3D Virtual Reality Interface With Cylindrical Patient Data Layers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hospital and medical care systems lack an effective way to consolidate and simplify critical patient information, present time-related data in a graphical manner, and integrate data from multiple sources, leading to cluttered and unreadable visual presentations.
Innovation Solution
A three-dimensional virtual reality interface is used to present patient health data through rotatable, extendable, and configurable cylindrical structures that surround a human body representation, allowing for integrated visualization of time-aligned data from various medical systems, with markers indicating critical patient conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple data sources are integrated in traditional 2D dashboard interfaces, then comprehensive patient information is consolidated, but visual clutter increases and data readability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D dashboard interfaces to a 3D virtual reality environment where patient data is displayed on the surface of a spherical object. This dimensional change allows multiple data sources to be integrated without visual clutter, as data can be distributed across the curved surface area of the sphere, providing comprehensive information while maintaining readability through spatial separation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments patient data into different categories (vitals, labs, medications, etc.) and displays them as separate visual elements distributed across the spherical surface. Each data type can be positioned in different spatial regions, allowing clinicians to access comprehensive information while maintaining visual organization and readability through spatial segmentation.
2Device complexity
If traditional linear or rectangular layouts are used for time trends, then data presentation is simple, but visual elements become crowded and unreadable when multiple data sources are added
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces linear or rectangular layouts with a spherical coordinate system where time trends are displayed along arcs or great circles on the sphere's surface. This allows multiple data sources to be presented simultaneously without crowding, as the curved surface provides abundant display area while maintaining temporal relationships through spatial arrangement.
3Measurement precision
If clinicians manually navigate multiple systems to integrate patient data, then data accuracy is maintained, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple data sources from different medical systems into a single unified 3D virtual reality interface. The system automatically retrieves and integrates patient data from various sources (vitals, labs, medications, etc.) and presents them together on the spherical display, eliminating the need for manual navigation while maintaining data accuracy through systematic data collection protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a centralized data integration system that acts as an intermediary between multiple medical data sources and the clinician. This intermediary automatically collects, synchronizes, and presents data from various systems in the unified 3D interface, reducing time consumption while preserving data accuracy through automated retrieval and validation processes.
4Device complexity
If 2D screen space is used for displaying patient data, then interface simplicity is maintained, but the ability to manipulate time sequences and relate events is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enhances time sequence manipulation by utilizing the 3D spherical surface where temporal data can be arranged along curved paths or great circles. Clinicians can rotate and navigate the sphere to view different time periods, and the spatial arrangement allows for intuitive manipulation of time sequences while maintaining interface simplicity through natural 3D interaction gestures.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed system generates a three dimensional virtual space that includes an object representation of at least a portion of a human body and a first three-dimensional cylindrical surface floating within the three-dimensional space, wherein the first three-dimensional cylindrical surface includes a two-dimensional data area for a presentation of data to a user viewing the first three-dimensional cylindrical surface in the three-dimensional space. A two-dimensional data representation of first physiological data is displayed on the two-dimensional data area. In response to receiving a user selection of a portion of the three-dimensional cylindrical surface, the system generates one or more additional surfaces floating within the three-dimensional space. A two-dimensional data representation of second physiological data associated with the first physiological data is displayed on a data area of the one or more additional surfaces.