Swappable Wearable Measurement Alignment for Continuous Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable medical devices require removal for events like recharging or maintenance, causing gaps in continuous measurement data, which can lead to biased or incomplete health monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A swappable wearable device system with a synchronization platform that allows seamless data transfer and power exchange between devices, ensuring continuous or near-continuous measurement data by synchronizing data between wearable devices during swaps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If a wearable device is removed for recharging or maintenance, then the device can be recharged or maintained, but gaps in measurement data occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the wearable device into separable components, allowing one device to be removed for recharging while another device continues monitoring. Multiple wearable devices work in sequence to provide continuous coverage without gaps in measurement data.
Solution Approach 2:
A synchronization platform acts as an intermediary between wearable devices, transferring and aligning measurement data when devices are swapped. This mediator ensures data continuity by bridging the gap between different device measurement periods.
2Ease of repair
If a wearable device is removed for software or hardware updates, then the device can be updated, but measurement monitoring is interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses multiple wearable devices that can be updated independently while others remain in service. This segmentation allows maintenance operations on one device without affecting the continuous monitoring capability of the overall system.
Solution Approach 2:
Devices are updated in advance during periods when they are not actively monitoring, and the synchronization platform prepares data alignment beforehand. This preliminary updating minimizes disruption to continuous monitoring operations.
3Loss of information
If measurement data is collected from multiple devices, then data completeness improves, but data alignment and synchronization become complex
Solution Approach 1:
The synchronization platform serves as a central intermediary that receives, aligns, and merges measurement data from multiple wearable devices. This centralized mediator simplifies the complexity of multi-device data integration by providing a single point of coordination for data synchronization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system standardizes data formats and synchronization protocols across all wearable devices, creating homogeneous data structures that are easier to align and integrate. This uniformity reduces the complexity of merging data from different device sources.
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AI summary
Methods, systems and devices for aligning measurement data sets from different devices. In one embodiment, a synchronization platform includes circuitry configured to establish a first communication link with a first device being worn at a first location on a body of a user, receive a first set of measurement data from a first sensor of the first device indicative of physiological measurements of the user. The circuitry is further configured to: establish a second communication link with the second device, receive a second set of measurement data of the first type from a second sensor of the second device indicative of the physiological measurements of the user, and align the second set of measurement data with the first set of measurement data, wherein the second set of measurement data is a continuation of the first set of measurement data.