Medical Product Code Reader for Standardized Multi-Code Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for capturing medical product codes cannot transmit multiple codes simultaneously to hospital information systems due to proprietary data formats, limiting data exchange and manual documentation is common, which is inefficient and prone to errors.
Innovation Solution
A reading device that captures and interprets multiple computer-readable codes, generates a common result code, and transmits it to hospital information systems using a standardized interface, enabling simultaneous data capture and automated documentation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple codes are captured simultaneously, then data transmission efficiency is improved, but compatibility with hospital information systems deteriorates due to proprietary data formats
Solution Approach 1:
The reading device introduces an intermediary code generation device that converts multiple captured codes into a single standardized result code. This result code acts as a mediator that bridges the gap between the reading device's multi-code capture capability and the hospital information system's single-code acceptance limitation, enabling compatible data transmission without losing functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of data format from multiple proprietary formats to a single standardized format. The code generation device transforms the plurality of captured codes with different formats into one unified result code that conforms to the hospital information system's expected input parameters, resolving the compatibility issue while maintaining productivity.
2Device complexity
If manual documentation is used, then system complexity is reduced, but productivity and accuracy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The reading device performs self-service by automatically capturing codes, interpreting product data, generating result codes, and transmitting information to the hospital information system without requiring manual intervention. This automation eliminates the need for staff to manually document codes while maintaining relatively simple system architecture.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a single code is transmitted to the hospital information system, then system compatibility is improved, but information completeness deteriorates when multiple codes are captured
Solution Approach 1:
The code generation device merges the information from multiple captured codes into a single consolidated result code. This merging process combines all relevant product data from the plurality of codes while maintaining the standardized format required by the hospital information system, thus preserving information completeness without sacrificing compatibility.
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AI summary
A reading device for capturing at least one computer-readable code of a medical product or a package of a medical product for assisting a user. The reading device includes a capturing device configured to capture an image of the medical product or its package with the at least one code and to extract product data contained in the code and an interpretation device configured to interpret the product data and to check whether predetermined product information is present in the product data. The reading device includes a code generating device configured to generate a result code from the product data.