Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠隔超音波診断システム by Jiannan Wang

Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠隔超音波診断システム by Jiannan Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in アイデア・コンセプチュアルデザイン Competition Category.

鉄アイデア· 2023

Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠隔超音波診断システム

by Jiannan Wang

Client: Contec Medical Systems Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in アイデア Category

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The Design

About Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠隔超音波診断システム

Remoltraは、病院まで足を運ぶことができない高齢者や障がいのある患者のために設計された、遠隔カラードプラ超音波診断システムです。本システムは、病院に設置される画像診断装置と、患者宅へ届けられる小型のホームデバイスで構成されています。患者は横になり、ホームデバイスを上半身に装着します。IoT技術によって両装置が接続されるため、医師はフォースフィードバック機能を備えたペンを操作し、プローブを保持するロボットアームを誘導できます。皮膚の抵抗データがペンにフィードバックされるため、遠隔地からでも押し当てる圧力を判断することが可能です。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠隔超音波診断システムは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠隔超音波診断システムは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠隔超音波診断システムは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Remoltra color doppler ultrasound diagnostic system is meant to solve the problem when the aged and the disabled can not go to the hospital and the doctor can not visit home, by sending a domestic testing device to the patient's home. Through IoT technology, the doctor can operate the imaging device in the hospital to real-time control the probe on the home device that covers the patient, to conduct a professional test and make precise diagnosis.
Dimensions & Packaging: Size of the hospital imaging device is 1300mm x 830mm x 710mm, the size of the home device is 498mm x 378mm x 500mm
Tags: Ultarsound imaging, Remote medical testing,Remote diagnosis, Home medical test, Force feedback
Production Technology: Color doppler ultrasound imaging technolgy is used to make diagnosis. IoT technology is used to connect the home device and the imaging device in the hospital. Force feedback technology is to let the doctor feel real resistence that probe on the home device sences to know when to stop pressing the patient's skin.
Design Challenge: The chanllange of this project is the real-time force feedback system. When the force-feedback pen on the imaging device is being operated, the prode on the home device, which is far away in the patient's home should better respond as quick as possible to minimize the delay. Through IoT technology it's possible to make real but the less delay, the better experience the patient would have.
Research: Special group of people like the aged or the disabled,are in serious needs of professional medical test and diagnosis done at their home. Therefore a series of research was conduct, investigating how they behave at home, and how the doctor usually conduct an ultrasonid diagnosis in the hospital. Then, all the ultrasond testing solution available on the market were searched and compared to find their dropbacks and advantages to solve the problem. After all those research, an concept of a testing system consists of two devices was come up with its unique service design and diagnostic process.
Inspiration: Chaos that happened in the world has made the world unsafe where people in serious needs of professional medical test and diagnosis, specially the aged and the disabled, are facing greater difficulties going out to the hospital. Or for a remote place where a doctor can't visit and provide on-site medical help. But they still need care and can't be forgotten.
Project Duration: This project started in 2022 March in Changsha and Qinhuangdao, China, and the technology inside is still developing. It needs famous design award to prove that it needs more resources to make this design real
Operation Flow: By online booking, the home device is sent to the patient's home. The patient needs to lie down the put the home device to cover the upper torso while the doctor in the hospital boots up the imaging device and connect the home device. Then with the touch screen showing the position of the probe, the doctor handholds the force feedback pen and move do different positions while the robotic arm does the same and transmit the skin resistence data back to the pen to let the doctor feel the force.
Image Credits: #1: Creator Jiannan Wang, Remoltra, 2022.
#2: Creator Jiannan Wang, Remoltra, 2022.
#3: Creator Jiannan Wang, Remoltra, 2022.
#4: Creator Jiannan Wang, Remoltra, 2022.
#5: Creator Jiannan Wang, Remoltra, 2022.
Video Credits: Creator Jiannan Wang, Remoltra, 2022.