Sterile-Field Anatomical GUI Control for Catheter Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medical procedures, such as catheter manipulation in hollow anatomic structures, require complex graphical user interface control that often necessitates communication with personnel outside the sterile field, complicating the physician's ability to focus on the procedure.
Innovation Solution
A simplified graphical user interface system allowing state-dependent input options, split between a first and second input device, enabling autonomous control within the sterile field, with the second input device providing intuitive, state-dependent navigation using minimal inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a complex graphical user interface is used for catheter manipulation control, then the ability to manipulate the graphical representation is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to requiring multiple input devices and external assistance
Solution Approach 1:
The graphical user interface is divided into multiple functional zones or regions, each handling specific control tasks. This segmentation allows the physician to access different controls in different areas of the display, reducing the need to reach for separate external devices and simplifying the overall operation while maintaining comprehensive functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The graphical user interface is designed to serve multiple functions within a single integrated system. It displays anatomical representations, provides control options for catheter manipulation, and accepts input through the same display medium, eliminating the need for separate control devices and external assistance while maintaining full operational capability.
2Device complexity
If a simplified graphical user interface is used, then the ease of operation is improved, but the functionality deteriorates due to limited input options
Solution Approach 1:
The graphical user interface dynamically adapts its displayed options and controls based on the current procedural state and context. As the medical procedure progresses and different tasks are performed, the interface automatically presents relevant control options and hides irrelevant ones, providing simplified operation at each step while maintaining access to full functionality when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions or aspects of the graphical user interface provide different levels of detail and control options. Critical functions accessible from any state are provided in simplified form, while comprehensive control options are available in context-specific areas of the interface, allowing the system to be both simple and versatile simultaneously.
3Productivity
If external assistance is required for interface control, then the functionality is improved, but the loss of time increases due to communication overhead
Solution Approach 1:
The graphical user interface is designed to be autonomously controllable by the physician performing the procedure. All necessary controls, displays, and feedback mechanisms are integrated into a single system that the physician can operate independently without needing to communicate with or rely on external technical assistance, eliminating communication overhead and improving procedural efficiency.
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AI summary
Devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are directed to facilitating control of a graphical user interface associated with performing a medical procedure. Inputs can be received from a plurality of input devices interacting with respective sets of input options displayed on respective portions of the graphical user interface. One of the input devices can be operable by a physician, during a medical procedure, to navigate a set of input options to modify a graphical representation of at least one of a medical device and an anatomic structure displayed on the graphical user interface.