Intelligent Ventilator Control System for Automated Patient Monitoring

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current ventilators require high technical expertise from medical staff for manual operation and frequent adjustments, making it challenging to achieve treatment goals efficiently and safely.

Innovation Solution

An intelligent ventilator system that combines a control system, monitoring system, and communication unit to automatically adjust settings based on patient parameters and treatment requirements, featuring an alarm system for emergency responses, reducing the need for constant manual intervention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual operation and adjustment by medical staff is used, then the ventilator can be operated with basic equipment, but the technical level requirement for medical staff is high and frequent adjustments are needed

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveEase of operationVSAvoidExtent of automation
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The ventilator system performs self-diagnosis, self-adjustment, and self-monitoring through the processor that automatically analyzes patient parameters and adjusts ventilation settings without requiring manual intervention from medical staff

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The monitoring system continuously collects patient physiological data and feeds it back to the processor, which automatically adjusts ventilation parameters based on the real-time feedback to maintain optimal treatment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If manual judgment and adjustment is used, then the equipment structure is simple, but the work pressure on medical staff is high and treatment goals are hard to achieve

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveProductivityVSAvoidDevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The processor serves multiple functions including data collection, analysis, treatment plan generation, parameter adjustment, and emergency detection, consolidating what would otherwise require multiple separate systems into a single multi-functional unit

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system combines the control system, monitoring system, and communication unit into an integrated intelligent ventilator system where the processor coordinates all functions, reducing the need for separate manual operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If constant adjustment of parameters is performed, then the treatment can be adapted to patient needs, but the technical level requirement remains high and time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveAdaptabilityVSAvoidLoss of time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The monitoring system performs periodic measurements of patient physiological parameters and the processor automatically compares these readings with target values, making continuous adjustments without requiring constant manual intervention

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-calculates optimal treatment plans based on initial patient parameters and automatically adjusts settings in advance based on predicted patient needs, reducing the need for reactive manual adjustments

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11925754B2Intelligent system of ventilator and operating method thereof
Publication Date: 2024.03.12 NANJING CHENWEI MEDICAL EQUIP CO LTD
  • US11925754B2 patent drawing

AI summary

An intelligent ventilator system and operating method thereof are provided. The system includes a ventilator and an input system. The ventilator includes an alarm system, a monitoring system, a communication unit, and a ventilator control system, where the ventilator is configured to apply respiratory treatment to a patient. The input system is configured to input the patient's parameters and treatment requirements to realize recordings of original data of a designed treatment plan. The ventilator control system calculates target data needed by the patient and design the treatment plan, and to control the ventilator. The communication unit is configured for data communication between the input system and the ventilator control system to realize transfer of data from the input system to the ventilator control system. The monitoring system is configured for real-time monitoring of patients, and the alarm system is configured to alarm in time according to the patient's urgency.