Automated Medical Imaging App Installation via Device Profile Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Manual installation and upgrade of medical imaging applications in medical imaging devices are inconvenient and difficult to manage effectively, leading to high labor and maintenance costs.

Innovation Solution

An information transmission method and apparatus that automatically determines the imaging device's authorization and permission profile, allowing for the transmission and installation of compatible medical imaging applications, enabling automatic download, installation, and upgrade of applications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual installation and upgrade of medical imaging applications is used, then application installation can be completed, but labor and time costs are high and management is difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapplication installation convenienceVSAvoidinstallation time cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service through automatic application installation and upgrade. The server automatically determines compatible applications based on device permission profiles and transmits them without manual intervention. The imaging device automatically receives and installs applications, eliminating the need for manual configuration and installation steps.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The server performs preliminary actions by pre-determining compatible applications and preparing transmission packages before the actual installation. The system proactively pushes application information to devices based on their profiles, so that when installation is needed, the applications are already prepared and ready for automatic deployment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If manual installation and upgrade of medical imaging applications is used, then application installation can be completed, but system maintenance cost is high

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapplication installation convenienceVSAvoidsystem maintenance complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the server continuously monitors device permission profiles and application states. Devices report their compatibility information and installation status back to the server, which uses this feedback to automatically determine which applications to transmit and how to manage the deployment process, reducing manual maintenance complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The server performs multiple functions including profile management, application compatibility determination, transmission coordination, and installation monitoring. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate manual processes into a single automated system, reducing overall maintenance complexity.

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

3Productivity

If automatic application transmission is implemented, then installation efficiency is improved, but device compatibility determination complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapplication installation efficiencyVSAvoidcompatibility determination complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The compatibility determination process is segmented into distinct components: device permission profile extraction, application requirements analysis, and matching algorithms. By breaking down the complex determination process into separate manageable segments, the system can automatically handle compatibility checking without overwhelming complexity in any single component.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11699513B2Information transmission method, apparatus, device and medium for medical imaging application
Publication Date: 2023.07.11 SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE
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AI summary

Disclosed are information transmission method, apparatus, device and medium for medical imaging application. The method includes: an imaging device corresponding to an application authorization request is determined according to the received application authorization request, and an application permission profile of the imaging device is acquired; and a medical imaging application corresponding to the imaging device is determined according to the application permission profile of the imaging device, and medical imaging application information corresponding to the medical imaging application is transmitted to the imaging device.