Automated Medical Device Configuration via Physiological Signal Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
In medical settings, configuring multiple devices for combined therapy is complex and risky, as clinicians must manually set up interactions between devices, leading to potential errors and legal liabilities due to uncertain device interactions.
Innovation Solution
A device that automates the configuration of medical devices in a medical data network by detecting physiological values, generating information signals, and controlling actuators based on these signals, allowing devices to interact seamlessly without manual clinician input, ensuring safe and reliable combined therapy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual configuration of multiple medical devices is performed by clinicians, then device interaction can be established, but configuration complexity and risk of errors increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic configuration where the control unit autonomously determines current joint assignment of medical devices to groups and sends request messages to activate combined therapy modes, eliminating the need for manual clinician configuration and reducing errors
Solution Approach 2:
Medical devices are pre-configured with necessary parameters and group assignments before clinical use. The control unit prepares the configuration state in advance, so when combined therapy is needed, the devices can be activated seamlessly without manual setup
2Ease of operation
If manual configuration of each medical device is performed individually, then device settings can be adjusted, but time consumption and productivity decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit merges the configuration process for multiple medical devices into a single automated operation. Instead of configuring each device separately, the system manages joint assignment and activation across all devices simultaneously, dramatically improving efficiency
3Productivity
If automated configuration is implemented, then configuration time is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A control unit is introduced as an intermediary between multiple medical devices and the clinician. This intermediary handles the complex automated configuration tasks, including determining joint assignments and sending activation requests, while presenting a simple interface to users
Data Source
AI summary
A device, such as a data network device for a medical data network, controls an operating state of a second medical device in such a way that by sending a request message, the second medical device is prompted to change over into the operating state of the combined therapy and hence into an operating state in which its actuator is controlled as a function of an information signal of the first medical device. The information signal is based on physiological measured values. As a result, a clinician does not have to configure the second medical device himself/herself directly on site at the medical device by inputting an input signal, but this can be carried out by the device.