Sensor-Guided Medical Vehicle Imaging During Travel

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Solution Overview

Problem

Medical imaging systems in vehicles face errors and damage due to impact forces during transportation, requiring recalibration and affecting scan quality.

Innovation Solution

A medical vehicle equipped with a base vehicle and a compartment containing a medical imaging system, utilizing base vehicle sensors to predict and adapt to adverse conditions, such as impact forces and environmental factors, to optimize scan performance during travel.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If medical scans are performed during travel of the medical vehicle, then time is saved for patient diagnosis and treatment, but scan quality deteriorates due to impact forces and motion

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetime for patient diagnosis and treatmentVSAvoidscan quality

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of timeVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by predicting adverse conditions (vibrations, impacts, motion) before they occur during travel, and preemptively compensating for them through calibration adjustments and motion correction algorithms, enabling high-quality scans during vehicle movement

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes operational parameters of the medical imaging system based on detected vehicle motion and predicted adverse conditions, adjusting scan timing, motion compensation parameters, and calibration values to maintain scan quality during travel

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If the medical imaging system is used during transportation, then the medical vehicle can serve mobile clinic purposes, but the system suffers from adverse conditions such as impact forces and motion

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemobile clinic capabilityVSAvoidsystem performance under adverse conditions

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses feedback from base vehicle sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes, motion detectors) to continuously monitor vehicle motion and adverse conditions, and automatically adjusts imaging parameters and motion compensation in real-time to maintain reliable operation during transportation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from static calibration (fixed during installation) to dynamic calibration (continuously adjusted during travel based on real-time motion data), enabling the medical imaging system to adapt to changing vehicle conditions and maintain reliability during mobile clinic operations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Measurement precision

If the medical imaging system is calibrated during travel, then scan accuracy is maintained, but additional time and computational resources are required

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvescan accuracyVSAvoidcalibration time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs continuous calibration and motion compensation throughout the travel period rather than discrete calibration stops, maintaining scan accuracy continuously during mobile clinic operations without interrupting the useful action of patient transport and imaging

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS20250325420A1Medical vehicle and method for operating a medical vehicle

Publication Date: 2025.10.23 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV

AI summary

The invention relates to a medical vehicle (1) comprising a base vehicle (2) and a compartment (3) with a medical imaging system (4). The compartment (3) is a part of the base vehicle (2) or the compartment (3) is attached to the base vehicle (2). The base vehicle (2) comprises at least one base vehicle sensor (5) and the medical vehicle (1) is configured to obtain sensor readings from the at least one base vehicle sensor (5) during travel of the medical vehicle (1) and perform medical scans of a patient during travel of the medical vehicle (1) in dependence on the obtained sensor readings. The invention further relates to a corresponding method for operating a medical vehicle (1).