Implantable Device Location-Based Diagnostic Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of solutions to identify early indications of systemic inflammations in patients with implantable medical devices, which can be life-threatening and require immediate attention.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that detect the geographic location and proximity of an implantable medical device to an object or person, allowing for temporary activation or deactivation of diagnostic functions and changes in transmission frequencies or medical parameters based on predetermined conditions, using a patient device and remote server to monitor for symptoms of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS).
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If diagnostic functions are continuously activated to detect early indications of systemic inflammations, then detection reliability is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the diagnostic function activation state changeable based on geographic location. The system dynamically switches between active and inactive states of diagnostic functions according to whether the device is in a predefined high-risk location, allowing optimization between detection reliability and energy consumption based on situational needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by predefining high-risk geographic locations and conditions before the device is used. The system prepares location data and diagnostic parameters in advance, so when the device enters a high-risk area, diagnostic functions can be immediately activated without delay, ensuring early detection while minimizing unnecessary energy consumption in low-risk areas.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If diagnostic functions are activated to monitor medical parameters, then detection capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by activating diagnostic functions only in specific local conditions (predefined high-risk geographic locations) rather than continuously everywhere. This selective activation based on location quality reduces the overall complexity burden while maintaining high detection capability when and where it is most needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the operational environment into high-risk and low-risk geographic zones. The diagnostic system is segmented into conditional activation modes, where only specific diagnostic functions are activated in specific locations, reducing the overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive detection capability where required.
3Loss of information
If transmission frequency is increased to improve monitoring of medical parameters, then information quality is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the transmission frequency changeable based on geographic location and diagnostic activation status. The system dynamically adjusts transmission frequency between high and low states according to whether the device is in a high-risk area, ensuring high information quality when needed while minimizing energy consumption during normal operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the transmission frequency parameter based on operational conditions. The system changes this technical parameter dynamically according to location and diagnostic activation state, allowing optimization of the balance between information quality and energy consumption through parameter adjustment rather than fixed settings.
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AI summary
A computer implemented method for controlling an implantable medical device comprising the steps of detecting a geographic location of the implantable medical device and/or a proximity of the implantable medical device to an object and/or person, and at least temporarily activating and/or deactivating at least one diagnostic function of the implantable medical device and/or at least temporarily changing a transmission frequency and/or a selection of at least one medical parameter of a patient detected by the implantable medical device if the detected geographic location of the implantable medical device and/or the proximity of the implantable medical device to the object and/or person meets a predetermined condition. A system for controlling an implantable medical device, a computer program and a computer-readable data carrier are also provided.