Medical Device Language Customization via Delta Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing customization processes for medical devices are inefficient due to the large size of language packages, which require significant storage and are time-consuming to switch, especially in resource-constrained environments like ICUs and home dialysis settings, where patients and caregivers spend valuable time reconfiguring settings.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system for acquiring user-specific customization data, such as language packages, from an external data storage, calculating deltas, and verifying user identity to efficiently customize medical device operating systems, reducing the need for all language data to be stored on the device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If all language packages are stored on the medical device, then complete language support is available, but storage requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments language packages into two parts: a core language package stored on the medical device and additional language packages stored externally. The device stores only essential language data locally while maintaining the ability to access supplementary language packages from external sources such as servers or removable storage media, thereby reducing on-device storage requirements while preserving complete language support capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an external data storage system (server, cloud storage, or removable media) as an intermediary between the medical device and complete language packages. This intermediary holds additional language packages that can be transferred to the device when needed, allowing the device to maintain minimal local storage while accessing comprehensive language support through the intermediary
2Quantity of substance
If language packages are stored externally, then storage requirements are reduced, but data acquisition time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-transferring language packages from external storage to the medical device before they are actually needed. The system proactively loads language packages during idle periods or in advance of anticipated use, so that when language switching is required, the data is already available on the device, eliminating acquisition delays
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs feedback mechanisms where the system monitors user language preferences and device usage patterns to intelligently determine which language packages should be pre-loaded. Based on this feedback, the system automatically transfers relevant language packages in advance, optimizing the balance between storage efficiency and rapid data availability
3Ease of operation
If customization procedures are manual, then user control is precise, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by enabling the medical device to automatically configure language settings based on user profiles stored on removable media or in external databases. When a user inserts identification media or logs in, the system automatically retrieves and applies the appropriate language package without requiring manual user configuration, thereby maintaining precise user control through profile-based personalization while dramatically reducing customization time
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method, a medical device, and a system for acquiring user-specific customization data, i.e. user-specific language packages, are provided. The computer-implemented method comprises: determining a first set of user-specific customization data stored on the medical device; comparing the first set of user-specific customization data with a second set of user-specific customization data that is required by a user; and upon determining that the second set of user-specific customization data is different from the first set of user-specific customization data, acquiring, from a data storage external to the medical device, the second set of user-specific customization data or a delta between the first set and the second set of user-specific customization data.