Interactive Isolation Care System for COVID-19 IICS

Abstract

Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus and its transformation from a disease in a limited area into a pandemic that has led to the death of thousands, resulting in growing fears and concerns of the medical staff about infection, whether they are doctors or nurses. In direct explicit terms, it is the question of how to isolate patients to prevent infection, while still under medical supervision, without exposing the medical team to the danger of catching the infection? In other words, the suggested system combines three strategies in one integrated system: allows the doctor to deal with the patient without worrying about infection, provides the appropriate atmosphere for the patient to support his recovery rate without external contact with any person, and reduces further infection and limits the spreading of the virus. Since there are 5 stages of the disease, it is observed that the cure rates in the initial stages are substantial, whereas the last two stages are very low in terms of recovery. Among the challenges faced by medical skills and technology is the fear of further infection, even with the presence of the current isolation procedures. Therefore, the main problem lies in how to build an optimal isolation system for the patient and his surroundings, from the medical staff, and at the same time achieve the highest levels of unity and team-work spirit among the medical staff. Henceforth, the new system should guarantee their safety from the risk of infection. The main principle (of the proposed system) has not been discussed in previous studies fulfilling systems of protection, isolation and prevention adopted in other diseases in which the Incubator functions with its environment of temperature, humidity and breathing organization with the Ventilator Gas Control devices, intensive care devices, Pulse Monitoring, Lung Sound and other relevant control and monitoring devices. The suggested design fulfills the above objectives, and facilitates their rapid production and counteracts the active movement of the virus. One of the main advantages of the recommended system is the high accessibility and ease of patient-medical-staff communication when found inside the system. Furthermore, it provides enhanced cleansing and sterilizing procedures. In addition, the system enables self-sterilization to achieve double-benefit criterion of ensuring staff’s safety and maintain the used devices. The IICS succeeds to meet the current needs between a numbers of directionally-opposing elements: •Interface points (staff & patients) •Suitable Environment for the patient •Medical isolation of those infected with the virus •Improved Skill level of user •Interaction between: oHuman-to-human oHardware element oSoftware element I attempt to develop a model that performs certain tasks whereby the human beings who are fighting the emerging coronavirus manage to do so through a productively ergonomic design.