Consumer Device Interface for Implant Therapy Data Correlation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing therapies face challenges with patient adherence due to lack of insight into therapy utilization and outcomes between clinical visits, and existing methods fail to correlate utilization and disease state metrics effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for collecting and displaying data from an implantable therapy device using a consumer electronic device, combining patient inputs, therapy device data, and physiologic sensor data to create a holistic clinical picture, allowing for visual correlation of therapy data, patient-generated data, and physiologic data on a consumer electronic device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If therapy data is collected and monitored continuously between clinical visits, then patient adherence and clinical insight are enhanced, but device complexity and data management requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a consumer electronic device as an intermediary between the implantable therapy device and the clinical system. This mediator collects therapy data from the implantable device, stores it locally, and manages data transmission to external systems, thereby reducing the complexity burden on the implantable device itself while enabling continuous monitoring for improved patient adherence
2Loss of information
If multiple data sources (therapy device data, patient inputs, physiologic sensor data) are integrated and correlated, then holistic clinical picture is achieved, but system complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple data sources including therapy device data, patient inputs, and physiologic sensor data into a unified data structure within the consumer electronic device. This consolidation enables comprehensive correlation of utilization and disease state metrics while centralizing processing requirements in the external device rather than the implantable device
Solution Approach 2:
The consumer electronic device serves multiple functions: it acts as a data collector from the implantable device, a storage unit for therapy and sensor data, a processing system for correlating multiple data sources, and a communication interface to external systems. This multi-functionality achieves holistic clinical insight without requiring each component to be overly complex
3Ease of operation
If therapy utilization and disease state metrics are correlated visually on consumer devices, then patient understanding and adherence improve, but data transmission and display requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates visual representations and summaries of therapy utilization and disease state metrics on the consumer electronic device display. Instead of transmitting raw data continuously, the system generates simplified visual copies (graphs, trends, key indicators) that are easy for patients to understand, reducing the effective data transmission burden while maintaining ease of operation
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AI summary
A method comprises establishing communication between a therapy device implantable in a patient and a consumer electronic device operable by the patient. The method comprises controlling, by the consumer electronic device, a predetermined set of therapy device functions in response to patient inputs to the consumer electronic device. The method also comprises transmitting therapy data from the therapy device to the consumer electronic device. The method further comprises presenting therapy data on a display of the consumer electronic device.