Core clinical engineering and protocols for Fault Containment & Safe States.
In a distributed medical system composed of dozens of microservices, network links, and cloud databases, component failures are inevitable: a network switch fails, a cloud GPU cluster experiences thermal throttling, or an algorithmic microservice crashes. The medical system must be engineered to fail safely without harming the patient.
SaMDSystem implements distributed circuit breaker patterns and hardware-isolated watchdogs. If the cloud AI diagnostic engine becomes unreachable, the bedside display instantly alerts clinical staff and seamlessly switches to raw, un-analyzed waveform visualization, ensuring clinicians never rely on delayed, frozen, or silent software failures.