Centralized Medical Device Switch Reassignment for Error Recovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medical control systems require manual operation and positioning by surgeons and nurses to manage various medical devices during surgical operations, which is inefficient and distracting.
Innovation Solution
A central control apparatus that automatically changes the functions allocated to scope switches on medical devices in response to detected errors, allowing for remote operation and quick error restoration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual operation and positioning by surgeons and nurses is used to manage medical devices, then individual device control is possible, but operational efficiency decreases and burden on personnel increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple medical devices under a single central control apparatus that can automatically detect errors and switch between manual and automatic control modes. This consolidation allows centralized management of multiple devices while reducing personnel burden through automated error restoration functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The central control apparatus implements self-service by automatically detecting errors in controlled devices and autonomously switching control modes without requiring manual intervention from surgeons or nurses. The system serves itself by monitoring and restoring from errors independently.
2Loss of time
If automatic error detection and function switching is implemented, then error restoration speed increases, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-configuring multiple functions for each switch and preparing switchable control modes in advance. When an error occurs, the system can immediately switch to a pre-prepared restoration mode without requiring complex real-time decision-making, thus reducing error restoration time while managing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system implements dynamics by enabling flexible switching between manual control mode and automatic control mode based on error states. The system adapts its control strategy dynamically, allowing the same physical switches to serve multiple functions depending on the operational context.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple functions are allocated to scope switches, then operational versatility increases, but difficulty in managing switch functions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling scope switches to perform multiple functions through automatic mode switching. The same physical switches can control different devices or operations depending on whether the system is in manual mode or automatic error restoration mode, increasing versatility without adding more physical controls.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback mechanisms where the central control apparatus monitors the states of controlled devices and automatically determines when to switch control modes. This feedback loop manages the complexity of multiple switch functions by making mode transitions automatic rather than requiring manual configuration.
Data Source
AI summary
A central control apparatus that centrally controls a plurality of medical devices as controlled devices includes a processor. The processor is configured to: set a function allocated to one or more switches provided in the controlled devices, detect occurrence of an error of the controlled devices and a state of the occurred error, and change, based on a detection result of the error, the function allocated to the one or more switches to a function for restoration from the detected error.