Medical Monitor Display Switching for Role-Specific Patient Views

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing medical monitoring systems fail to efficiently support multiple medical workers with varying duties by providing tailored medical information based on their specific roles and needs.

Innovation Solution

A display control device and system that switches between a versatile first screen and specialized second screens on a common display, using trigger signals and attribute information to provide appropriate medical information for each worker, enhancing flexibility and relevance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a single display screen is used for all medical workers, then device complexity is reduced, but the ability to provide tailored information for different roles deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetailored information provisionVSAvoiddisplay configuration

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display screen dynamically changes its content based on the role of the medical worker. The system detects the role (e.g., attending doctor, doctor in charge, nurse) and automatically switches between different display modes: overview mode for attending doctors, detailed pathological information mode for doctors in charge, and treatment implementation mode for nurses. This dynamic adaptation allows a single physical display to serve multiple functions without requiring separate displays for each role.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the information parameters displayed on the screen according to the user's role. Different medical information is selected and displayed based on the detected role, such as showing summary information for attending doctors, detailed diagnostic information for doctors in charge, and treatment protocol information for nurses. This parameter change approach enables tailored information provision while using a single display device.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If detailed specialized information is displayed for each subject, then information relevance for specific roles is improved, but the overview capability for site-wide monitoring deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation aggregationVSAvoidoverview information

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The display content is segmented into different views based on the medical worker's role. The system divides medical information into overview-level summaries (for site-wide monitoring) and detailed-level information (for specific subject monitoring). By segmenting the information presentation, the system can provide both aggregation views and detailed views without requiring multiple physical displays, thus maintaining information aggregation capability while providing specialized details when needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12554386B2Display control device, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and monitor device

Publication Date: 2026.02.17 NIHON KOHDEN CORP

AI summary

An input interface receives a trigger signal. A processor displays a first screen or a second screen on a display device based on the trigger signal. The first screen provides first medical information for each of a plurality of subjects. The second screen provides, for at least one of the plurality of subjects, second medical information that is not included in the first medical information.