Ventilator Dual Display Segmentation for Power Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current ventilator systems face challenges with high power consumption due to electronic graphical user interfaces, requiring constant power for operation, and lack of efficient ways to display ancillary information, leading to increased complexity and time for operators to locate and understand ventilator components and configurations.
Innovation Solution
A ventilator system with a primary display and a secondary system status display that can operate independently, providing limited status information without powering up the primary GUI, and displaying a two-point perspective view of the ventilator's physical configuration to aid in component location and understanding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If an electronic graphical user interface is used as the primary user interface, then information can be displayed and interacted with, but power consumption increases excessively
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is segmented into two independent displays: a primary display for detailed information and interaction, and a secondary display for essential status information. This allows the secondary display to operate independently with lower power consumption while the primary display can be powered down when not in use.
Solution Approach 2:
The essential status display function is extracted from the primary graphical user interface. The secondary display shows only critical status information ( alarms, basic parameters) that can be read quickly without requiring the full GUI to be powered on, thereby reducing overall power consumption.
2Device complexity
If the electronic GUI is the only interface, then all information is centralized in one system, but the device must be turned on to access any information including battery status
Solution Approach 1:
The secondary display is configured to show essential status information in advance and continuously, even when the primary system is powered down. This preliminary display of critical information (battery status, alarms, basic ventilation parameters) allows operators to quickly assess system state without turning on the full device.
3Adaptability or versatility
If different ventilators are configured differently with various components, then ventilator functionality and specialization increase, but operator time to locate and understand components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The secondary display creates a simplified visual copy or map of the physical ventilator layout. It shows the positions of gas sources, filters, humidifiers, and other components in a two-dimensional representation, allowing operators to quickly locate physical components without needing to memorize complex configurations or search through documentation.
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AI summary
The disclosure describes a novel approach for displaying information on a ventilator system. The disclosure describes a novel respiratory system including a primary display and system status display. Further, the disclosure describes a novel method for displaying ventilator information.