Wireless Sensor Selective Data Transmission for Medical Monitoring

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing central monitoring systems for pregnant women have a single working mode for wireless sensors, which cannot switch between central monitoring and bedside monitoring modes, limiting adaptability to changing health conditions and requiring inconvenient manual adjustments.

Innovation Solution

A selective data transmission method and system that allows wireless sensors to dynamically switch between central monitoring and bedside monitoring modes by establishing TCP connections with either the central station or the monitor, using client/server mode communication, and sending data to a designated receiving end based on instructions from the central station.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the wireless sensor works in a single mode (either wireless sensor + central station or wireless sensor + monitor + central station), then the system structure is simple, but the adaptability to changing health conditions deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to changing health conditionsVSAvoidsystem structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic mode switching capability in the wireless sensor, allowing it to transition between central monitoring mode and bedside monitoring mode based on real-time health condition assessments. The system dynamically adjusts the monitoring architecture by changing which components are active and how they are connected, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and structural simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The wireless sensor is designed with multi-functionality to operate in multiple monitoring modes. It can function as a standalone central monitoring device or work in conjunction with a monitor for bedside monitoring, making the system universally applicable to different health conditions without requiring separate dedicated devices for each mode.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Ease of operation

If the wireless sensor cannot switch modes, then the device complexity is low, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to inconvenient manual adjustments

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconvenience of mode switchingVSAvoidmode switching mechanism
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service through automatic mode switching based on health condition monitoring. The wireless sensor and central station automatically determine the appropriate monitoring mode based on real-time patient status, eliminating the need for manual intervention by medical personnel and significantly improving operational convenience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from continuous health parameter monitoring to automatically trigger mode transitions. When health parameters indicate a change in patient condition, the system receives feedback and automatically switches between monitoring modes, making the complex switching mechanism transparent and easy to operate for users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If the data transmitted by the wireless sensor cannot select a receiver, then the transmission system is simple, but the adaptability to different monitoring scenarios deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to monitoring scenariosVSAvoiddata transmission routing
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The data transmission system implements dynamic routing capabilities that automatically direct data to the appropriate receiver based on the current monitoring mode. In central monitoring mode, data is transmitted directly to the central station; in bedside monitoring mode, data is routed to the monitor first. This dynamic routing resolves the contradiction between transmission system simplicity and scenario adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3001398B1Selective data transmission method and system based on central monitoring system
Publication Date: 2018.08.08 EDAN INSTR
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AI summary

The present invention provides a selective data transmission method and a system based on a central monitoring system. The selective data transmission method includes a wireless sensor, wherein the wireless sensor executes the following steps of: A. collecting data; B. sending the data to a designated receiving end; C. selecting a receiving end according to an instruction, and taking the receiving end as the designated receiving end; and D. establishing a wireless connection with the designated receiving end. The present invention has the advantageous effects that the method and the system realize selective data transmission through transmitting the data to a selected receiving end, which not only can be applied to the field of medical monitoring, but also can be applied to such fields as security prevention, data backup and the like; working nodes can be switched.