Wireless Cranial Access System for Non-Invasive Device Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical procedures require surgical intervention to access implanted devices inside the skull for treatment or diagnosis, limiting the frequency and convenience of providing medical treatments or retrieving diagnostic information from the brain.
Innovation Solution
A cranial access system comprising a device with a binding material, such as stem cell material, that permanently attaches to the skull, coupled with communication and controller components allowing wireless communication with implanted devices inside the skull, enabling treatment and data retrieval without surgical procedures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If surgical procedures are used to access implanted devices inside the skull, then reliable access to devices is achieved, but the procedure becomes invasive and requires repeated surgeries
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the access mechanism into two separate components: an implanted device inside the skull and an external access device outside the skull. The implanted device includes a transmitter that communicates wirelessly with the external device, eliminating the need for surgical access while maintaining reliable communication channels for treatment and data retrieval.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces wireless communication as an intermediary between the implanted device and the external access device. This intermediary communication channel allows data transmission and control signals to pass through the skull bone without requiring physical surgical access, thus resolving the contradiction between reliable access and surgical invasion.
2Productivity
If surgical procedures are performed frequently to access implanted devices, then treatment frequency can be increased, but patient burden and recovery time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical surgical access system with a wireless communication system. Instead of using mechanical tools to physically access the implanted device through surgery, the system uses electromagnetic waves for communication, allowing frequent treatment sessions without the time loss associated with surgical recovery.
3Ease of operation
If the skull is accessed surgically to retrieve data or provide treatment, then direct access to brain tissues is achieved, but the procedure becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the access function from the surgical procedure itself and places it in the external device. The external device contains the necessary communication interfaces and processing capabilities to interact with the implanted device, eliminating the need for complex surgical procedures while maintaining ease of operation.
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AI summary
An access system having a communication component that interfaces with a first device and a second device, where the first device is located inside or on an entity and coupled to a biological organism of the entity, and where the second device is located outside the entity and a controller component that controls a function of the first device, employing the communication component, to provide treatment to the biological organism of the entity coupled to the first device based on a request received from the second device.