Remote Infusion Assistance via Session Data Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical infusion devices present challenges for clinicians due to variability in user interfaces and operational parameters, leading to confusion and increased health risks, especially in busy hospital environments where real-time assistance is difficult to obtain.
Innovation Solution
A system that enables communication between medical infusion devices and remote devices for real-time assistance, allowing clinicians to select and share infusion session data, including physiological data and operating parameter modifications, for remote review and adjustment, facilitating immediate problem-solving during medication administration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple different infusion devices are used to handle various medication delivery needs, then the system can accommodate different patient treatment requirements, but the variability in user interfaces and operational parameters increases device complexity and causes confusion among clinicians
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal communication framework that enables different infusion device types to interact through standardized protocols. The system allows clinicians to access and adjust operational parameters across diverse infusion devices using a unified interface, eliminating the need to learn multiple device-specific interfaces while maintaining the ability to handle various medication delivery requirements.
2Productivity
If clinicians work in busy hospital environments with multiple tasks, then patient care coverage is improved, but the difficulty of obtaining real-time assistance increases and response time to infusion issues is delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote communication system that acts as an intermediary between clinicians and infusion device experts. When infusion issues arise, the system enables remote specialists to connect to the infusion device and provide real-time guidance and troubleshooting, eliminating the need for physical presence and significantly reducing response time while allowing clinicians to continue their patient care responsibilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements real-time feedback mechanisms that allow remote experts to monitor infusion device status and provide immediate guidance. The communication framework enables bidirectional information flow, where clinicians can report issues and receive instant recommendations, and where system status changes are及时反馈 to relevant personnel, ensuring rapid response to infusion problems.
3Reliability
If comprehensive infusion session data is collected and transmitted for remote review, then diagnostic accuracy and remote assistance quality are improved, but the quantity of data transmitted and processed increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements selective data extraction mechanisms that identify and transmit only the most relevant infusion session parameters for remote review. The system filters comprehensive infusion data to extract critical information such as operational parameters, patient responses, and error codes, eliminating redundant data transmission while maintaining diagnostic accuracy for remote assistance.
Data Source
AI summary
A medical device is configured to store, in a session memory, data regarding operational parameters of the medical device, changes to the parameters, and physiological data of a patient associated with the medical device. A clinician may select, via a user interface of the medical device, a portion of the session memory to a remote device with a request for assistance regarding a problem occurring at the medical device. The portion of the session may be reviewed at the remote device in a graphical copy of a user interface of the medical device as it appeared when the data was recorded, and a workflow is generated at the remote device and sent to the medical device to assist the clinician in resolving issues at the medical device. A session may be started without an identification of the patient or a medical component, and the identification updated at a later time.