Medical Operation System Time-Series Data Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical operation systems lack the capability to effectively verify and analyze the content of medical operations based on information recorded from multiple medical devices, which hinders comprehensive monitoring and decision-making during surgical procedures.
Innovation Solution
A medical operation system comprising a controller for managing multiple medical devices, a communication unit for two-way data transmission, an information recorder for storing data with time stamps, a signal processor for generating time-series data, and a display output unit for visualizing this data, enabling real-time monitoring and analysis of device and patient information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple medical devices are connected and controlled through a system controller with information storage, then the system can record and store operation data, but the system lacks the capability to effectively verify and analyze the recorded information in real-time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a signal processor as an intermediary component between the information recorder and the display output unit. This signal processor extracts predetermined information from recorded data, processes it to generate time-series data, and enables effective verification and analysis without requiring the system controller to perform complex analysis functions directly, thus resolving the contradiction between information analysis capability and system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into distinct functional modules: controller, communication unit, information recorder, signal processor, and display output unit. Each module performs a specific function, with the signal processor specifically dedicated to extracting and processing information for verification and analysis. This segmentation allows the system to gain analytical capability without overwhelming the system controller with complex processing tasks
2Reliability
If the system records all information from multiple medical devices with time stamps, then comprehensive operation data is available, but the data requires complex processing to extract meaningful time-series information
Solution Approach 1:
The signal processor serves as an intermediary that handles the complex task of extracting predetermined information from recorded data and converting it into meaningful time-series data. This separates the data processing complexity from the verification and analysis functions, allowing reliable operation verification without requiring the entire system to handle processing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The signal processor extracts only the predetermined information relevant to operation verification from the comprehensive recorded data. This extraction process isolates meaningful signals from the complete dataset, enabling reliable verification while simplifying the data that needs to be analyzed and displayed
3Productivity
If the system processes and displays time-series data from multiple devices, then real-time monitoring capability is enhanced, but the system requires additional processing functions that increase overall system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the monitoring and processing functions into separate modules: the signal processor handles data extraction and time-series generation, while the display output unit handles visualization. This segmentation enables efficient real-time monitoring by distributing processing tasks, improving productivity without requiring a monolithic complex system structure
Solution Approach 2:
The signal processor automatically extracts predetermined information and generates time-series data from the recorded information without requiring manual intervention. This self-service processing enhances real-time monitoring efficiency by continuously transforming raw data into analyzable formats automatically
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AI summary
A medical operation system includes a controller for controlling a plurality of medical equipments, a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data between each of the plurality of medical equipments and the controller in two-way communications, an information recorder which records, together with time information, information regarding the plurality of medical equipments transmitted and received by the communication unit, a signal processor which extracts predetermined information from the information recorded on the information recorder and processes the predetermined information to generate time-series data, and a display output unit for visualizing the time-series data output from the signal processor and outputting the visualized time-series data to a display.