Implantable Multi-Analyte Sensor for Continuous Metabolic Monitoring
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional health monitoring systems require frequent medical consultations and are not capable of continuous, real-time monitoring of multiple metabolism analytes, limiting their effectiveness in providing personalized and accurate health assessments.
Innovation Solution
An implantable sensor system that simultaneously measures a plurality of metabolism analytes in bodily tissues or fluids, providing a metabolic fingerprint, and a processor that determines if the concentrations are within predetermined ranges, allowing for continuous, real-time health monitoring and personalized recommendations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional health monitoring systems are used, then medical consultations can be performed, but continuous real-time monitoring of multiple metabolism analytes cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical/biological sensing systems with optical sensing technology. Optical sensors detect metabolism analytes through light absorption and fluorescence techniques, enabling continuous, non-invasive monitoring of multiple analytes simultaneously without requiring physical contact or extraction of bodily fluids, thus achieving both reliability and continuity
2Measurement precision
If multiple metabolism analytes are measured simultaneously, then personalized health assessment is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple sensing functions into a single integrated optical sensor platform. The system uses a unified optical detection mechanism that can measure glucose, ketones, lactate, and other metabolism analytes simultaneously through different optical signatures, reducing device complexity while maintaining multi-analyte measurement precision
Solution Approach 2:
The optical sensor system is designed with universal detection capabilities that can identify and measure multiple types of metabolism analytes using the same hardware platform. The system adjusts measurement parameters and analysis algorithms based on the specific analyte being detected, enabling one device to perform multiple functions without requiring separate specialized sensors for each analyte
Data Source
AI summary
A health monitoring system for monitoring health of a living creature is described. The health monitoring system comprises an implantable sensor for simultaneously measuring a plurality of metabolism analytes in bodily tissue or bodily fluids of the living creature, thus obtaining a metabolic fingerprint for a living creature comprising concentration information of the plurality of metabolism analytes at a given moment in time. The health monitoring system furthermore comprises a processor programmed for determining for each of the plurality of metabolism analyte whether the obtained concentration information is within a predetermined range.