Infusion Station Automatic Patient Data Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing infusion systems face challenges in easily synchronizing patient data across multiple infusion devices connected to an infusion station, particularly when a new device is added, which can lead to mismatches in infusion settings and require cumbersome user interactions.
Innovation Solution
The system automatically updates and synchronizes reference patient data based on the infusion status of both the new device and the station, allowing the control device to prioritize either the device's patient data or the station's data, ensuring all devices use the same data without manual intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual synchronization of patient data is performed when adding a new infusion device, then data consistency can be ensured, but user interaction complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic self-synchronization of patient data when a new infusion device is added to the rack. The control device automatically detects the new device, retrieves its patient data, and synchronizes it with the station's reference patient data without requiring manual user intervention, thus ensuring data consistency while simplifying operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary synchronization of patient data automatically at the moment a new device is added to the rack. By proactively detecting the new device and initiating data synchronization before any infusion operations begin, the system ensures data consistency is established in advance, eliminating the need for subsequent manual synchronization steps
2Measurement precision
If patient data is synchronized manually after adding a new infusion device, then data accuracy can be maintained, but infusion operation time is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary synchronization of patient data automatically at the moment a new infusion device is added to the rack. By proactively detecting the new device and initiating data synchronization before any infusion operations begin, the system ensures data consistency is established in advance, eliminating the need for subsequent manual synchronization steps
3Ease of operation
If the system automatically synchronizes patient data upon device attachment, then ease of operation is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic self-synchronization of patient data when a new infusion device is added to the rack. The control device automatically detects the new device, retrieves its patient data, and synchronizes it with the station's reference patient data without requiring manual user intervention, thus ensuring data consistency while simplifying operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements an automatic feedback mechanism where the control device continuously monitors the rack for newly attached infusion devices. When a new device is detected, the system automatically initiates a synchronization sequence, retrieves patient data from the new device, compares it with reference data, and performs updates as needed, creating a closed-loop feedback system that maintains data consistency
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AI summary
A system for administering a medical fluid to a patient (P), comprises an infusion station (1) comprising a rack (10) and a control device (11), the rack (10) defining a multiplicity of slots (100), wherein the control device (11) is configured to synchronize reference patient data between infusion devices (2) attached to said multiplicity of slots (100), said reference patient data relating to a patient (P) to be administered with a medical fluid using the infusion station (1), and a new infusion device (2A) to be attached to one of said multiplicity of slots (100) of the rack (10). The control device (11) herein is configured, on the occasion of attaching the new infusion device (2A) to one of the multiplicity of slots (100) of the rack (10), to receive, from the new infusion device (2A), device patient data defined on the new infusion device (2A), and to update said reference patient data based on the device patient data dependent on an infusion status of the new infusion device (2A) and on an infusion status of the infusion station (1).