Wireless Display Casting for Miniaturized Medical Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Medical devices, particularly home dialysis machines, face challenges with limited display space due to their miniaturization, which can hinder visibility for patients with diminished eyesight and complicate training and technical servicing, as small touch screens are difficult to read and interact with, especially when multiple users are involved.
Innovation Solution
A transmitted display casting system that wirelessly transmits the screen of a medical device's originating display to a receiving display via a one-way communication channel, using wireless dongles or a connected health system, allowing for a larger and more accessible viewing experience, either locally through Bluetooth or WiFi or remotely over the Internet.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the medical device is made smaller and more portable, then the device size and intrusiveness are reduced, but the display screen area becomes smaller and less accessible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a wireless display casting system as an intermediary between the medical device and external displays. The device transmits its display output wirelessly to external displays via Bluetooth or WiFi, allowing patients to view information on larger screens without increasing the device itself. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by decoupling the device size from the effective display area.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extends the display functionality from the two-dimensional constraint of the device's built-in screen to the broader spatial dimension by enabling wireless transmission to external displays of various sizes. This dimensional expansion allows the display area to grow beyond the physical boundaries of the portable device.
2Volume of moving object
If the display screen is made smaller to reduce device size, then the device becomes more portable, but the readability and ease of interaction for patients with diminished eyesight deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless display casting system acts as an intermediary that bridges the gap between the small device screen and the patient's viewing needs. By transmitting the display output to external larger screens, the system maintains device portability while significantly improving display readability and ease of interaction for patients with vision impairments.
3Volume of moving object
If the device is miniaturized for home use, then the device becomes less intrusive and more portable, but the display capacity and information visibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless display casting system serves as an intermediary that preserves and extends information visibility. It captures the full display output from the miniaturized device and transmits it wirelessly to external displays, ensuring that no information is lost despite the device's small size. This allows patients to access all necessary dialysis information on appropriately sized external screens.
4Ease of operation
If a larger external display is used to improve visibility, then display readability improves, but the system complexity and additional components increase
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless display casting system creates a digital copy of the device's display output and transmits it to external displays. This copying approach allows patients to view information on larger screens without requiring physical modification of the device or addition of complex hardware components. The solution leverages existing wireless communication standards (Bluetooth, WiFi) to minimize system complexity while achieving improved readability.
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AI summary
Medical devices may have the ability to connect through a secure gateway to a network, including both local and external networks. According to the described system, a connection component of the medical device may include a wireless connection dongle system using a wireless adapter, such as a dongle, that is inserted into and/or otherwise coupled to the medical device and that transmits or casts information wirelessly, such as via real-time streaming, to a separate receiving display. The communication may be facilitated by another dongle inserted into and/or otherwise coupled to the receiving display that receives the casted display screen. This transmitted casting capability provides the ability to connect the medical device, such as a peritoneal dialysis machine, to other display devices to duplicate the screen of the medical device on one or more larger or more easily accessible displays via secure one-way communication.