Medical Tool Work Support System for Procedure Guidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional medical tool work instruction manuals often omit steps or make it difficult for users to find important points, leading to increased workload and time spent understanding procedures, particularly in tasks like assembling and sterilizing medical tools.
Innovation Solution
A medical tool work support system that includes a display and memory to show detailed work procedures, using videos and illustrations to guide users through steps such as cleaning, assembly, and sterilization, ensuring all necessary steps are completed accurately and efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional work instruction manuals are used, then the manual structure is simple, but the workload on users increases and time to understand procedures increases
Solution Approach 1:
The work procedure is divided into multiple steps, with each step containing specific work content and required check items. This segmentation allows users to understand and complete procedures systematically without being overwhelmed by the entire manual at once.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback by displaying check items that must be confirmed for each work step. This feedback mechanism ensures users understand and complete all necessary procedures correctly, reducing the time needed to grasp complex work instructions.
2Loss of information
If conventional work instruction manuals are used, then the manual structure is simple, but steps are omitted and important points are difficult to find
Solution Approach 1:
The work procedure is segmented into discrete steps, each with clearly defined work content and check items. This segmentation ensures no steps are omitted while maintaining an organized, easy-to-navigate structure that prevents important information from being lost.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a dimensional layer by displaying check items alongside work content for each step. This additional dimension ensures completeness of information while keeping the display organized and manageable, preventing important points from being difficult to find.
3Ease of operation
If detailed work procedures are displayed, then user workload is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The work procedure is divided into manageable steps with specific work content and check items. This segmentation provides detailed guidance that reduces user workload while keeping the system structure organized and not overly complex.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically displays the next work step and check items based on the current state, reducing the need for users to navigate complex manuals. This self-service approach simplifies the user experience while maintaining detailed procedure information.
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AI summary
A medical tool work support system, a medical tool work support method, and a medical tool work support program alleviate a workload on a user. The medical tool work support system includes a display, a memory that stores data indicating a work procedure on a medical tool in a work step to be performed for surgery using the medical tool, and a display controller that causes the display to display the work procedure based on the data stored in the memory.