Wireless Foot Control Device Ranking for Medical System Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing medical or dental systems with foot controls for wireless device selection are cumbersome and prone to user errors due to the need for manual selection of devices, leading to inefficiencies in data transmission.
Innovation Solution
A method where each device is assigned a unique identification code and rank, allowing the foot control's controller to automatically select the appropriate device for data transmission based on pre-stored data packets, eliminating the need for manual selection and ensuring accurate device identification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual device selection via control element on foot control is used, then device can be selected and controlled wirelessly, but operation becomes cumbersome and error-prone due to footwear and multiple selection possibilities
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic device selection without user intervention. The controller automatically receives identification codes from devices, matches them with stored data packets containing ranking information, and selects the appropriate device based on predetermined rankings. This eliminates the need for manual selection via control elements, making operation simpler and more reliable.
Solution Approach 2:
Data packets containing identification codes and ranking information are stored in advance in the controller's memory before operation begins. When a device transmits its identification code, the controller can immediately match it against the pre-stored data to determine the correct device to control, enabling fast and accurate automatic selection without cumbersome manual steps.
2Ease of operation
If automatic device selection based on identification codes and rankings is implemented, then device selection becomes simpler and more reliable, but system complexity increases due to data packets and ranking mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses simple parameter-based identification (numeric or alphanumeric identification codes) and ranking values to manage device selection. Each device is assigned a unique identification code and a predetermined rank, allowing the controller to automatically select devices by comparing these parameters without complex algorithms or additional hardware components.
Solution Approach 2:
Data packets containing identification codes and ranking information are stored in the controller's memory as digital copies. This allows the controller to reference and compare device identities without physical tags, labels, or additional hardware identifiers on the devices themselves, simplifying the overall system architecture.
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AI summary
A method for wireless transmission of data in a medical or dental system which has a foot control and at least two devices which can selectively be controlled wirelessly by the foot control, each device being assigned a specific identification code, wherein a controller provided in the foot control selects on the basis of data packets the device to which operating data are wirelessly transmitted, wherein each of the devices has its own data packet which comprises the specific identification code of the device and an individual rank assigned to this device of a ranking of the devices.