Remote Electrical Stimulation Prescriptions for Home Treatment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Patients requiring electrical stimulation therapy face mobility challenges due to limb pain, weakness, or impairment, leading to increased transportation and time costs from frequent visits to medical institutions, diminishing treatment effectiveness.
Innovation Solution
A remote electrical stimulation system utilizing a cloud platform enables physicians to remotely provide electrical stimulation prescriptions, which can be downloaded and executed by patients using a mobile device, reducing the need for frequent institutional visits.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If patients frequently visit medical institutions for electrical stimulation treatment, then treatment effectiveness is maintained, but transportation and time costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud platform as an intermediary between physicians and patients. The cloud platform stores electrical stimulation prescriptions and enables remote access, eliminating the need for patients to physically visit medical institutions for each treatment session. Physicians can upload prescriptions to the cloud, and patients can download and execute them at home, thus maintaining treatment effectiveness while significantly reducing transportation and time costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital copy of the electrical stimulation prescription on the cloud platform. Instead of requiring patients to receive physical prescriptions or in-person guidance for each treatment, the system stores the prescription data centrally and allows patients to access and execute it remotely. This copying approach enables treatment continuity without repeated institutional visits, directly addressing the contradiction between treatment reliability and time loss.
2Ease of operation
If patients use dedicated electrical stimulation equipment within medical institutions, then treatment can be performed, but mobility difficulties and transportation burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the electrical stimulation prescription and control functionality from the medical institution setting and makes it available remotely. The cloud platform stores the prescription data, and patients can access it using their own mobile devices, eliminating the need to transport dedicated equipment or rely on institutional facilities. This extraction enables patients to perform treatments at home, significantly improving ease of operation while reducing the complexity and burden of transportation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the electrical stimulation system universally accessible by allowing patients to use their own mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, computers) instead of requiring dedicated institutional equipment. The cloud platform serves multiple functions: storing prescriptions, enabling remote access, and facilitating treatment execution on various devices. This multi-functionality approach greatly improves ease of operation for patients with mobility difficulties while eliminating the need for complex transportation arrangements.
3Ease of operation
If physicians provide electrical stimulation prescriptions remotely, then patient convenience improves, but prescription customization and medical precision may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms that allow physicians to review treatment progress and adjust prescriptions accordingly. The system enables physicians to upload prescriptions to the cloud platform, and patients can download and execute them. Physicians can then monitor treatment outcomes and make necessary adjustments to the prescription parameters, ensuring that customization precision is maintained despite the remote delivery method. This feedback loop resolves the contradiction by preserving medical precision while improving patient convenience.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a remote electrical stimulation system, including a cloud platform, a patient operating terminal, and an electrical stimulation device. The cloud platform includes a prescription database, a prescription editing module, and a prescription specifying module. The prescription database is configured to store a plurality of electrical stimulation prescriptions. The prescription editing module is configured to receive editing instructions to edit or create an electrical stimulation prescription, and the prescription specifying module is configured to receive specifying instructions to designate one of the plurality of electrical stimulation prescriptions as an exclusive electrical stimulation prescription that can only be downloaded by a target patient. The electrical stimulation device is configured to receive the exclusive electrical stimulation prescription from the patient operating terminal and utilize it to perform an electrical stimulation treatment on the target patient.