Wireless Digital Treatment System for Veterinary Animal Cages

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current veterinarian systems rely on informal, labor-intensive methods for communicating animal treatment protocols, often using handwritten notes that can be lost, damaged, or overlooked, lacking a centralized system for accessing vital information and treatment instructions directly at the animal cage.

Innovation Solution

A wireless digital treatment and warning system integrated into veterinarian animal cages, featuring a computer with a display screen, wireless communication, and a central server for storing and transmitting animal data, including voice-to-text transcription and artificial intelligence for error review, providing real-time warnings and improving data formatting.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If handwritten notes are used for treatment protocols, then the system is simple and requires minimal equipment, but the information can be lost, damaged, or overlooked and requires manual data entry

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation retentionVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements digital copies of treatment protocols stored in a database and displayed on screens at each cage station. Instead of relying on physical handwritten notes that can be lost or damaged, the system creates and maintains digital replicas of all treatment information, making it permanently accessible and不可丢失.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical system of handwritten notes and manual data entry with an automated electronic information system. Treatment protocols are entered once into a centralized database and automatically transmitted to display screens at cage stations, eliminating the need for manual copying and retrieval of information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Reliability

If treatment information is stored on separate desktop computers, then data can be organized and preserved, but staff must manually retrieve and enter information, increasing labor time

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata preservationVSAvoiddata retrieval time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a centralized database as an intermediary between the treatment information and the display screens at cage stations. The database automatically retrieves and transmits the required information to the appropriate displays, eliminating the need for staff to manually search through files or computers and reducing data retrieval time to seconds.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the manual process of retrieving and entering data with an automated electronic information retrieval system. The system automatically queries the centralized database and displays treatment protocols on screens at the point of care, eliminating manual data entry and significantly reducing labor time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Ease of manufacture

If paper-based notes are used for treatment instructions, then the system is simple to implement, but the notes can be obscured or difficult to follow

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem implementationVSAvoidinformation accessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates digital copies of treatment instructions that can be clearly displayed on electronic screens at each cage station. These digital displays provide high-contrast, legible information that is not susceptible to fading, smudging, or obscuration like paper notes, ensuring treatment instructions remain easily readable throughout their use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

4Device complexity

If manual data entry from handwritten notes is required, then the system requires minimal technology, but errors are introduced and labor intensity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetechnology requirementVSAvoiddata accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual data entry with an automated electronic data transmission system. Treatment protocols are entered once into the centralized database and automatically transmitted to display screens without human intervention, eliminating transcription errors and ensuring data accuracy while reducing labor intensity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20240349692A1Wireless digital treatment and warning system and display for veterinarian animal cages

Publication Date: 2024.10.24 WEISS MITCHELL

AI summary

A system for assisting a veterinarian in caring for an animal has a veterinarian animal cage having a cage body and a door that allows access to the cage body. The system further has a computer with a wireless data communication device, and a display screen, the computer being mounted on the veterinarian animal cage. The system further has a central server being operably connected with the computer and having a management program and a database for storing the information about the animals, and for transmitting information related to the animal housed in the veterinarian animal cage to the computer, so that the information may be visually outputted on the display screen. The computer receives input from the veterinarian, and transmits the input to the central server where it is stored in the database of the central server.