3D Patient Avatar Interface for Faster Medical Record Linking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing medical information systems face challenges in quickly and accurately storing large amounts of medical data generated during doctor visits, as typing and dictation can be time-consuming and inefficient for linking diverse types of information.

Innovation Solution

A 3D avatar medical information system using holographic eyewear displays a patient's medical information on a three-dimensional avatar, allowing healthcare professionals to interact with medical records through gestures and movements, enabling intuitive and efficient data storage and retrieval.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If typing or dictation is used to document medical information, then the medical record can be stored, but it takes a long time and is inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of storing medical informationVSAvoidtime spent on typing and dictation

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically capturing medical information through sensors and imaging devices during the examination process. The 3D avatar is pre-populated with patient data, anatomical models, and medical findings as they are generated, eliminating the need for subsequent manual typing or dictation to record this information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical system of manual typing and dictation with an automated electronic system. Sensors, imaging devices, and processors automatically capture, process, and store medical information, substituting human manual input operations with automated technological processes that significantly reduce documentation time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Ease of operation

If manual typing or dictation is used, then medical information can be recorded, but it is difficult to accurately link different types of information in a simple format

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of linking medical informationVSAvoidaccuracy of linking information

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from two-dimensional text-based documentation to a three-dimensional visual representation. The 3D avatar provides a spatial dimension where medical information can be visually anchored to specific anatomical locations, making it easier to understand and link different types of medical data in context rather than through complex text references.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The 3D avatar serves as an intermediary that visually connects different types of medical information. Instead of manually linking text notes, images, and data through complex referencing systems, the avatar model acts as a central visual mediator that integrates and displays all medical findings in a unified, easily interpretable format.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12608113B2Medical record system using a patient avatar

Publication Date: 2026.04.21 BECTON DICKINSON & CO

AI summary

Disclosed is a medical system that allows a healthcare professional to view medical records as they are associated with a patient avatar. The system may create a three- dimensional view of an avatar representing a patient and attach patient records to specific locations of the avatar as representative of the data within each record. A timeline of treatments may be accessible by selecting a particular position on the avatar corresponding to medical treatments.