System and method for providing remote expert communications and video capabilities for use during a medical procedure
First Claim
1. A hub-based, integrated communication system to transfer medical data from a patient site to a remote site, comprising:
- a hub operating as a communications platform;
a communications network coupled to the hub;
a video device to obtain video-formatted data at the patient site, and coupled to transfer the video-formatted data to the communications network via the hub; and
a receiving device at the remote site coupled to receive the video-formatted data from the communications network.
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Abstract
A system is described for allowing medical data obtained at a local site to be transferred to a data processing system located at a remote site. This medical data may include video data and/or data obtained from one or more medical devices such as a fluoroscopy device or an electrocardiograph (ECG) signal monitoring device. The data may be viewed on one or more display windows of the remote data processing system to allow a remotely-located expert to participate in an examination or medical procedure being conducted at the local site. In one embodiment, the remote data processing system also receives screen data from an implantable medical device programmer that is located at the local site. This screen data may include data associated with the configuration of the programmer, the configuration of an implantable medical device, and other information obtained from a patient such as physiological waveforms. Routing of all data may be performed by a communication hub operating as a stand alone device. Alternatively, the data routing function may be implemented on the programmer.
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49 Claims
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1. A hub-based, integrated communication system to transfer medical data from a patient site to a remote site, comprising:
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a hub operating as a communications platform;
a communications network coupled to the hub;
a video device to obtain video-formatted data at the patient site, and coupled to transfer the video-formatted data to the communications network via the hub; and
a receiving device at the remote site coupled to receive the video-formatted data from the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of managing patient medical data, comprising the methods of:
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a.) obtaining medical data at a patient site, the medical data including video data;
b.) transferring the medical data to a communications network that includes a hub;
c.) routing the medical data via the hub and the communications network to a remote site; and
d.) monitoring the medical data at the remote site. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34)
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29. The method of
claim 29 , wherein the screen data is associated with cursor data indicative of cursor control operations, and wherein method d.) further includes the method of monitoring the cursor data at the remote site.
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35. A system for allowing medical data obtained at a first site to be monitored at a second site, comprising:
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video means for recording video-formatted medical data;
communication network means for transferring the video-formatted medical data to the second site; and
receiving means for allowing the video-formatted medical data to be monitored at the second site. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A communication system to transfer medical data from a patient site to a remote site, comprising:
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a communications network;
a medical device to obtain device data from the patient, the device data being indicative of the patient'"'"'s state, the medical device being coupled to transfer the device data to the communications network; and
a receiving device at the remote site coupled to receive the patient data from the communications network, and to allow the device data to be sensed at the remote site. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
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49. An integrated communication system to transfer medical data from a patient site to a remote site, comprising:
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a communications network;
a video device to obtain video-formatted data at the patient site, and coupled to transfer the video-formatted data to the communications network; and
a receiving device at the remote site coupled to receive the video-formatted data from the communications network.
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