Remote Medical Device Selection Using Real-Size Visual Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Operators in remote medical interventions face challenges in correctly selecting or modifying medical devices due to difficulties in understanding verbal or text-based instructions from remote experts, leading to potential errors and delays.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that display a visual representation of the proposed medical device in real size or true to scale, allowing operators to accurately verify their selections or modifications using a display device, supported by sensor data validation for increased precision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If verbal or text-based communication is used for remote instructions, then the remote expert can assist interventions without being present, but the operator may incorrectly understand or implement instructions leading to wrong device selection
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visual copy (image or 3D model) of the medical device that is transmitted to the operator's location. This visual representation serves as an accurate copy that the operator can see and compare against the actual device, eliminating misunderstandings from verbal/text instructions alone.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a visual intermediary (display device showing images or 3D models) between the remote expert and the operator. This intermediary translates the expert's intent into visual form that the operator can directly perceive and understand, reducing communication errors.
2Productivity
If the operator selects devices based on verbal instructions alone, then the process can proceed quickly, but errors in device selection or modification may occur
Solution Approach 1:
By providing visual copies of the devices through images or 3D models displayed at the operator's location, the system enables quick visual verification without slowing down the intervention process. The operator can immediately see whether the selected device matches the intended device.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides immediate visual feedback to the operator by displaying images or 3D models of the selected device. This feedback loop allows the operator to verify their selection in real-time and correct any mistakes before proceeding with the intervention.
3Measurement precision
If detailed visual representations are transmitted to the display device, then the operator can accurately verify device selection, but data transmission and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the visual information into essential components needed for device identification and verification. Rather than transmitting complete high-resolution images or complex 3D models, the system transmits only the critical visual features necessary for accurate device selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms complex visual data into optimized parameter sets suitable for transmission and display. By converting detailed images or 3D models into essential dimensional parameters and key visual features, the system maintains verification accuracy while reducing data complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
For remote assistance of a medical intervention, an input specifying a proposed medical device is received by a data processing system. Representation data for generating a visual representation of the medical device is generated by the data processing system depending on the input and transmitted to a remotely located display device. The visual representation is displayed by the display device depending on the representation data and a display size of the display device such that the displayed visual representation corresponds the proposed medical device in real size or a further visual representation of a reference object and the visual representation are displayed by the display device true to scale.