Movement Token Coordination for Heterogeneous Medical Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Heterogeneous medical devices in operating rooms and interventional suites often lack interoperability, leading to underutilization of data sharing and coordinated motion due to differences in data formats, tasks, and vendor-specific solutions that are time-consuming, expensive, and limited in scope.
Innovation Solution
A system with a shared interface and service modules, including a token service, blackboard service, and publisher service, allows heterogeneous devices to request and manage movement tokens, exchange configuration and kinematic data, and plan coordinated motions, enabling interoperability and coordinated motion among diverse medical devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If joint development efforts between vendors are undertaken to support data exchange between heterogeneous devices, then interoperability between specific devices is improved, but development time and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by creating a standardized data exchange framework that enables different heterogeneous devices from various vendors to interoperate through common protocols and interfaces. The system defines universal data models, communication standards, and service layers that allow diverse medical devices to exchange information without requiring custom integration work for each device pair, thus achieving broad interoperability while avoiding repeated development efforts.
2Adaptability or versatility
If joint development efforts between vendors are undertaken to support data exchange between heterogeneous devices, then interoperability between specific devices is improved, but development cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The framework provides universal interoperability solutions that reduce development costs by eliminating the need for expensive custom integration projects for each device combination. The standardized protocols, data models, and service layers enable plug-and-play connectivity across vendor boundaries, significantly reducing the financial burden of interoperability implementation compared to traditional joint development approaches.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs an intermediary approach by introducing a standardized communication framework and service layer that mediates between heterogeneous devices. This intermediary layer handles data translation, protocol conversion, and coordination, allowing devices from different vendors to interact without requiring direct custom integration between each device pair, thus reducing overall development costs.
3Reliability
If devices are restricted to areas where they won't interfere or collide with other systems, then safety is improved, but functionality is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies feedback by implementing real-time monitoring and coordination mechanisms where devices continuously exchange status information, position data, and operational parameters through the standardized framework. This feedback loop enables devices to detect potential conflicts or interference conditions and adjust their operations dynamically, allowing them to work in shared spaces safely while maintaining full functionality. The system provides situational awareness and coordinated control that resolves safety concerns without imposing spatial restrictions.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method of coordinated motion includes a device with one or more movable elements and one or more processors. The device is configured to discover a second device, determine a desired type of coordinated motion based on the discovery of the second device, request a movement token of a first type from a token service, the first type being selected based on the desired type of coordinated motion, receive the movement token from the token service, receive configuration data, kinematic data, or planned motion data for the second device, plan a first motion for a movable element of the movable elements based on the first type of the movement token and the configuration data, the kinematic data, or the planned motion data for the second device, and execute the first motion while the device holds the movement token. The device and the second device are different heterogeneous devices.