Intervertebral Cage Transmitter for Secure EMR Key Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing blockchain technologies struggle to maintain patient confidentiality and privacy, particularly in the context of electronic medical records, while ensuring secure and efficient access and management of healthcare data across distributed networks.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a medical implant with integrated computing components to store and manage patient healthcare data using a private blockchain ledger, allowing secure access and management of electronic medical records (EMRs) through a private key, while enabling real-time sharing with authorized healthcare providers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If blockchain technology is used to store electronic medical records in a distributed ledger, then data security and integrity are improved, but patient confidentiality and privacy are compromised due to the transparent nature of blockchain transactions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments medical records into multiple blocks in a blockchain structure, where each block contains encrypted portions of patient data. This segmentation allows the system to maintain the integrity benefits of blockchain while protecting patient confidentiality through distributed, encrypted storage across multiple blocks rather than exposing all data in a single transparent ledger.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces encrypted data structures and cryptographic intermediaries between the patient data and the blockchain ledger. These intermediaries include encrypted patient identifiers, hashed medical record contents, and cryptographic keys that mediate access control, allowing blockchain's distributed verification while maintaining patient privacy through layers of encryption and selective disclosure.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a private key system is implemented for secure access to medical records, then patient data privacy is improved, but access efficiency and real-time data sharing are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary cryptographic setup where patient data is pre-encoded with multiple layers of encryption and access rules before being stored on the blockchain. Authorized healthcare providers receive pre-configured decryption keys and access credentials, allowing them to quickly access permitted information without performing complex cryptographic operations in real-time, thus maintaining both security and efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic access control mechanisms where encryption keys and permissions can be adjusted in real-time based on patient consent and clinical needs. The system dynamically grants or revokes access rights without requiring full re-encryption of data, allowing efficient real-time data sharing while maintaining privacy through adaptive cryptographic key management.
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AI summary
A medical implant can comprise a physical structure configured to secure the medical implant within a body of a patient, a proximity communication component physically coupled to the physical structure, and a memory operatively coupled to the proximity communication component. The memory can store a private key, wherein the memory is configured to provide the private key through the proximity communication component to an external device for enabling the external device to access one or more electronic medical records associated with a patient that is implanted with the implant from a distributed blockchain ledger of electronic medical records.