is provided a method for measuring heart activity of a person in a single-use electrode patch, the method comprising: measuring the heart activity of the person; displaying the heart activity of the person on the basis of the measuring the heart activity; and broadcasting at least one message enabling transfer of heart activity data indicating the heart activity of the person from the electrode patch to the one or more external devices, wherein the broadcasting is performed while the heart activity of the person is being measured and displayed by the electrode patch.