Multi-Sensor Smart Device Screening for Remote Patient Triage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing healthcare systems lack high-volume, accurate remote monitoring tools for patients with sudden or intermittent symptoms, particularly during crises, exposing the public and clinical teams to increased risk and overloading hospital capacity.
Innovation Solution
Systems utilizing optical, audio, and motion sensors in devices like smartphones and wearables to capture mechanical vibrations and physiological movements for short-term and long-term patient screening, analyzing cardiac and respiratory data to identify conditions and triage patients.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional office or clinic visits are used for patient monitoring and diagnosis, then accurate evaluation can be obtained, but public exposure risk increases and hospital capacity becomes overloaded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces remote monitoring devices as intermediaries between patients and healthcare providers. These devices capture physiological data (heart rate, respiration, temperature) and transmit it to clinicians, eliminating the need for physical contact while maintaining diagnostic capability. The intermediary device enables accurate patient evaluation without requiring clinic visits, thus reducing public exposure risk and hospital overload.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If remote monitoring tools are deployed to reduce exposure risk, then public safety improves, but measurement accuracy and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs multi-functional remote monitoring devices that can simultaneously measure multiple physiological parameters (cardiac activity, respiration rate, temperature, motion) using various sensor types (optical, acoustic, thermal, inertial). This multi-functionality ensures comprehensive and accurate patient assessment while maintaining physical distance, thus preserving reliability without requiring physical contact.
3Adaptability or versatility
If existing healthcare infrastructure is used to monitor all patients, then comprehensive care can be provided, but system capacity becomes overloaded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the healthcare monitoring system into two tiers: remote monitoring for the majority of patients (especially those with paroxysmal or mild conditions) and in-person care for critical cases. This segmentation allows the healthcare system to efficiently manage high volumes of patients through automated remote monitoring while reserving limited in-person resources for those who truly need them, thereby improving overall system productivity and capacity.
4Reliability
If in-person caregiver monitoring is used for paroxysmal conditions, then immediate intervention is possible, but response time is delayed due to travel and scheduling
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements continuous remote monitoring that operates without interruption, constantly capturing physiological data and immediately analyzing it for signs of paroxysmal conditions. This continuous monitoring eliminates the delays associated with scheduled visits or on-demand in-person checks, enabling immediate detection and response to sudden symptoms while maintaining accurate condition assessment through persistent data collection and analysis.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables immediate, continuous, and accurate patient triage and monitoring, reducing exposure risks and hospital overload by providing real-time health assessments and generating reports for physician review.
Implementation Method 1
use optical, audio, radio, sensors such as accelerometer, gyroscope, pressure, load, weight, force, motion or vibration to capture the mechanical vibrations of the body as well as physiological movements of heart and lungs
Data Source
AI summary
A system for short-term screening and triage of a subject includes a smart device in the subject's possession and an application on the smart device programmed to provide instructions to the subject to start a screening procedure, the application programmed with multiple screening procedures, and record sensor data obtained from a sensor located in the smart device.