Nerve Protecting Dissection Device with Real-Time Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current energy-based dissection devices lack integration with real-time nerve monitoring, leading to potential nerve damage due to human error and reaction time issues, as they do not automatically adjust or shut down when nerve damage is imminent.
Innovation Solution
A system connecting energy-based dissection devices with nerve integrity monitoring, using beacons and a processing device to receive and interpret nerve integrity data, transmitting control commands to adjust or shut down the dissection device to prevent nerve damage, and providing a graphical display for accurate nerve mapping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If energy-based dissection devices are used for surgical cutting, then dissection efficiency is improved, but nerve damage risk increases due to lack of real-time monitoring and automatic shutdown capability
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates real-time feedback through nerve monitoring devices that continuously monitor nerve integrity during dissection. When nerve damage is detected, the system automatically provides feedback to shut down the energy-based dissection device, preventing further damage while maintaining high dissection efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing real-time nerve monitoring before dissection begins. The monitoring system is pre-configured to detect nerve damage indicators, and automatic shutdown protocols are pre-programmed to activate immediately upon detection, eliminating reaction time delays.
2Device complexity
If manual monitoring and operator reaction are used to prevent nerve damage, then device complexity is reduced, but nerve damage risk increases due to human error and reaction time delays
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically monitoring nerve integrity and shutting down the dissection device without requiring continuous manual intervention. The automated system eliminates human error and reaction time delays while maintaining manageable complexity through integrated control algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual mechanical monitoring with electronic and computational systems. Nerve monitoring devices, signal processing circuits, and control algorithms substitute for human operator judgment, providing more reliable and consistent nerve damage prevention.
3Reliability
If real-time nerve monitoring and automatic shutdown systems are integrated, then nerve damage prevention is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves multi-functionality by integrating nerve monitoring, signal processing, and device control into a single unified system. This universal approach allows the same system to perform dissection, monitor nerve integrity, detect damage, and initiate shutdown, reducing overall complexity despite the multiple functions.
Data Source
AI summary
A nerve mapping system includes an energy based dissection device, a plurality of beacons, and a processing device. The plurality of beacons are disposed in a tissue of a patient. Each beacon is adapted to transmit one or more first electrical signals within the body and receive one or more second energy signals. The processing device is adapted to determine first locations associated with the plurality of beacons, a second location associated with the energy based dissection device, and a third location associated with a nerve within the tissue, based on the one or more second signals, generate a mapping of the first locations, second location, and third location, and cause the first locations, second location, and third location to be displayed on a display device.