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Medical examination system

  • US 20020152107A1
  • Filed: 07/05/2001
  • Published: 10/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical examination system comprising:

  • a plurality of wireless display devices that have a display part and a communication part held by each patient waiting for a medical examination; and

    a server including a plurality of virtual reality displays corresponding to said respective wireless display devices, a wireless communication means for communicating, and a scheduler of medical examination appointments, wherein said scheduler includes;

    a waiting queue means for individual medical examination items for forming waiting queues for each of a plurality of medical examination items and sequentially queueing the medical examination appointments of the patients, and a waiting queue means for individual patients for forming waiting queues for each patient and sequentially queueing medical examination items for which appointments are to be made, said scheduler includes means for making a first appointment for one of said medical examination items so that the time when the patient can receive a medical examination is calculated to start at an earliest possible time on said medical examination items which are registered in said waiting queue means for individual patients and in said waiting queue means for individual medical examination items, and said scheduler includes means for making at least a second appointment for another of said medical examination items so that the time when the patient can receive a medical examination is calculated to start at an earliest possible time after the first appointment which has been previously confirmed with respect to remaining queues of said waiting queue means for individual medical items, and the second appointment time is calculated to start at an earliest possible time on said medical examination items which are registered in said waiting queue means for individual patients and in said waiting queue means for individual medical examination items;

    wherein said server includes means for forming information concerning medical examination guidance including an individual medical examination order, a starting time and an order of medical examination items based on said waiting queue means for individual patients and said waiting queue means for medical examination items, on one of said virtual reality displays of said server for respective patients, and wherein said wireless display devices display guidance relating to a medical examination route to individual patients via said wireless communication means of said server.

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