Medical Monitoring Hub for Unified Physiological Data Replay

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing patient monitoring environments are fragmented, with multiple devices from different manufacturers that do not communicate effectively, leading to challenges in synthesizing physiological data into clinically relevant information.

Innovation Solution

A medical monitoring hub that integrates with various medical devices, providing a centralized display and processing capabilities to present analytical views, including heat maps, box-and-whisker plots, and gauge-histogram displays, allowing for intuitive data interpretation and customization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple separate medical devices from different manufacturers are used to monitor various physiological parameters, then comprehensive patient monitoring coverage is achieved, but device complexity and difficulty in synthesizing data increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomprehensive patient monitoring coverageVSAvoiddevice complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple separate medical monitoring devices into a single integrated patient monitoring system that can simultaneously monitor multiple physiological parameters (ECG, SpO2, NIBP, temperature, etc.) through a unified platform, reducing the number of separate devices needed while maintaining comprehensive monitoring coverage

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The monitoring system is designed with universal compatibility to accept data from various physiological sensors and measurement devices, providing multi-functional monitoring capabilities through a single system that can adapt to different patient needs and clinical scenarios

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If each medical device has its own control, display, and alarm systems, then device independence and reliability are maintained, but ease of operation and data synthesis decrease

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice independenceVSAvoidease of operation

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple independent device functions (control interfaces, display systems, alarm mechanisms) into a single integrated monitoring platform, allowing caregivers to operate one unified system rather than managing multiple separate devices, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining monitoring reliability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Quantity of substance

If physiological data is collected from multiple devices, then comprehensive patient information is gathered, but the ability to synthesize data into clinically relevant information deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomprehensive patient informationVSAvoiddata synthesis capability

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The integrated monitoring system acts as an intermediary platform that receives raw physiological data from various sensors, automatically processes and synthesizes the information using integrated algorithms, and presents clinically relevant insights to caregivers, thereby improving data synthesis capability while maintaining comprehensive information gathering

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Reliability

If paper records from each device are printed and stored for caregiver review, then data preservation is achieved, but loss of time in data access and review increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata preservationVSAvoiddata access time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical paper-based record-keeping system with an electronic digital data storage and retrieval system, allowing caregivers to access patient information instantly through the monitoring system's display and interface, thereby eliminating time loss associated with printing, storing, and manually reviewing paper records while maintaining reliable data preservation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS12592009B2Medical monitoring analysis and replay including indicia responsive to light attenuated by body tissue

Publication Date: 2026.03.31 MASIMO CORP

AI summary

The present disclosure includes a medical monitoring hub as the center of monitoring for a monitored patient. The hub is configured to receive and process a plurality of physiological parameters associated with the patient. The hub includes advanced analytical presentation views configured to provide timely, clinically-relevant, actionable information to care providers. In certain embodiments, the monitoring hub stores and is able to replay previously presented data reflective of the patient's condition.