Wearable Textile Myocardial Infarction Detection and Medication Dispensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for detecting myocardial infarction are inadequate as they rely on patient self-diagnosis and timely administration of sublingual tablets, which can be delayed due to incorrect judgment or failure to access the medication, leading to potential permanent damage or death.
Innovation Solution
A wearable textile-based first-aid device with integrated sensing electrodes and a charging first-aid unit that actively detects myocardial infarction, generates alarms, and supplies sublingual tablets, ensuring timely intervention and continuous monitoring through a replaceable detection unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If patient self-diagnosis and manual medication administration is used, then device complexity is reduced, but reliability of timely myocardial infarction treatment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-diagnosis through automatic ECG signal detection and analysis, eliminating the need for patient self-judgment. The wearable device continuously monitors cardiac signals and automatically identifies myocardial infarction conditions, ensuring reliable detection without requiring patient knowledge or action.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares medication in advance by storing sublingual tablets in the charging first-aid unit and pre-positioning them for immediate administration. When myocardial infarction is detected, the system automatically dispenses the medication without requiring patient search or manual preparation, ensuring treatment begins immediately.
2Reliability
If wearable textile with sensing electrodes is used for active detection, then detection reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable textile integrates multiple functions into a single system: ECG signal sensing through electrodes, wireless communication for data transmission, alarm notification, and medication storage/dispensing. This multi-functional integration achieves reliable myocardial infarction detection while avoiding the complexity of separate independent devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensing electrodes are integrated into a flexible wearable textile that conforms to the patient's body. This flexible substrate allows comfortable long-term wear for continuous monitoring while maintaining simple structure, avoiding rigid complex assemblies.
3Ease of operation
If sublingual tablets are stored in pocket near body, then ease of access is improved, but medication effectiveness deteriorates due to body temperature
Solution Approach 1:
The charging first-aid unit serves as an intermediary storage container between the patient and the medication. It maintains an optimal temperature environment for sublingual tablet storage while providing automatic dispensing capability, thus preserving medication effectiveness while ensuring easy access during emergency.
4Device complexity
If patient must correctly self-diagnose myocardial infarction, then device complexity is reduced, but loss of time for first-aid increases due to potential misjudgment
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously provides feedback through real-time ECG signal monitoring and automatic analysis. When myocardial infarction is detected, the system immediately triggers alarm and medication dispensing, eliminating the time delay associated with patient self-diagnosis and ensuring rapid first-aid response.
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AI summary
A first-aid device for detecting myocardial infarction, including a wearable textile, a first alarm detection unit, a second detection alarm unit, and a charging first-aid unit for actively detecting and alerting to myocardial infarction, instantly supplying crucial medicine, and providing a charging function. In particular, the wearable textile put on a patient carries the first alarm detection unit actively detecting myocardial infarction, the charging first-aid unit instantly provides the user medicine to alleviate painful symptom, and at the same time, the second detection alarm unit serves as a spare part while the first alarm detection unit is charged by the charging first-aid unit. As a result, the first alarm detection unit and the second detection alarm unit are alternatively used for actively and ceaselessly detecting myocardial infarction assuring first-aid for the patient.