XR Medical Device Model Vector Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
The transportation of medical devices between manufacturing and healthcare facilities is costly and logistically challenging due to size and complexity issues, limiting cross-collaboration and requiring physical disassembly, which can be damaging.
Innovation Solution
An extended reality (XR) system that reduces the number of vectors in a three-dimensional medical device model while maintaining minimum resolution, allowing for interactive manipulation and display of both internal and external components, enabling non-destructive interaction and collaboration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the number of vectors in the three-dimensional model is reduced to enable interactive manipulation in XR systems, then the model can be displayed and manipulated in virtual environments, but the model resolution may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by selectively reducing vectors only in areas where high precision is not critical, while maintaining full vector detail in regions requiring high resolution. This allows the model to be manipulated interactively in XR environments without sacrificing essential detail where needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by applying different vector reduction strategies to different portions of the model. Critical components and interfaces maintain higher resolution with fewer reductions, while less critical areas undergo more aggressive vector reduction, enabling both interactivity and preserved detail in appropriate regions.
2Ease of operation
If physical medical devices are transported between facilities for collaboration and analysis, then engineers and technicians can interact with actual devices, but transportation costs increase and logistical challenges arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of physical medical devices as three-dimensional models that can be transmitted and manipulated in XR environments. These digital replicas enable engineers and technicians to interact with device representations without physically transporting the actual medical devices, eliminating transportation costs and logistical challenges while maintaining collaboration capabilities.
3Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If implantable medical devices are disassembled for analysis, then internal components can be examined, but the devices may be damaged and cannot be reused
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of implantable medical devices that can be disassembled and examined in XR environments without affecting the physical device. Engineers can explore internal components, examine construction details, and perform analyses on the digital replica, preserving the integrity and reusability of the actual implantable device.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the medical device model into discrete components and subcomponents that can be individually manipulated, examined, and analyzed in the virtual environment. This segmentation allows detailed inspection of internal components without physically disassembling the actual device, maintaining device integrity while enabling thorough analysis.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and devices for creating a model of a medical device for use in an extended reality (XR) system are described. The method may include receiving a three-dimensional model of the medical device, where the three-dimensional model is represented by a plurality of vectors. The method may further include reducing a number of the plurality of vectors to at least below a maximum vector count threshold while maintaining at least a minimum model resolution threshold. In some cases, the method may include assigning one or more components to the reduced number of the plurality of vectors. The method may further include configuring a software-executable file for displaying an XR version of the three-dimensional model of the medical device.