Insulin Pump GUI Layout for Small-Screen Status Clarity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drug delivery systems for diabetic patients lack intuitive and user-friendly interfaces for displaying insulin infusion status and blood glucose information, leading to poor user experience due to miniaturization and reduced display areas.
Innovation Solution
A drug delivery system with a graphical user interface featuring a main screen that includes insulin and blood glucose information display areas, using graphical and textual representations to provide clear insulin infusion status and blood glucose information, along with features like color-coded rings, text abbreviations, and sliding navigation for easy operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of moving object
If the device is miniaturized to reduce size, then the device portability is improved, but the display area for showing insulin and blood glucose information becomes smaller, making it harder for users to intuitively understand infusion status
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional text-only or simple icon displays to a graphical user interface that utilizes visual dimensions (colors, shapes, sizes of graphical elements) to encode information. The main screen displays insulin infusion status through graphical representations where different colors, shapes, and sizes convey different infusion parameters, effectively adding visual dimensions to the limited display area to present comprehensive information without requiring more physical space.
2Volume of moving object
If the display area is reduced due to miniaturization, then the device becomes more compact, but the user cannot intuitively know the insulin infusion status information and blood glucose information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs color-coded graphical elements to represent different insulin infusion statuses and blood glucose levels. Different colors indicate different infusion rates, remaining insulin amounts, and blood glucose ranges, allowing users to quickly comprehend critical information at a glance without requiring detailed numerical analysis, thus preventing information loss in the compact display.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses circular/ring-shaped graphical elements to display insulin infusion status. The rings provide a natural visual metaphor for progression and completion, with the circular shape efficiently utilizing the limited display space while conveying multiple parameters (infusion rate, remaining amount, time) through variations in ring properties rather than requiring linear text descriptions.
3Device complexity
If traditional text-only displays are used, then the device structure remains simple, but the user experience is poor as users cannot quickly understand infusion status
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display into distinct functional zones on the main screen: a first display area dedicated to insulin infusion status information and a second display area for blood glucose information. Each zone contains specific graphical elements tailored to its purpose, allowing users to quickly locate and understand different types of information without cognitive overload from a monolithic display structure.
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AI summary
The invention discloses a drug delivery system with graphical user interface comprises a detection device, for detecting the blood glucose level of the user; an infusion device, for infusing a drug into the user's body; and a control device, wirelessly communicated with the detection device and the infusion device, the control device controlling the drug delivery of the infusion device, and the control device provided with a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising a main screen, the main screen comprising an insulin information display area and a blood glucose information display area, wherein the insulin information display area comprising insulin infusion status information, the graphical user interface displays the insulin infusion status information in a graphical and/or textual manner, to facilitate the user to intuitively know the insulin infusion status information and blood glucose information at that time.