Sperm Analysis Reporting System with Embryologist Interpretation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Non-expert users find it difficult to determine if their sperm has abnormalities and understand the state of their sperm based solely on numerical values calculated by existing techniques.
Innovation Solution
A reporting system that includes a user terminal, a server, and an embryologist terminal, where a moving image of sperm is captured and analyzed by an embryologist, with report information being generated and displayed on the user terminal to provide a clearer understanding of sperm state.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If only numerical values are provided as test results, then the reporting system is simple and automated, but non-expert users cannot easily determine whether sperm has abnormalities or grasp the state of sperm
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an embryologist as an intermediary who bridges the gap between automated numerical analysis and user understanding. The embryologist reviews the moving images and numerical values, then provides expert interpretation and diagnostic conclusions that are transmitted back to the user terminal, making complex medical data comprehensible to non-expert users
Solution Approach 2:
The reporting system is segmented into distinct functional modules: an automated analysis unit that generates numerical values, an embryologist review unit that provides expert interpretation, and a user interface unit that presents results. This segmentation allows the system to maintain automation benefits while incorporating expert oversight without requiring complete manual analysis
2Productivity
If automated analysis is used to calculate numerical values, then productivity is improved and time is reduced, but the results are difficult for non-expert users to understand
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback loop where automated numerical analysis results are transmitted to the embryologist terminal, the embryologist reviews and interprets these results along with the original moving images, and then provides feedback in the form of expert diagnostic conclusions that are transmitted back to the user terminal for final user understanding
3Loss of information
If expert analysis is incorporated into the reporting system, then user understanding is improved, but the system complexity and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary automated analysis of the sperm moving images to generate numerical values (concentration, motility rate, morphology parameters) before the embryologist review. This preliminary action prepares the data in advance, allowing the embryologist to focus on interpretation and diagnostic conclusions rather than basic measurements, thereby reducing overall processing time while maintaining expert analysis quality
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AI summary
A reporting device is described that includes a moving image receiving unit configured to receive a moving image obtained by imaging sperm of a user from a user terminal, a moving image processing unit configured to display the moving image received by the moving image receiving unit on an embryologist terminal, a report information receiving unit configured to receive, from the embryologist terminal, report information indicating a result obtained by analyzing the sperm of the user by an embryologist, based on the moving image displayed on the embryologist terminal, and a report information processing unit configured to display the report information received by the report information receiving unit on the user terminal.