Telemetry System Patient Location Estimation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional medical telemetry systems are limited by a small coverage area, preventing patients from being monitored or located outside the defined area due to financial constraints, which restricts the system's infrastructure to only cover a small, predefined space within a hospital.
Innovation Solution
A telemetry system comprising a transmitter, receiver network, and processor that estimates the location of a portable transmitter outside the coverage area by using tracking data, speed, trajectory, and elapsed time, allowing for continued monitoring and tracking of patients beyond the initial coverage area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the coverage area is expanded to cover the entire hospital interior and outside areas, then patient monitoring capability is improved, but infrastructure cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting and storing tracking data (position, speed, trajectory) while the transmitter is within the coverage area. This preliminary data collection enables the processor to later estimate the transmitter's location outside the coverage area using mathematical modeling, thereby extending monitoring capability without physically expanding the receiver infrastructure.
2Measurement precision
If receivers are deployed throughout the entire hospital and outside areas, then patient location tracking is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processor acts as an intermediary that bridges the gap between limited receiver coverage and comprehensive patient tracking. It uses mathematical models and algorithms to process tracking data from receivers and generate estimated location information for areas outside the coverage zone, effectively extending the system's monitoring capability without adding physical receivers.
3Quantity of substance
If the coverage area is kept small to reduce costs, then infrastructure cost is reduced, but patient monitoring capability deteriorates when patients leave the coverage area
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a virtual extension of the coverage area by generating estimated location data that copies and extrapolates the tracking information obtained within the physical coverage zone. The processor uses mathematical models to create this virtual monitoring zone, allowing continuous patient monitoring reliability without expanding the physical receiver infrastructure.
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AI summary
A telemetry system is disclosed herein. The telemetry system includes a transmitter configured to provide tracking data, and a receiver adapted to define a coverage area. The receiver is configured to receive the tracking data from the transmitter only when the transmitter is within the coverage area. The telemetry system also includes a processor configured to receive the tracking data from the receiver. The processor is configured to estimate the location of the transmitter when the transmitter is outside the coverage area based on the tracking data.