Endoscope Insertion Status Tracking for Incomplete Observation Handover
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing endoscopy systems lack effective methods to determine whether an endoscope has been properly inserted into a body cavity and reached the desired observation region, leading to inefficiencies in image acquisition and reporting.
Innovation Solution
A medical assistance apparatus and system that utilize a processor to acquire usage status information, determine the insertion and reach of the endoscope, generate handover information for incomplete observations, and record these conditions for reporting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the endoscope is inserted into the body cavity to observe the desired region, then the observation quality is improved, but the risk of insertion failure or incomplete observation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors the endoscope's position and observation status, providing real-time feedback to determine whether the desired region has been successfully observed. This feedback mechanism enables automatic generation of handover information when observation is incomplete, ensuring reliable tracking of insertion success without adding operational complexity to the endoscopist's workflow.
2Measurement precision
If manual determination of endoscope insertion status is performed, then the flexibility is maintained, but the time consumption and error rate increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically monitors and determines the endoscope's insertion status and observation completion without requiring manual intervention. The processor continuously acquires usage status information and autonomously generates handover information when incomplete observations are detected, eliminating time-consuming manual checks while maintaining high determination accuracy through automated position tracking.
3Loss of information
If comprehensive monitoring of endoscope usage status is implemented, then the information completeness is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processor performs multiple functions including acquiring usage status information, determining insertion completion, generating handover information, and recording data. By consolidating these functions into a single multi-functional processing unit, the system achieves comprehensive monitoring of endoscope usage status without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
4Manufacturing precision
If handover information is generated for incomplete observations, then the reporting accuracy is improved, but the number of reports to be processed increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system preliminarily determines whether the endoscope has successfully reached and observed the desired region before final report generation. This preliminary assessment enables automatic classification of observations as complete or incomplete, allowing the system to generate handover information only when necessary and maintain high report accuracy without unnecessarily increasing the volume of processed reports.
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AI summary
A medical assistance apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: acquire usage status information related to a usage status of an endoscope; determine, based on the usage status information, whether or not the endoscope has been inserted into a body cavity or whether or not the endoscope has reached a desired region to be observed; when it is determined that the endoscope has not been inserted into a body cavity or that the endoscope has not reached the desired region to be observed, generate handover information including each condition and handover content in association with each other for a report related to an observation of the desired region to be observed, the report indicating that the endoscope fell short of being inserted up to the desired region to be observed; and record the handover information.