Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠程超聲波系統 by Jiannan Wang

Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠程超聲波系統 by Jiannan Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 創意設計 Competition Category.

鐵創意· 2023

Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠程超聲波系統

by Jiannan Wang

Client: Contec Medical Systems Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 創意 Category

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The Design

About Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠程超聲波系統

Remoltra係一套遠程彩色都卜勒超聲波系統，專為行動不便、無法親身前往醫院嘅長者同殘疾人士而設計。呢個系統由兩部分組成：一部放置喺醫院嘅影像裝置，同埋一部運送到病人家中嘅細型裝置。病人只需躺低，將家用裝置放置喺上半身，透過物聯網技術連接兩個裝置，醫生就可以操控一支力回饋筆，遙控機械臂上嘅探頭進行掃描。皮膚阻力數據會回傳到力回饋筆度，等醫生可以喺遠距離判斷施加嘅壓力，確保檢查準確可靠。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠程超聲波系統是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠程超聲波系統將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Remoltra Remote Ultrasound System 遠程超聲波系統因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

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.